This is why I like your channel, you actually never know what to expect. There are only so many Qatar QSuite reviews one can do before they get stale, but this is raw aviation gold.
Most Qatar Airway reviews are paid one's. They have a very good marketing team who basically pay popular RUclipsrs to review their products. But their products are very good anyways.
@@egg-h4b His reviews aren't paid for, unless he specifically states it. He only has had a couple that were paid for, he pays for the rest of them so people can trust he will give objective reviews.
Great video of some normal people using a private flight. It just goes to show that on occasion it just doesn't have to be the extremely wealthy that can use these services. The nearest I've come to this is a flight in a PA-38 with my newly qualified PPL son out of EGFF. One day I hope he gets his ATPL and gives his OM a bit more of a luxurious flight.
Awesome videos. You made an awesome decision there. What is great about that you chartered your own plane is NO LOST LUGGAGE and you didn't have to go through a lot of crap that you would if you took commercial airline flights.
While on furlough some time back I got a job flying charter on a Kingair. It was the only time I've ever had an explosive depressurization. The funniest thing about it was, when we got on the ground I noticed that all the bags of crisps had exploded.
Glad you discovered the benefits of private flying... All be it a prop. I work on private jets, for one owner, not chartered, and for them it is a business tool. For exactly some of the reasons you give. No commercial airports, no queues, fly direct to a much more local and convenient airfield, and for us, the owner is able to work onboard, sleep and eat onboard meaning they are more productive at their destination.
I used to use them in rural Australia. It was cheaper to hire a plane for 3 or more people as you saved all the costs of driving 1,000km each way and wasting 2 days for travelling. You were also much more productive if you hadn’t spent 12 hours in the car.
Back in the '90s, I was a traffic reporter in Atlanta and we used Cessna 172s. One day, I headed towards our 172 and the pilot said there was a change of plans. Seemed that someone was doing a check ride in a Beech 76 Dutchess (twin engine)! They had already moved my radio equipment over and it was a fantastic 2.5 hour ride doing my reports from it!
Jet or jet prop etc. The core of both is a jet turbine, similar to those developed in WW2. Modern “jet” engines drive a massive ducted fan, turboprops drive a traditional propeller. So the distinction really is ducted fan v unducted fan driven by a jet. Guess I am on your side Noel😃 Btw turbo props require greater engine management by pilots than todays “jets” which actually get most thrust from the fan!
SMASHING....incredible cockpit, 3 huge Rockwell Collins glass panels...Alpha Sierra Bravo King Air 250 is fitted with two Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-52 turboprop engines with a rated power of 850shp each.....so glad you and the family got to do this!!!
Have done a fair bit of flying in King Airs (albeit 350s) and they’re certainly a comfortable ride. But of a tight squeeze when all the seats are filled though. My rule of thumb for private is to get a plane with double the capacity for the number of seats you need. 6 pax, 12 seat capacity. 3 pax, 6 seat capacity etc. For a one hour flight probably not a big deal though.
I work onboard private jets and it often makes me laugh when I see brokers online advertising empty legs etc and say things like, for a Global 6000 "Comfortably seats 15 passengers"... And I always think, yeah, put 15 pax on that and it ain't going to be anywhere near comfortable for anything more than an hour!
Many years ago I was in Nice on business and was told my Mum's funeral was in two days time. So I rented a Private (real) Jet. Nice to Humberside and back. $6000.
@@lellius That is not entirely correct. It's definitely not a pure Jet engine, however it is a gas turbine( some jet engines are in this category in theory). The PT6A , generally generates approx 90 percent of its ' thrust ' from the propeller and the other 10 percent of it thrust is derived from exhaust gases from the turbine. This means that it actually does have jet propulsion to a certain extent as jet propulsion is defined as : Propulsion of an object in one direction, produced by ejecting a jet or fluid in the opposite direction. Notice the exhaust ports outside of the engine nacelles. They are positioned towards the rear as to allow for a certain quantity of jet propulsion. So not quite like the exhaust on your car. If you'd like further information on this , have a look at PT6A engine schematics. Should be some good vids on RUclips as well. Ps: A title something like ", Flying on a private Jet prop" would be appropriate. Nice video in any case !
Wow that is the nicest avionics suite I have ever seen in a king air!!!! Absolutely beautiful! The only part of that cockpit that gives it away to king air fans is the roof control panel with large black dimmer switch knobs for all the cockpit lighting and windshield whispers lol I absolutely love the king air it is a fantastic little plane that is like the SUV of the skies!
Private Planes are all about saving time. You can fly it cheaper than commercial when you share the ride with a full load of passengers. Commercial aircraft will sometimes jack up the price to pay for cheap tickets sold elsewhere. King Air is a very cost effective option. You can fly a smaller Citation or Hawker and get a good price. Upgrade to a Gulfstream and you might as well fly a BBJ.
