More Information About the Flight Here: To view the first segment of this trip from Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) to Majuro, Marshall Islands (MAJ) click here: ruclips.net/video/80mRlkJP6VI/видео.html My regular viewers/subscribers will already know this, but I want to start with this because this video is likely to bring in a lot of new viewers. I try to keep my videos as pure as possible. No commentary, music, text on screen, fancy edits, etc. I want people watching my videos to have as close to the real experience as possible, without physically being there themselves. So, that’s why I put any information you might want to know in the description or in a pinned comment, like this. That said, here are timestamps with a lot of information about the flight that is relevant depending on what’s happening in the video. If anyone has any other questions about the flight or what you see, please leave a comment, and I will answer it. Join me on United Airlines flight 154, the world renowned Pacific island hopper, as we depart Majuro, the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands for Kwajalein, also of the Marshall Islands. This is the second, and shortest, of six flight segments that make up the famous flight. Kwajalein is home to Bucholz Army Airfield, an active military base owned by the US government. As a result passengers are prohibited from leaving the aircraft unless they have express permission from the US government. Passengers are also prohibited from taking photos/videos of the facilities on the island. As a result, and to abide by the rules, after landing, the end of this video is slightly different than usual. 0:04-0:18 - We rejoin the famous Pacific island hopper after having had a 40 minute stopover in Majuro, the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. Visible here, the main terminal building is visible, as well as the sign that would normally greet you if Covid wasn’t forcing everyone to stay on the aircraft. United recently announced they were suspending service to Majuro due to the poor condition of the terminal. Supposedly, a United employee actually fell through a hole in the floor of their second story workspace. Although I could never find any news articles saying the service was resumed, we obviously didn’t skip the stop! 0:19-0:34 - An ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus is visible. Due to the short runways along the route, although MAJ is not that short, ARFF trucks are required to stay by the aircraft for 15 minutes after arrival to make sure there are no brake fires. On this segment we’ll see much harder braking when we land at the much shorter runway at Bucholz Army Airfield. 0:35-0:44 - An Air Marshall Islands De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100, the sole example owned by the airline, is visible just behind the winglet. 0:45-1:10 - Various ground crew and equipment are visible servicing the aircraft during our 40 minute stopover. 1:11-1:34 - In the far distance, small islets that make up the Majuro Atoll are visible. 1:35-2:07 - One of Air Marshall Islands two Dornier 228’s arrives from an inter-island flight. 2:08-3:50 - As the second flight of six total begins, you can see the empty cabin. None of the 5 passengers that boarded in Honolulu deplaned at Majuro, and we were joined by no new passengers. This first stop, turned out to only be a cargo and refueling stop. As will remain constant for the entire trip. The aircraft operating the flight is a United Airlines Boeing 737-824. N36280 is an 18-year-old 737, and is configured with 166 seats in a three-class configuration. First, Economy Plus, and Economy. 3:34-3:49 - Given during the first leg, but shown again here for reference, a blanket and a full 1.5-liter bottle of water for the flight. I’ll be honest, at first I wondered if this was just done so the crew didn’t have to offer us drinks all the time, but that wasn’t the case. They were just being nice. The crew of the flight was top notch, and came by many times offering food, drinks, snacks, or more blankets. The second stop is also where the crews swap. The first crew only flies the leg from Honolulu to Majuro. The second crew will be in command for the remainder of the trip. Also served during this stop was as many bags of almonds as you wanted. 3:50-15:41 - It is FAA regulation that the safety briefing must be given for each segment. Although no new passengers joined us in Majuro, we all got to listen to the safety video again. Get used to it, we all get to hear it four more times. We then back taxi down the runway, where we turn around to line up for takeoff. 15:42-17:41 - We’re soon in the air again, and very quickly any trace of land vanishes below us. Now, only the vast Pacific Ocean is visible again. 17:42-18:56 - This is the last time we will see land before arriving at Kwajalein. Visible here is some of the islets that were visible from a distance while on the ground. All of them together make up the Majuro Atoll. 18:57-40:16 - It’s a short cruise when the total flight is only 54 minutes. As the crow flies, MAJ and KWA are only 268 miles apart. 