Funny how these things work out sometimes. I once flew my mother from Auckland, NZ to San Francisco, CA, US on short notice (about a week) in first for USD 3000, vs USD _4000_ for an economy seat. (Edited to clarify flight route.)
One of my most memorable flights ever was on a King Air. From Walney in Cumbria down to Farnborough in the south. That, technically, was my first flight on a corporate jet. Like you, I was grinning from ear to ear the whole way.
King Air is a turbo-prop not a 'jet'......but an aircraft I love to fly. Beautiful Glass Panel in this iteration....almost makes flying 'fun' again!! The smallest 'jet' I've flown in was an A-37B Dragonfly.....still in use in many countries' Air Forces. That's fun flying as well.
£800 each!!! I don't think so. I would have caught the Stena Line Ferry from Dublin to Liverpool, then train to Nottingham then bus home. Yes it would take much longer, however, you would save a lot of money.
Actually I don't see how the airline is making a profit. I know this is a turbo prop but still uses jet engines. Many cost thousands per hour to fly. Horrindus on gas.
We’re doing the long haul thing from Dublin next summer to LA. Cheap & cheerful Ryanair from Glasgow to Dublin, BA to Heathrow have an overnight stay, then onto the 777-300 in Clubworld to LAX & on the way back we’re direct from Heathrow to Glasgow. Price for the BA flights was only £1298 per person including all our reserved seat charges on each flight, which I thought was fantastic value for money. It would’ve easily been more than double that starting in Glasgow. Excellent video as always 👍🏻
That's really cool. I had a chance to ride in a Cessna CJ3+ to a GA airfield and I'll tell you the convenience of travelling this way to your familiar home airport feels a bit nostalgic... and of course all those people you know like family from your home airport seeing you come in on that thing are like "wow, your super cool"... just kidding, but great nonetheless. Haven't tried it Internationally yet though.
10:05 This is exactly what my dad had in mind when he ordered a *Lincoln TownCar LIMOUSINE* instead of 5 seats on a shuttle van back in 1998 to get us from Houston's William P. Hobby airport to our new apartment west of Sam Houston Tollway
Thanks for this , as I'm sure you will have worked it all out being as good as you are travelling . You & the family deserve some great treats for all hard work you & they do . Xx
I hate refueling the king airs, you almost have to be a yoga instructor to climb up on the wing to get at the aux tanks and fuel it while looking back at the trucks meter. We deal with them on a daily basis because my provincial government here in Canada operates a fleet of two 350's that are used as medivac's. And with the pandemic these days they don't stop.
It’s bit like a taxi, its expensive for one person,but if shared between several people it can be relatively cheap option, and much more convenient as door to door, so private plane makes sense in ur circumstances.
That was cool, showed that private planes are affordable, but to be honest only in extreme circumstances for me. but all in all, that was a great video, nice to see a different plane to the usual on these aviation channels, great stuff. well done.
I do miss all the flights from being in the RAF, the locations not available to others, landing in peoples gardens sometimes, or just buzzing along 50ft above a motorway en route to some air show.
Dublin to Manchester, I would say 5 flights a day £50 a seat plus £50 bags each. 6 of you £600 total. let's say worse case £1000. You could have had a limo back home for £200. don't see how this is a true alternative
i would love to do what you have done thats the way to fly. no more airports no more queues ,nice to be treated like human beings.keep up the good work. brian d.
It's pretty impressive what you can do with it, isn't it? Clearly at home doing "civilized" flying like this, but just as able to operate off of some pretty dinky strips if need be too.
Noel, have you tried taking a train down to London Heathrow or London Gatwick Airports? Supposedly, the train os very reasonable. Plus, those are bigger airports with good airport deals. The Air Passenger Duty, you can claim back in your UK Taxes since you had your kids with you.
@@scott7010 IASB, either used to be or has become an air ambulance, that's when I worked on it, I don't know when this video was filmed but I worked on the aircraft when it was an air ambulance 👍
Great vlog as always! That is on my bucket list too! You can rent many a nice Lears or Bea-125 that can land and your local airport. Congrats on 250K subs! Good job!
Yeah. I’ll go tell all my skydiving buddies I jumped out of a jet when it was just a King Air. You know how ridiculous you sound every time you call it a “pRiVaTe JeT”?????? LOL
Great videos Noel ..but £800 each !?! I would rather rent a dingy and make the family paddle...thats a lot of bread For a king air for an hours flight..wow... admire your travels but it must cost a fortune to travel..especially with the family... is there a trust fund involved or have there been any recent local unsolved bank robberys ? Keep it up..we admire your aviation adventures.
He’s stated in previous videos way early on that he did quite well for himself prior to starting the RUclips channel. Plus he’s very smart while booking flights +ad revenue, sponsorships etc.
Would make for an interesting video: "I took a private jet and made my family paddle back in a dingy". The seething rage in the comments would heat the whole house for weeks ;) Bring it!
There are expenses involved when you're running a fairly large youtube channel where you are spending money on flights, hotels and sustenance. Whilst Noel does do some nice looking business class products etc, it's usually the case he's a bargain hunter. He's in that nice sweet spot where he's not too corporate and reliant on handouts and heavy sponsor stuff but also has a fairly successful channel that he can support himself with and give himself a decent budget to work with that doesn't jepordise his own situation. I suppose this is maybe an extra £3-4k in doing this over a cheaper route but I imagine when you look at the annual expenses involved in this, it's probably not too crazy over the course of a year and he can potentially reclaim a fair bit of that back if the video is successful (which it looks on course to be). Doing something cool with his family that they will all remember is also another plus. I'd imagine even if it doesn't break even in itself, the final cost to himself is still a fair bit lower than that £3-4k (and this video gave him 2 pieces of content rather than 1).
Wrong. You are speaking as a non-aviation person. There are three versions of turbine (jet) powerplants 1) pure jet (military only... think fighter aircraft), 2) fanjet (typical commercial airliner with jet driven fan inside the nacelle (think Boeing etc) and 3) propjet, a turbine engine driving propellers like the King Air these folks got a ride in. It is powered by jet engines.
@@sjefhendrickx2257 UK mate, We call a plane an airplane, Jets have jets and props have props, so a jet isn't a plane but a jet plane, this was a prop plane :) Cannot call my Cessna 152 a jet now, can I ???
I wonder how most people cover the expenses for their wanderlust, I know a couple of people are just gonna bottle up their desire for travel adventure because they can't afford to, that's so horrible.
Hey Noel. Great video. One minor suggestion if I may. Try and make a conscious effort to look into the camera lens and not at the screen watching yourself.
Noel thank you for the video, and yes just like you I had the chance to fly in business with American for first time and I loved it, greetings from New York city
did you say it cost you an extra £833 each?? Would it not have been cheaper to book 6 flights from Dublin to London or Manchester or even Southampton and then get a taxi home??
@@leedouglass9636 I am not really looking to get into a debate, but I am unsure what you mean. In my understanding, a turbo prop is a turbine (read: jet) engine that runs on Jet A (or equivalent) and is used to spin a propeller. Only difference between them is how the energy from combustion is used. In a turbo prop, the energy is spent spinning the propeller, thus the exhaust gasses contain very little energy. In a jet engine, the exhaust gasses themselves provide the thrust. Their combustion process is fundamentally the same, the only difference is how the energy is spent. Again this is my understanding so feel free to correct me.
Did you consider the ferry? :) But yes as a one-off it is worth considering as a great experience and in this case quite practical, and fun to watch as well.
There is the option of bus/rail/ferry, but that's generally a long drawn trip. Additionally, and especially in the UK and up to a bank holiday, I've been in the situation, where all busses are overbooked. I once got stranded with a busted gearbox in Caen in France. Trying to get back to Ireland, we took the ferry from Caen to Portsmouth and then found out, that we were extremely lucky to get a bus to London from there at all (with the aim of flying back to Dublin from there), as all busses were pretty much booked out for the bank holiday weekend and no extra busses were scheduled. And this was pre pandemic. If not planned well in advance the bus/rail/ferry route is not something, I'd want to do ad hoc. You just get stranded elsewhere. And I reckon, that if he'd looked at that route, he would have found, that he might as well wait the 2 days for the rescheduled flight. He would have arrived at home 2 days later either way. Also take into consideration, that they obviously could have stayed the 2 days in Dublin, but the hotel prices, especially in the pandemic, are insane. You are talking 800 to 1500 EUR for the hotel alone, plus the 2 days lost. That's for 4 adults and 2 children. Take that saving and now the private jet only costs around 3.5k in the difference or under 600 quid per person.
Awesome video Noel! Maybe a comment around the differences on a turbo prop and a piston aircraft might be needed here. Lots of comments around how a KingAir isn’t a jet. 😂
@@andreworiez8920 I guess more specifically in a turbofan the bypass air, while being moved by blades, is pushed into the jet exhaust at the nozzle and still behaves as a jet rather than an airscrew. Granted a ducted fan would also then count as a jet by that definition. Still the difference between a turbofan and a turbojet is stark as a turbofan can fly much faster (A Tu-95 can get in the ballpark, at the expense of bone-shattering noise).