40:17-52:14 - The same as the previous leg, nothing but the vastness of the Pacific Ocean is visible during our initial decent into Kwajalein. 52:15-55:44 - Suddenly, Kwajalein Atoll and Bucholz Army Airfield, however they quickly vanish again after we begin our base turn. Kwajalein Island's population is about 1,000, mostly made of US military personnel and government contractors This is in addition to a small number of Marshall Islanders, all of whom require express permission from the US government to live there. Around 13,500 Marshall Islanders live on the atoll, however most of them on a separate island, called Ebeye Island. 55:45-1:01:54 - After having glimpsed the atoll only briefly before, we are but feet above the Earth and still cannot see anything but the Pacific Ocean. 1:01:55-1:03:28 - Breaking waves and land appear only moments before we touch ground again. This time, on runway 06 at Bucholz Army Airfield. At 6,700 feet long, it is over 1,000 feet shorter than the runway we left in Majuro. Unfortunately, due to the restricted nature of the US Army/Government facilities, this is now where this video effectively ends. The last entity I want to tick off is my own government, so to abide by the rules of not filming or photographing any of the facilities in detail, the remained of this video is only an interior aircraft view. That said, I will mention, that the process on the ground here was very similar to that in Majuro. ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus stood by the airplane for 15 minutes, cargo was loaded and unloaded. We also refueled again. The only major difference was the equipment all belonged to the US Army, and United didn’t appear to have any of their own equipment. Also, the 4 other passengers who joined me at the beginning of the journey all deplaned at this stop. That’s right. That leaves me as the sole passenger on the next leg of the journey. Have you ever had a private 737-800 flight? Probably not. It was pretty cool. 1:03:29-1:07:54 - As I mentioned in the last section, this is simply an interior view of the aircraft as we taxi to parking. It didn’t feel right to promise the full experience, as I do for every video, without at least getting the audio from the taxi/parking. Join me again net Saturday at 10:00am central, as we continue our journey to Guam as we take the third of six legs.
I used to work radio relay for all those flights in that area. Pretty much Guam to Hawaii then out to the US Mainland. Never got to see the islands, but I used to work a lot of Air Mike flights, now United and Asia Pacific Airlines. Miss those days.
I was a resident on Kwajalein with my father and family when my father's job stationed him on the island. We lived on Kwajalein for 2 years and 8 months. When we were on Kwaj, the planes serving were a World Airways DC-6C and a Northwest Orient DC-7CF. On flights from Honolulu to Kwajalein the time in flight was on average 10 1/2 hours. The World Airways flights were very first class service, as my father's company chartered the aircraft for all persons stationed on Kwaj, from AT&T to Western Electric to Honeywell and others. Oh this was a long time ago, back in the 1960s.
Great story. What age were you? Was there a school on the atoll in those days? We flew a Pan Am Stratacruiser from SFO to HNL and that was a 12 hours beating hearing those engines humm.
I was 11-13 years old when I resided on Kwajalein. I went to school (middle school nowadays) at George Seitz School on Kwaj. Kwajalein then and still is now a top-secret base. When I was there, it was under the US Army Material Command. No one, without clearance, is allowed on the island. People now when flying to Kway are taken to the pier for Ebeye where there are a couple of hotels. Funny, when I went to see Ebeye there was no such thing as hotels. Ebeye is a neighboring island. Funny, you mentioned you flew on a Pan Am Stratocruiser. The first plane I was on was a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser. We traveled from NY Idlewild (now JFK) to Spokane WA to see my grandparents (it was a 13 hr flight with stops). We overall travelled some 20,000 miles aboard Stratocruisers before they were retired in 1960. Besides Ebeye, I was also on Roi-Namur, another neighboring island. I flew there aboard an Army C-54 (DC-4). One last thing. When I was on Kwaj, it was also a missile base. The island and it's facilities were testing the effectiveness of it's Anti-Ballistic Missiile program. There was a missile silo on the island (we called it Mt. Olympus). When there was a mission, a missile was fired from Vandenburg in California. It took 25 minutes to fly before going over Kwaj and we would then fire a Nike Zeus missile which would hit the inbound missile. The impact was rather spectacular at night. We also had the Russians come by in a spy ship (they called it a fishing trawler). When they did we would shut down the entire base so they couldn't spy. The Russians also had Tu-95 Bear reconnaissance bombers fly over us at high altitude to take pictures of the base. All this made living on Kwaj exciting.
So, by choosing to stop filming outside of the aircraft after leaving the runway, I'm assuming that you actually wanted to see your wife and young daughter again...haha. ;) But seriously...very good vid, as usual. And BIG congrats on 50K subs, my friend! You fully deserve every one of them...and many more, IMHO. :)
Haha, yeah. I mean, this is the same government that controls the IRS, and I definitely don't want to have to deal with the IRS anymore than I have to haha. Anyways, thanks of that my friend. It's a been a long road to get to 50K. As much as I love running this channel to provide awesome content for everyone to watch, and subscriber count really doesn't matter, I really want that 100K silver plaque now haha. Hopefully the next 50K come faster than the first 50K 😂.
@@sla31 I'm pretty sure that I was around to congratulate you on 25K subs...and it didn't seem that long ago. But anyway...I'm looking forward to congratulating you on reaching 100K subs...and earning that epic silver plaque. :)
Man I have been waiting soooo long for you to do this route. I'm so glad I was late to the party because I have an awesome binge party going right now!!!! Does a mechanic still fly with them on this route? Also did they refuel at Maj or did they ferry enough in from HNL.....Super full flight you had there.....So far really enjoying the ride.....Hope they put a Max on this route!!! Did I see two flight attendants walking backwards at the end?
I'm glad you're enjoying them my friend! The next leg posts on Saturday! And yes, a Untied mechanic does still travel with the aircraft along with a health supply of spare parts. Yes, they did refuel in Majuro. They refueled at every stop, or at least they hooked up a fuel truck. I just know from experience back when I used to work for American Airlines, they a fueler always came to the plane and hooked up, but sometimes they didn't actually need to add any fuel. So, it's possible we didn't take any fuel at some of the stops, but they check the levels and hooked up a truck at every stop. On the next leg form KWA-KSA I was the only passenger haha.
Love the introductory video. Never seen flights from the Marshall Islands. Very interesting. I wonder if flights in those islands are subsidized on some level by the US Government ?
I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend. As for subsidies. I don’t believe there are any direct subsidies provided by the US government, that said, the second stop which was the video today, is an active US military base, and of course there is a large military presence on Guam. I would be shocked if United does not have some type of contract with the US government to move military personnel and government contractors, especially to KWA. So, assuming they do have some type of government contracts, you could look at that as a subsidy haha.
No, you don't have to close your windows. It was fine to look out and observe what was going on. You just couldn't take pictures or video after landing. The crew had seen me filming the whole time up to this point. The lead flight attendant came by before we landed and said if I wanted to film the landing I could, but would need to stop once we left the runway. So, I actually left my window open, I just didn't film out it after we taxied to the end of the runway. The rest of the windows were closed already because there were only 5 passengers on the flight and the crew had all of the windows closed when we boarded. So, only a couple of windows in the whole plane were open anyways. Either way, keeping your window open is allowed.
No, it's been ages since a flight attendant asked me why I was filming, and the last time they did, it was purely because they were curious, to which I told them that I did it for RUclips. She then asked for my channel so she could subscribe haha.
I covered that in the description and the pinned comment, but to be fair there was a lot of info in those. KWA is owned and operated by the US government as an active US Army Airbase. United has express permission to operate there to bring in US military personnel and government contractors. As a result of it being a military base and not a public airpot, taking photos/video of the facilities on the island is strictly prohibited. The crew had seen me filming the entire time. They came by before landing and told me that I could film the landing, but as soon as we started to taxi to the actual base, I'd need to stop. They were very nice about it. But, that's why you only see the inside of the plane after we leave the runway. I still recorded it for the audio, but couldn't film out the windows. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@sla31 I figured that might be the case, but wondered why you didn't just turn the cam off. I would've liked to have seen what KWA looked like. Always been fascinated by those islands with their WW2 history. Anyway, I look forward to the next adventure. Good work.