@@francoiss6911 yes... There are privately owned examples of BOTH aircraft.... In this context we can't call the aircraft in the video an airliner can we?
@@s125ish have you ever travelled from Dublin to Belfast? It's really not a long journey, on the same island with a completely open border. Less than a 2 hour drive from Dublin Airport to Belfast International. I can't imagine a 6 seater large taxi between them would be the most horrendous price especially compared to a private plane. Private plane makes better vid content though...
My son in law flys executives around America in Hawker jets. He's based in Florida. Only very rich private vacationers can rent those planes, but he has flown one dog before, full price, just the dog and he and the F.O. on board...some folks "got it".
This is why I like your channel, you actually never know what to expect. There are only so many Qatar QSuite reviews one can do before they get stale, but this is raw aviation gold.
Most Qatar Airway reviews are paid one's. They have a very good marketing team who basically pay popular RUclipsrs to review their products.
But their products are very good anyways.
@@egg-h4b His reviews aren't paid for, unless he specifically states it. He only has had a couple that were paid for, he pays for the rest of them so people can trust he will give objective reviews.
Great video of some normal people using a private flight. It just goes to show that on occasion it just doesn't have to be the extremely wealthy that can use these services. The nearest I've come to this is a flight in a PA-38 with my newly qualified PPL son out of EGFF. One day I hope he gets his ATPL and gives his OM a bit more of a luxurious flight.
Awesome videos. You made an awesome decision there. What is great about that you chartered your own plane is NO LOST LUGGAGE and you didn't have to go through a lot of crap that you would if you took commercial airline flights.
While on furlough some time back I got a job flying charter on a Kingair. It was the only time I've ever had an explosive depressurization. The funniest thing about it was, when we got on the ground I noticed that all the bags of crisps had exploded.
Talk about explosive decompression 😏 love it
Did it hurt your ears?
@@s125ish we were only at FL200 so it wasn't bad.
Glad you discovered the benefits of private flying... All be it a prop. I work on private jets, for one owner, not chartered, and for them it is a business tool. For exactly some of the reasons you give. No commercial airports, no queues, fly direct to a much more local and convenient airfield, and for us, the owner is able to work onboard, sleep and eat onboard meaning they are more productive at their destination.
I used to use them in rural Australia. It was cheaper to hire a plane for 3 or more people as you saved all the costs of driving 1,000km each way and wasting 2 days for travelling. You were also much more productive if you hadn’t spent 12 hours in the car.
Back in the '90s, I was a traffic reporter in Atlanta and we used Cessna 172s. One day, I headed towards our 172 and the pilot said there was a change of plans. Seemed that someone was doing a check ride in a Beech 76 Dutchess (twin engine)! They had already moved my radio equipment over and it was a fantastic 2.5 hour ride doing my reports from it!
Absolutely DELIGHTFUL to see you taking your family with you to enjoy your passion!
First Class - WONDERFUL!
This was so cool that you had the chance to charter your own plane. With all the miles you fly, you deserve it.
I like this guy and his channel because he can’t hide how fucking thrilled he is to be doing this. Bursting with excitement
turboprop aint a jet noel! hahahaha, but still a fun flight to watch, keep it up mate and have fun!
Jet or jet prop etc. The core of both is a jet turbine, similar to those developed in WW2.
Modern “jet” engines drive a massive ducted fan, turboprops drive a traditional propeller.
So the distinction really is ducted fan v unducted fan driven by a jet. Guess I am on your side Noel😃
Btw turbo props require greater engine management by pilots than todays “jets” which actually get most thrust from the fan!
SMASHING....incredible cockpit, 3 huge Rockwell Collins glass panels...Alpha Sierra Bravo King Air 250 is fitted with two Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-52 turboprop engines with a rated power of 850shp each.....so glad you and the family got to do this!!!
G-SB is a beauty to work with!
From Qatar Q Suites to a 6 seater private jet! You don’t get more diverse Content than that! Thanks Noel, I really enjoyed watching this. X
Have done a fair bit of flying in King Airs (albeit 350s) and they’re certainly a comfortable ride. But of a tight squeeze when all the seats are filled though. My rule of thumb for private is to get a plane with double the capacity for the number of seats you need. 6 pax, 12 seat capacity. 3 pax, 6 seat capacity etc. For a one hour flight probably not a big deal though.
I work onboard private jets and it often makes me laugh when I see brokers online advertising empty legs etc and say things like, for a Global 6000 "Comfortably seats 15 passengers"... And I always think, yeah, put 15 pax on that and it ain't going to be anywhere near comfortable for anything more than an hour!
Many years ago I was in Nice on business and was told my Mum's funeral was in two days time. So I rented a Private (real) Jet. Nice to Humberside and back. $6000.