@@jlmccabe5416 In the end, I didn’t just turn the camera off because I promise my viewers the full flight and full experience of every flight. And I wouldn’t be doing that I’d I cut the last 11 minutes out 🤷🏻♂️. With the restrictions at KWA that was my best option. Honestly, it all looked very old and very worn down. It looked like something right out of a WWII film. Did you ever watch The Pacific? The HBO “Band of Brothers” based on the Pacific theater? If so, it threw off a lot of those vibes.
I forgot my passport when I went to Guam one time, the direct flight from HNL to GUM . As immigration said to me, its easy to enter its difficult to leave. I was quizzed, had to explain myself but I was allowed to depart. It is best to have a passport.
So, there's a couple of ways to look at this. First, the island hopper. You do need a passport to take the island hopper. Since you stop in the Marshall Islands and The Federated States of Micronesia, you're required to have a passport, even if Guam is your final destination. I assume this is in case the plane has mechanical issues or potential bad weather forces the deplanement of passengers at one of the stops. Even though I was traveling domestically, HNL-GUM, I was treated as an International passenger the whole time. In the United app, during check-in, and when boarding. Now, if you take the direct flight from HNL-GUM you don't need a passport. The flight is still treated as an international flight, but since Guam is a US territory and you're traveling from a US state to that territory, you don't technically have to have one. That said, as Pete mentioned, it's easiest on you as a traveller if you do have one. It can get a bit complicated if yo don't have one, and you have to go through a lot of extra steps since, again, it's treated as an international flight.
The description and pinned comment explain it all in more detail, but briefly, KWA is a "non-public" active US Army Airbase. It is not a public airpot, and is own by the US government. United operates there with express permission form the US government to bring in US Army personnel and US government contractors. So, the bottom line is that it is strictly prohibited to film or photograph any of the facilities on the island. So, to abide by the rules and not get my footage taken down, I showed the inside of the cabin after we left the runaway, until we parked, so you'd still get the full experience.
Congrats on 50k bro! Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. By far the most consistent & dedicated aviation creator on RUclips 🎉🎉🎉
Holy cow is Jazzguy! Love your videos, both here and on your channel!!
Thanks my friend! I appreciate that! You're halfway there as well! We definitely need to plan some collaborations in the future!
@@sla31 Absolutely man! Maybe this summer 👍🏻
@@thejazzguy13 As a fan of you both I second the collaboration idea.......
More Information About the Flight Here:
To view the first segment of this trip from Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) to Majuro, Marshall Islands (MAJ) click here: ruclips.net/video/80mRlkJP6VI/видео.html
My regular viewers/subscribers will already know this, but I want to start with this because this video is likely to bring in a lot of new viewers. I try to keep my videos as pure as possible. No commentary, music, text on screen, fancy edits, etc. I want people watching my videos to have as close to the real experience as possible, without physically being there themselves. So, that’s why I put any information you might want to know in the description or in a pinned comment, like this. That said, here are timestamps with a lot of information about the flight that is relevant depending on what’s happening in the video. If anyone has any other questions about the flight or what you see, please leave a comment, and I will answer it.
Join me on United Airlines flight 154, the world renowned Pacific island hopper, as we depart Majuro, the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands for Kwajalein, also of the Marshall Islands. This is the second, and shortest, of six flight segments that make up the famous flight. Kwajalein is home to Bucholz Army Airfield, an active military base owned by the US government. As a result passengers are prohibited from leaving the aircraft unless they have express permission from the US government. Passengers are also prohibited from taking photos/videos of the facilities on the island. As a result, and to abide by the rules, after landing, the end of this video is slightly different than usual.
0:04-0:18 - We rejoin the famous Pacific island hopper after having had a 40 minute stopover in Majuro, the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. Visible here, the main terminal building is visible, as well as the sign that would normally greet you if Covid wasn’t forcing everyone to stay on the aircraft. United recently announced they were suspending service to Majuro due to the poor condition of the terminal. Supposedly, a United employee actually fell through a hole in the floor of their second story workspace. Although I could never find any news articles saying the service was resumed, we obviously didn’t skip the stop!
0:19-0:34 - An ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus is visible. Due to the short runways along the route, although MAJ is not that short, ARFF trucks are required to stay by the aircraft for 15 minutes after arrival to make sure there are no brake fires. On this segment we’ll see much harder braking when we land at the much shorter runway at Bucholz Army Airfield.
0:35-0:44 - An Air Marshall Islands De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100, the sole example owned by the airline, is visible just behind the winglet.
0:45-1:10 - Various ground crew and equipment are visible servicing the aircraft during our 40 minute stopover.
1:11-1:34 - In the far distance, small islets that make up the Majuro Atoll are visible.
1:35-2:07 - One of Air Marshall Islands two Dornier 228’s arrives from an inter-island flight.
2:08-3:50 - As the second flight of six total begins, you can see the empty cabin. None of the 5 passengers that boarded in Honolulu deplaned at Majuro, and we were joined by no new passengers. This first stop, turned out to only be a cargo and refueling stop. As will remain constant for the entire trip. The aircraft operating the flight is a United Airlines Boeing 737-824. N36280 is an 18-year-old 737, and is configured with 166 seats in a three-class configuration. First, Economy Plus, and Economy.
3:34-3:49 - Given during the first leg, but shown again here for reference, a blanket and a full 1.5-liter bottle of water for the flight. I’ll be honest, at first I wondered if this was just done so the crew didn’t have to offer us drinks all the time, but that wasn’t the case. They were just being nice. The crew of the flight was top notch, and came by many times offering food, drinks, snacks, or more blankets. The second stop is also where the crews swap. The first crew only flies the leg from Honolulu to Majuro. The second crew will be in command for the remainder of the trip. Also served during this stop was as many bags of almonds as you wanted.
3:50-15:41 - It is FAA regulation that the safety briefing must be given for each segment. Although no new passengers joined us in Majuro, we all got to listen to the safety video again. Get used to it, we all get to hear it four more times. We then back taxi down the runway, where we turn around to line up for takeoff.
15:42-17:41 - We’re soon in the air again, and very quickly any trace of land vanishes below us. Now, only the vast Pacific Ocean is visible again.
17:42-18:56 - This is the last time we will see land before arriving at Kwajalein. Visible here is some of the islets that were visible from a distance while on the ground. All of them together make up the Majuro Atoll.
18:57-40:16 - It’s a short cruise when the total flight is only 54 minutes. As the crow flies, MAJ and KWA are only 268 miles apart.
40:17-52:14 - The same as the previous leg, nothing but the vastness of the Pacific Ocean is visible during our initial decent into Kwajalein.
52:15-55:44 - Suddenly, Kwajalein Atoll and Bucholz Army Airfield, however they quickly vanish again after we begin our base turn. Kwajalein Island's population is about 1,000, mostly made of US military personnel and government contractors This is in addition to a small number of Marshall Islanders, all of whom require express permission from the US government to live there. Around 13,500 Marshall Islanders live on the atoll, however most of them on a separate island, called Ebeye Island.
55:45-1:01:54 - After having glimpsed the atoll only briefly before, we are but feet above the Earth and still cannot see anything but the Pacific Ocean.