That’s one weird looking “jet”!
I guess those props are actually unducted fans.
Was gonna say! 😁
Technically, it really is a jet engine. Its a turbo-prop. A jet engine with propellers. I used to fly one and they're amazing.
@@BruiserFL It's a turbine engine attached to a propeller. There is no jet propulsion involved.
@@lellius That is not entirely correct.
It's definitely not a pure Jet engine, however it is a gas turbine( some jet engines are in this category in theory).
The PT6A , generally generates approx 90 percent of its ' thrust ' from the propeller and the other 10 percent of it thrust is derived from exhaust gases from the turbine.
This means that it actually does have jet propulsion to a certain extent as jet propulsion is defined as :
Propulsion of an object in one direction, produced by ejecting a jet or fluid in the opposite direction.
Notice the exhaust ports outside of the engine nacelles. They are positioned towards the rear as to allow for a certain quantity of jet propulsion.
So not quite like the exhaust on your car.
If you'd like further information on this , have a look at PT6A engine schematics. Should be some good vids on RUclips as well.
Ps: A title something like ", Flying on a private Jet prop" would be appropriate.
Nice video in any case !
Looks like you flew right over our house in Warrington Noel !, great video and lovely to meet the rest of the family...❤
Am I the only one that miss seeing Noel feeling miserable in coach :-D
... in a plane that looks like it’s being held together with elastic bands
Lol I feel he needs a dose of that Egypt air trip 😅😅
Wow that is the nicest avionics suite I have ever seen in a king air!!!! Absolutely beautiful! The only part of that cockpit that gives it away to king air fans is the roof control panel with large black dimmer switch knobs for all the cockpit lighting and windshield whispers lol I absolutely love the king air it is a fantastic little plane that is like the SUV of the skies!
Private Planes are all about saving time. You can fly it cheaper than commercial when you share the ride with a full load of passengers. Commercial aircraft will sometimes jack up the price to pay for cheap tickets sold elsewhere. King Air is a very cost effective option. You can fly a smaller Citation or Hawker and get a good price. Upgrade to a Gulfstream and you might as well fly a BBJ.
Glad you were able to tell United to stick it!
Funny how these things work out sometimes. I once flew my mother from Auckland, NZ to San Francisco, CA, US on short notice (about a week) in first for USD 3000, vs USD _4000_ for an economy seat. (Edited to clarify flight route.)
What a lovely family Noel.
One of my most memorable flights ever was on a King Air. From Walney in Cumbria down to Farnborough in the south. That, technically, was my first flight on a corporate jet. Like you, I was grinning from ear to ear the whole way.
King Air is a turbo-prop not a 'jet'......but an aircraft I love to fly. Beautiful Glass Panel in this iteration....almost makes flying 'fun' again!! The smallest 'jet' I've flown in was an A-37B Dragonfly.....still in use in many countries' Air Forces. That's fun flying as well.
A turbo- prop is a Jet engine. It has gears to a shaft that tuns the prop.
@@howardroberts6862 You obviously didn't read the whole comment. But ........anyway...
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Glad you did too.
Loved that, incredible made within reach!
£800 each!!! I don't think so. I would have caught the Stena Line Ferry from Dublin to Liverpool, then train to Nottingham then bus home. Yes it would take much longer, however, you would save a lot of money.
I would've done the same, but value is subjective so for some this is worth it
Maybe not with 2 kids, 2 elderly parents and a partner with disabilities...
Not really his point though
@Les Geo no way really
Actually I don't see how the airline is making a profit. I know this is a turbo prop but still uses jet engines. Many cost thousands per hour to fly. Horrindus on gas.
In the quick second the pilot passed the camera on the way out my mind immediately flashed to Rowan Atkinson!
Exactly !!
We’re doing the long haul thing from Dublin next summer to LA. Cheap & cheerful Ryanair from Glasgow to Dublin, BA to Heathrow have an overnight stay, then onto the 777-300 in Clubworld to LAX & on the way back we’re direct from Heathrow to Glasgow. Price for the BA flights was only £1298 per person including all our reserved seat charges on each flight, which I thought was fantastic value for money. It would’ve easily been more than double that starting in Glasgow.
Excellent video as always 👍🏻
This is amazing. Glad you got to experience it. Awesome video. Keep them coming sir.
The captain doesn't even have peach fuzz yet.
Awesome video Noel. Loved seeing your local airfield. The suite at Dublin looked very cool.
It is a great video. I wish I could have the same flying experience on a private plane like you. Well done, Noel.
Many thanks!