1:01:55-1:03:28 - Breaking waves and land appear only moments before we touch ground again. This time, on runway 06 at Bucholz Army Airfield. At 6,700 feet long, it is over 1,000 feet shorter than the runway we left in Majuro. Unfortunately, due to the restricted nature of the US Army/Government facilities, this is now where this video effectively ends. The last entity I want to tick off is my own government, so to abide by the rules of not filming or photographing any of the facilities in detail, the remained of this video is only an interior aircraft view. That said, I will mention, that the process on the ground here was very similar to that in Majuro. ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus stood by the airplane for 15 minutes, cargo was loaded and unloaded. We also refueled again. The only major difference was the equipment all belonged to the US Army, and United didn’t appear to have any of their own equipment. Also, the 4 other passengers who joined me at the beginning of the journey all deplaned at this stop. That’s right. That leaves me as the sole passenger on the next leg of the journey. Have you ever had a private 737-800 flight? Probably not. It was pretty cool.
1:03:29-1:07:54 - As I mentioned in the last section, this is simply an interior view of the aircraft as we taxi to parking. It didn’t feel right to promise the full experience, as I do for every video, without at least getting the audio from the taxi/parking.
Join me again net Saturday at 10:00am central, as we continue our journey to Guam as we take the third of six legs.
I used to work radio relay for all those flights in that area. Pretty much Guam to Hawaii then out to the US Mainland. Never got to see the islands, but I used to work a lot of Air Mike flights, now United and Asia Pacific Airlines. Miss those days.
Man the 737’s are very powerful. U have to be very skilled to takeoff and land at that type of place. Great vid
I was a resident on Kwajalein with my father and family when my father's job stationed him on the island. We lived on Kwajalein for 2 years and 8 months. When we were on Kwaj, the planes serving were a World Airways DC-6C and a Northwest Orient DC-7CF. On flights from Honolulu to Kwajalein the time in flight was on average 10 1/2 hours. The World Airways flights were very first class service, as my father's company chartered the aircraft for all persons stationed on Kwaj, from AT&T to Western Electric to Honeywell and others. Oh this was a long time ago, back in the 1960s.
That’s a great story and piece of history. Thanks for sharing! If only cameras were as good back then!
Great story. What age were you? Was there a school on the atoll in those days? We flew a Pan Am Stratacruiser from SFO to HNL and that was a 12 hours beating hearing those engines humm.
I was 11-13 years old when I resided on Kwajalein. I went to school (middle school nowadays) at George Seitz School on Kwaj. Kwajalein then and still is now a top-secret base. When I was there, it was under the US Army Material Command. No one, without clearance, is allowed on the island. People now when flying to Kway are taken to the pier for Ebeye where there are a couple of hotels. Funny, when I went to see Ebeye there was no such thing as hotels. Ebeye is a neighboring island. Funny, you mentioned you flew on a Pan Am Stratocruiser. The first plane I was on was a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser. We traveled from NY Idlewild (now JFK) to Spokane WA to see my grandparents (it was a 13 hr flight with stops). We overall travelled some 20,000 miles aboard Stratocruisers before they were retired in 1960. Besides Ebeye, I was also on Roi-Namur, another neighboring island. I flew there aboard an Army C-54 (DC-4). One last thing. When I was on Kwaj, it was also a missile base. The island and it's facilities were testing the effectiveness of it's Anti-Ballistic Missiile program. There was a missile silo on the island (we called it Mt. Olympus). When there was a mission, a missile was fired from Vandenburg in California. It took 25 minutes to fly before going over Kwaj and we would then fire a Nike Zeus missile which would hit the inbound missile. The impact was rather spectacular at night. We also had the Russians come by in a spy ship (they called it a fishing trawler). When they did we would shut down the entire base so they couldn't spy. The Russians also had Tu-95 Bear reconnaissance bombers fly over us at high altitude to take pictures of the base. All this made living on Kwaj exciting.
@@williamgraves2009 Tremendous historical. How funny we shared the awesome Skylite Video and came across this jewel. Aviation history is wonderful.
I knew you wouldn’t let us down! I’m downloading here at work to watch tonight. Thank you, my friend!!
I hope you enjoyed it when you got home my friend! Thanks for watching!
@@sla31 I absolutely did and I’ll watch again.
Beautiful takeoff and landing 👌, excellent 👌 views 👏, full of enjoyment, thanks.
Most interesting. Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching my friend!