That's really cool. I had a chance to ride in a Cessna CJ3+ to a GA airfield and I'll tell you the convenience of travelling this way to your familiar home airport feels a bit nostalgic... and of course all those people you know like family from your home airport seeing you come in on that thing are like "wow, your super cool"... just kidding, but great nonetheless. Haven't tried it Internationally yet though.
Haha, yes half the flying school came down to welcome me back home 😂
Still waiting to see the private jet
In British English is a “turbo-prop” also called a “jet” ? 🤔🤷♂️🤦♂️🤣🤣🤷♂️
@@mattg7372 nope
@@mattg7372 It`s a Jet Prop
Some people sound a little jealous and insecure.
I recall from central station in Sydney to the airport was 1 dollar cheaper by briefly getting off/on trains in between. Cheers🥃 from Adelaide.
Welcome to Ireland
I see props on that "jet"
🤣🤣🤣
Props for noticing. :3
@@AutoGamerZ_ I see what you did there
Technically a king air is a turboprop (aircraft with a Jet engine & propeller)
yeah, yeah, yeah, Trek001, we all noticed. [yawn]
10:05 This is exactly what my dad had in mind when he ordered a *Lincoln TownCar LIMOUSINE* instead of 5 seats on a shuttle van back in 1998 to get us from Houston's William P. Hobby airport to our new apartment west of Sam Houston Tollway
Thanks for this , as I'm sure you will have worked it all out being as good as you are travelling . You & the family deserve some great treats for all hard work you & they do . Xx
Thank you so much!
My dream to do this once
I hate refueling the king airs, you almost have to be a yoga instructor to climb up on the wing to get at the aux tanks and fuel it while looking back at the trucks meter. We deal with them on a daily basis because my provincial government here in Canada operates a fleet of two 350's that are used as medivac's. And with the pandemic these days they don't stop.
It’s bit like a taxi, its expensive for one person,but if shared between several people it can be relatively cheap option, and much more convenient as door to door, so private plane makes sense in ur circumstances.
AWESOME VIDEO NOEL!
This channel always brings a smile to my face👍🏽👍🏽
Me as well
That was cool, showed that private planes are affordable, but to be honest only in extreme circumstances for me. but all in all, that was a great video, nice to see a different plane to the usual on these aviation channels, great stuff. well done.
Would love a video or info on how to go about booking an empty leg.
I do miss all the flights from being in the RAF, the locations not available to others, landing in peoples gardens sometimes, or just buzzing along 50ft above a motorway en route to some air show.
What did you do in the raf?
@@dampmaky Intelligence
Absolutely fantastic!
Noel, you are so cool. If you ever come to Brisbane, Australia, there is a spare bedroom for you.
I'm going to the grocery store in a limo later today. Well, actually, I am driving myself in a Honda. Hey, close enough.
Dublin to Manchester, I would say 5 flights a day £50 a seat plus £50 bags each. 6 of you £600 total. let's say worse case £1000. You could have had a limo back home for £200. don't see how this is a true alternative
True, think its bollocks personally.
RUclips revenue would have probably paid for it… you’d do it if you could.
Noel, I was in Muscle Shoals, AL when you flew in briefly. I wish I could have given you the 10 cent tour in my pickup truck! 🙂
I had to laugh at your reaction when Rach said next time she wants one with sofas lol. Great video.
i would love to do what you have done thats the way to fly. no more airports no more queues ,nice to be treated like human beings.keep up the good work. brian d.
Brilliant out of the box solution ..... Thank You
An excellent report!
Wow!!! What a holiday! I thought we'd seen all the videos then - bang you hit us with this 😮
very cool! nice interior, flew the B200 for 5 years early in my career- a very solid aircraft. thanks for the video !
It's pretty impressive what you can do with it, isn't it? Clearly at home doing "civilized" flying like this, but just as able to operate off of some pretty dinky strips if need be too.
Noel, have you tried taking a train down to London Heathrow or London Gatwick Airports? Supposedly, the train os very reasonable. Plus, those are bigger airports with good airport deals. The Air Passenger Duty, you can claim back in your UK Taxes since you had your kids with you.
Good to see the family in Tow , keep up the good works.
Thanks, will do!
Your son does a more energetic wave at the top of the steps than Joe Biden. Lol.
Probably can remember where he is too.
I actually used to do a little bit of work on G -IASB before it was sold to Signature, those blinds are a pain in the ass! 😂
@@scott7010 IASB, either used to be or has become an air ambulance, that's when I worked on it, I don't know when this video was filmed but I worked on the aircraft when it was an air ambulance 👍
@@scott7010 oh okay I see, well I worked on it while it was in that config. Still stand by that those window blinds are cool but a pain! Haha
Great vlog as always! That is on my bucket list too! You can rent many a nice Lears or Bea-125 that can land and your local airport. Congrats on 250K subs! Good job!