So, by choosing to stop filming outside of the aircraft after leaving the runway, I'm assuming that you actually wanted to see your wife and young daughter again...haha. ;) But seriously...very good vid, as usual. And BIG congrats on 50K subs, my friend! You fully deserve every one of them...and many more, IMHO. :)
Haha, yeah. I mean, this is the same government that controls the IRS, and I definitely don't want to have to deal with the IRS anymore than I have to haha. Anyways, thanks of that my friend. It's a been a long road to get to 50K. As much as I love running this channel to provide awesome content for everyone to watch, and subscriber count really doesn't matter, I really want that 100K silver plaque now haha. Hopefully the next 50K come faster than the first 50K 😂.
@@sla31 I'm pretty sure that I was around to congratulate you on 25K subs...and it didn't seem that long ago. But anyway...I'm looking forward to congratulating you on reaching 100K subs...and earning that epic silver plaque. :)
Man I have been waiting soooo long for you to do this route. I'm so glad I was late to the party because I have an awesome binge party going right now!!!! Does a mechanic still fly with them on this route? Also did they refuel at Maj or did they ferry enough in from HNL.....Super full flight you had there.....So far really enjoying the ride.....Hope they put a Max on this route!!!
Did I see two flight attendants walking backwards at the end?
I'm glad you're enjoying them my friend! The next leg posts on Saturday! And yes, a Untied mechanic does still travel with the aircraft along with a health supply of spare parts. Yes, they did refuel in Majuro. They refueled at every stop, or at least they hooked up a fuel truck. I just know from experience back when I used to work for American Airlines, they a fueler always came to the plane and hooked up, but sometimes they didn't actually need to add any fuel. So, it's possible we didn't take any fuel at some of the stops, but they check the levels and hooked up a truck at every stop. On the next leg form KWA-KSA I was the only passenger haha.
Another amazing video keep up the good work
Amazing video SP! one day, I want to do This Hopper flight. Also, Congrats on 50K WOooo!
Thanks my friend! It was a really cool flight. I hope To take it again someday and I hope you get to as well!
I loved the interior taxi lowkey
👩✈...watching these videos keeps me inspired!
Thanks for the excellent content...
Awesome my friend! To be honest, seeing comments like this keeps me inspired too!
Love your united content keep it up stylite productions ✈️✈️✈️
I have definitely flown United a lot this year. In fact, I've already re-qualified for my status on them. There's more United to come haha.
I love these island hoppers.
I'm glad my friend. They only get better from here. Scenery wise that is. The Marshall Islands were beautiful, but Micronesia was even better!
Nice
Another gem💙💚☀️🌴
Love the introductory video. Never seen flights from the Marshall Islands. Very interesting. I wonder if flights in those islands are subsidized on some level by the US Government ?
I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend. As for subsidies. I don’t believe there are any direct subsidies provided by the US government, that said, the second stop which was the video today, is an active US military base, and of course there is a large military presence on Guam. I would be shocked if United does not have some type of contract with the US government to move military personnel and government contractors, especially to KWA. So, assuming they do have some type of government contracts, you could look at that as a subsidy haha.
The flight time is 55 minutes from Tuesday 11:15AM (GMT+12) to Tuesday 12:10PM (GMT+12)
Great job 👍✈️
Thanks my friend! I appreciate it!
I remember when the island hopper was operated by Air Micronesia, nicknamed Air Mike, a subsidiary of Continental
It's had its variations over the years, but it still services today, even in the world of Covid. Thanks for watching my friend!
Thanks for sharing! Do you have to keep you windows down upon landing or is it fine to leave them up as long as you don't take photos/videos?
No, you don't have to close your windows. It was fine to look out and observe what was going on. You just couldn't take pictures or video after landing. The crew had seen me filming the whole time up to this point. The lead flight attendant came by before we landed and said if I wanted to film the landing I could, but would need to stop once we left the runway. So, I actually left my window open, I just didn't film out it after we taxied to the end of the runway. The rest of the windows were closed already because there were only 5 passengers on the flight and the crew had all of the windows closed when we boarded. So, only a couple of windows in the whole plane were open anyways. Either way, keeping your window open is allowed.
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Great fly! Does the flight attendant ask about why are you recording before?
No, it's been ages since a flight attendant asked me why I was filming, and the last time they did, it was purely because they were curious, to which I told them that I did it for RUclips. She then asked for my channel so she could subscribe haha.
I enjoyed the video, but what's with the five minutes of empty seats at the end? :)
I covered that in the description and the pinned comment, but to be fair there was a lot of info in those. KWA is owned and operated by the US government as an active US Army Airbase. United has express permission to operate there to bring in US military personnel and government contractors. As a result of it being a military base and not a public airpot, taking photos/video of the facilities on the island is strictly prohibited. The crew had seen me filming the entire time. They came by before landing and told me that I could film the landing, but as soon as we started to taxi to the actual base, I'd need to stop. They were very nice about it. But, that's why you only see the inside of the plane after we leave the runway. I still recorded it for the audio, but couldn't film out the windows. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@sla31 I figured that might be the case, but wondered why you didn't just turn the cam off. I would've liked to have seen what KWA looked like. Always been fascinated by those islands with their WW2 history. Anyway, I look forward to the next adventure. Good work.
@@jlmccabe5416 In the end, I didn’t just turn the camera off because I promise my viewers the full flight and full experience of every flight. And I wouldn’t be doing that I’d I cut the last 11 minutes out 🤷🏻♂️. With the restrictions at KWA that was my best option. Honestly, it all looked very old and very worn down. It looked like something right out of a WWII film. Did you ever watch The Pacific? The HBO “Band of Brothers” based on the Pacific theater? If so, it threw off a lot of those vibes.
How long does the whole circle take from the time you leave HNL till you arrive in Guam? Any meals served at all along the way?
16 hours and yes. Two meals are served on the first and last segments of the flight.
will you do a playlist of the long flights for this video
Yes, once I have posted the entire trip, I will put all of them in one playlist.
Skylite is this a the island hopper?
Yes, this is one of the island hopper segments.
Do you need a passport to do all of the island hopper legs or can you just fly with your drivers license all the way from Honolulu to Guam?
I forgot my passport when I went to Guam one time, the direct flight from HNL to GUM . As immigration said to me, its easy to enter its difficult to leave. I was quizzed, had to explain myself but I was allowed to depart. It is best to have a passport.
So, there's a couple of ways to look at this. First, the island hopper. You do need a passport to take the island hopper. Since you stop in the Marshall Islands and The Federated States of Micronesia, you're required to have a passport, even if Guam is your final destination. I assume this is in case the plane has mechanical issues or potential bad weather forces the deplanement of passengers at one of the stops. Even though I was traveling domestically, HNL-GUM, I was treated as an International passenger the whole time. In the United app, during check-in, and when boarding. Now, if you take the direct flight from HNL-GUM you don't need a passport. The flight is still treated as an international flight, but since Guam is a US territory and you're traveling from a US state to that territory, you don't technically have to have one. That said, as Pete mentioned, it's easiest on you as a traveller if you do have one. It can get a bit complicated if yo don't have one, and you have to go through a lot of extra steps since, again, it's treated as an international flight.
Wow, that flight is empty!
Yes, it was. Only 5 passengers including myself.
@2:00 what airline that dash 8 livery is in?
That is the sole example owned by Air Marshall Islands.
Distance is 430km/267mi
What happened at the end you just filmed the isle & seat?
The description and pinned comment explain it all in more detail, but briefly, KWA is a "non-public" active US Army Airbase. It is not a public airpot, and is own by the US government. United operates there with express permission form the US government to bring in US Army personnel and US government contractors. So, the bottom line is that it is strictly prohibited to film or photograph any of the facilities on the island. So, to abide by the rules and not get my footage taken down, I showed the inside of the cabin after we left the runaway, until we parked, so you'd still get the full experience.
what body of water is that?
the Pacific Ocean
As Pete said, that is the Pacific Ocean. Thanks for watching!
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