Yeah. I’ll go tell all my skydiving buddies I jumped out of a jet when it was just a King Air. You know how ridiculous you sound every time you call it a “pRiVaTe JeT”?????? LOL
Noel even as an Avgeek you would/should know that a Beech King Air 250 is NOT a private jet!
it is…..
@@jacobhurley2465 A jet, is a jet, is a jet. Prop plane isn't a jet
@@perriello66 It’s a jet prop…. it’s has 2 jet engines ….
Saludos desde Venezuela,
Hoy disfrutando con la familia, excelente, asi es.
Saludos
I’m really, truly, trying not to cringe every time you say “jet”. Love your videos.
I mean if it's a turboprop it *technically* has a jet
@@pangolin83, it’s a hybrid. But a prop is a prop.
Great videos Noel ..but £800 each !?! I would rather rent a dingy and make the family paddle...thats a lot of bread For a king air for an hours flight..wow... admire your travels but it must cost a fortune to travel..especially with the family... is there a trust fund involved or have there been any recent local unsolved bank robberys ? Keep it up..we admire your aviation adventures.
250k subs, well on the way to being a pretty massive channel with huge earning potential.
He’s stated in previous videos way early on that he did quite well for himself prior to starting the RUclips channel. Plus he’s very smart while booking flights +ad revenue, sponsorships etc.
Would make for an interesting video: "I took a private jet and made my family paddle back in a dingy". The seething rage in the comments would heat the whole house for weeks ;) Bring it!
There are expenses involved when you're running a fairly large youtube channel where you are spending money on flights, hotels and sustenance. Whilst Noel does do some nice looking business class products etc, it's usually the case he's a bargain hunter. He's in that nice sweet spot where he's not too corporate and reliant on handouts and heavy sponsor stuff but also has a fairly successful channel that he can support himself with and give himself a decent budget to work with that doesn't jepordise his own situation.
I suppose this is maybe an extra £3-4k in doing this over a cheaper route but I imagine when you look at the annual expenses involved in this, it's probably not too crazy over the course of a year and he can potentially reclaim a fair bit of that back if the video is successful (which it looks on course to be). Doing something cool with his family that they will all remember is also another plus. I'd imagine even if it doesn't break even in itself, the final cost to himself is still a fair bit lower than that £3-4k (and this video gave him 2 pieces of content rather than 1).
Still a lot better than £12000
with all that luggage and full load of heavy passengers, was weight and balance an issue???
King Airs are monster lifters
No but it might've been a problem 🙄
What? No Loo report! Is there a bucket? 😂
(A Jet does not have propellers)
same idea
@@xoneqraftProps and jets are not at all 'the same idea' other than they both fly.
Wrong. You are speaking as a non-aviation person. There are three versions of turbine (jet) powerplants
1) pure jet (military only... think fighter aircraft),
2) fanjet (typical commercial airliner with jet driven fan inside the nacelle (think Boeing etc) and
3) propjet, a turbine engine driving propellers like the King Air these folks got a ride in. It is powered by jet engines.
@@glennjaffas6242 wrong. And everyone I've ever heard called them a turboprop, not a jet.
@@UmmCarl Turboprops are jet propelled. 😁
turbo prop i love the king air's they are great plane's
You flew right over my house in Sheffield!
I think you chartered a private plane, not a private jet. But it it's still a lovely turbo prop to have chartered, great cabin.
Was it really a private jet? With propellers
That is correct a turboprop is in fact a jet engine that drives a propellor.
But...that...isn't...a...jet 😁 awesome video Noel, thx for sharing with us 🇬🇧
A jet is a plane. We call a plane a jet. Where are you from?
@@sjefhendrickx2257 UK mate, We call a plane an airplane, Jets have jets and props have props, so a jet isn't a plane but a jet plane, this was a prop plane :) Cannot call my Cessna 152 a jet now, can I ???
@@sjefhendrickx2257 Wrong!
Private turboprop ... the King Air is not a jet!
I wonder how most people cover the expenses for their wanderlust, I know a couple of people are just gonna bottle up their desire for travel adventure because they can't afford to, that's so horrible.
Cute, that jet at 5:15 is having a little nap!
Hey Noel. Great video. One minor suggestion if I may. Try and make a conscious effort to look into the camera lens and not at the screen watching yourself.
Noel thank you for the video, and yes just like you I had the chance to fly in business with American for first time and I loved it, greetings from New York city
Doesn't a KingAir have propellers?
did you say it cost you an extra £833 each?? Would it not have been cheaper to book 6 flights from Dublin to London or Manchester or even Southampton and then get a taxi home??
I can't believe you deprived us of the takeoff.
Good time my friend you need to take a trip to Jamaica 🇯🇲
I couldn't agree more Linton. I thought he would have travelled to Jamaica by now😁
I wouldn't have missed this entire trip with your family for anything, Noel! BRAVO MATE!
Where's the part with the private jet..?
As someone from Ireland i can tell you that Tayto Crisps are very popular here. Great video as always Noel
The perks of being a RUclipsr with lots of money. Can even fly on a private jet, haha!!
It's not a private Jet
That’s not a jet,it’s a turbo prop
@@leedouglass9636 I mean… it’s still a turbine that runs in Jet A spinning that prop, so depends on how you want to look at it.
@@colemadonna6284 not at all,works nothing like a jet engine.the only thing they have in common is they both spin.
@@leedouglass9636 I am not really looking to get into a debate, but I am unsure what you mean. In my understanding, a turbo prop is a turbine (read: jet) engine that runs on Jet A (or equivalent) and is used to spin a propeller. Only difference between them is how the energy from combustion is used. In a turbo prop, the energy is spent spinning the propeller, thus the exhaust gasses contain very little energy. In a jet engine, the exhaust gasses themselves provide the thrust. Their combustion process is fundamentally the same, the only difference is how the energy is spent. Again this is my understanding so feel free to correct me.
I do wish people would read the thread before posting. YES!!!! we know it's not a jet and he actually corrected himself in the video.
Also i have enjoyed your content so much i have subscribed to both of your channels.
Awesome!
What about border control?
Did you consider the ferry? :) But yes as a one-off it is worth considering as a great experience and in this case quite practical, and fun to watch as well.
There is the option of bus/rail/ferry, but that's generally a long drawn trip. Additionally, and especially in the UK and up to a bank holiday, I've been in the situation, where all busses are overbooked. I once got stranded with a busted gearbox in Caen in France. Trying to get back to Ireland, we took the ferry from Caen to Portsmouth and then found out, that we were extremely lucky to get a bus to London from there at all (with the aim of flying back to Dublin from there), as all busses were pretty much booked out for the bank holiday weekend and no extra busses were scheduled. And this was pre pandemic.
If not planned well in advance the bus/rail/ferry route is not something, I'd want to do ad hoc. You just get stranded elsewhere. And I reckon, that if he'd looked at that route, he would have found, that he might as well wait the 2 days for the rescheduled flight. He would have arrived at home 2 days later either way.
Also take into consideration, that they obviously could have stayed the 2 days in Dublin, but the hotel prices, especially in the pandemic, are insane. You are talking 800 to 1500 EUR for the hotel alone, plus the 2 days lost. That's for 4 adults and 2 children. Take that saving and now the private jet only costs around 3.5k in the difference or under 600 quid per person.
Awesome video Noel! Maybe a comment around the differences on a turbo prop and a piston aircraft might be needed here. Lots of comments around how a KingAir isn’t a jet. 😂
In the US turboprops are NOT considered jets despite having a jet engine as part of the setup.
Propellers on the outside is a private aircraft...
@@andreworiez8920 I guess more specifically in a turbofan the bypass air, while being moved by blades, is pushed into the jet exhaust at the nozzle and still behaves as a jet rather than an airscrew. Granted a ducted fan would also then count as a jet by that definition. Still the difference between a turbofan and a turbojet is stark as a turbofan can fly much faster (A Tu-95 can get in the ballpark, at the expense of bone-shattering noise).
@@andreworiez8920 By that standard, is a Dash 8 then a private aircraft? Or an ATR 72?
@@francoiss6911 yes... There are privately owned examples of BOTH aircraft....
In this context we can't call the aircraft in the video an airliner can we?
@@andreworiez8920 so a plane that flies for commercial airlines and carries 74 people is a privately owned (non-commercial) plane?
I would have thought a night in a hotel in Dublin, plus a Easyjet flight a day later would have been a fraction of that. Still an awesome video.
EasyJet don’t fly to Dublin
@@s125ish they do from Belfast. Quick enough journey.
@@CptVXR different country
@@s125ish have you ever travelled from Dublin to Belfast? It's really not a long journey, on the same island with a completely open border. Less than a 2 hour drive from Dublin Airport to Belfast International. I can't imagine a 6 seater large taxi between them would be the most horrendous price especially compared to a private plane. Private plane makes better vid content though...
Love my new socks Noel. Thank you
My son in law flys executives around America in Hawker jets. He's based in Florida. Only very rich private vacationers can rent those planes, but he has flown one dog before, full price, just the dog and he and the F.O. on board...some folks "got it".
Definitely a cool way to go! One of my favorite videos of yours. I would be like you watching the pilots fly.
Glad you enjoyed it!