The 32-Hour Longest Commercial Flight in History
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Fun fact, the sun has yet to (literally) set on the British Empire. Randall Monroe over at xkcd worked it out, and it turns out that the territories still under direct British control are just far enough apart to prevent that from happening.
Until a total solar eclipse occurs on that one island that the sun is shining on while the rest of the British Empire has night...
@@thomas127 F
@@thomas127 But then the sun wouldn't set, you just could use the phrase the sun is always sunny what in any case would be wrong because the mainland lives in a perpetual cloudy weather.
Thomas a solar eclipse is not a sunset...
Including the Commonwealth, it doesn't. If you just count the territories, it hits sunset for a few minutes before the sunrise hits elsewhere.
I still count it, woo Britain!
"The Cocos islands did successfully exist."
i'm loving this humor. it's like a toned down bill wurtz - I love it!!!
@@arccv yup
World record was broken when I flew over Heathrow and the plane circled over it 50 times
That’s Heathrow for ya!
Same with me flying home from lax
50 times is still too short.
I’ve flown to Heathrow at least four times and I’ve never had this problem.
@@nathanmorton7728 try again!
Imagine some tall dude with no leg room having to sit like that for 32 HOURS
Whats going on with that icon?
I'm reading your comment while sitting in a train without any leg room. I don't like being that tall guy..
@@AnimilesYT where are you traveling to?
@@Nathan_2120 It was just my daily commute from work to home.
@@AnimilesYT these are the times i feel bad about being tall. Elevators, public transport. Im sorry for taking so much place!
I have a theory.
Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting are run by the same person.
i've been legit thinking that for ages
Maybe you are joking and I'm not picking up on sarcasm, in which case, facepalm for me. If that's not the case, I can inform you that the two channels are, in fact, run by the same individual.
I never saw both posting videos at the same time, so that's a good theory
They are ran my the same *individual*
Please tell me you're joking.
these flights were actually so secretive that the pilots of the aircraft were branded as cowards due to them not being able to wear their RAAF uniforms in public (to not draw the attention of potential spies)
Source: live in Perth, hear many stories about it in museums and the like
I'm from close to Chicago but visited Perth twice in the last year and LOVE that place.
Flying the longest flight possible in range of getting shot down by the Japanese: cowards..... thats crazy
So called cowards were only allowed 70 kilos of balls on flight
That’s a lotta airline food to have all at once
Hope it's not poisoned
kremit the frog IT'S YOU! MY IDOL!
Pretty sure they actually had better food since they only had to feed at most 6 people.
Remember, this is before "Airline Food".
...It's also during a war and may possibly have been fed military rations instead.
"A beard?! But I shaved at the airport!"
Oh neat, something I already knew about. Perth represent! The Catalina in the aviation museum in Bullcreek is well worth checking out if you're a local.
Hell yeah brother I'm from Bibra Lake!
it really is a great museum. it even has a LANCASTER BOMBER!!! fly to Perth, then find a way to the Aviation Heritage Museum in Bull Creek.
also, have a look at where they departed to Ceylon, Boat ramp near UWA.
@@xxCYCLOPS360xx Hell yeah borther, cheers from south of the river!
J.Yossarian That’s cool, I’m from the best country in the world. (AKA United States)
Cyclops_ #ellenbrook gang
1:38 flat earthers: EXPAIN THIS
Nicholas Lau wait isn’t that flat...
Btw I’m not a flat earther just saying
I think he meant the flat earthers were saying that, not challenging them.
(r/woooosh)
flat earthers don't exist
Just like canada
@@martyjrpowell1014 just like australia
So, they could set up an airport on some tiny islands (but they didn't want to get bombed), but couldn't set up an airport on the northern coast of Australia?
@Wojtek Dawson There is Darwin, that the Japanese know about. But if you make another one, like 50km away, the Japanese won't know about it.
The Catalina was a seaplane so could land in the waters near near the island, and all that would be needed is some fuel tanks
Boats are obvious and easy targets for aircraft. They'd greatly increase the risk breaking the whole "sneaky secrecy" thing.
The northern coast of Australia was being heavily bombed by the Japanese
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raids_on_Australia,_1942-43
@Albert Miller you want to cancel that racism mate?
I like how making enchiladas isn’t applicable in today’s world
Jerry Rupprecht 1st
What was the edit
@@davidhelmer149 probably a typo
I can't think of enchiladas without being reminded of Saturn's ice moon and vice versa.
According to your map the Karachi to London leg took the flight over the entire length of Nazi occupied Europe? I think Berlin might have had something to say about that.
Fun fact, the Catalina that made this trip is now located at the Qantas founders museum in Longreach QLD, Australia.
Hold on tight, this is going to be a long one.
Tf Stop being everywhere
fact fiend
That's what she said
I know right
First I see you in ltt comments "how to clean your cleanest setup" and now I see you here
The Sun has not set over the British empire yet. DO a video showing the reamining parts of the empire
Russell Until 2432 when there's a solar eclipse over the Pitcairn Islands
@@adamhorsfield6104 an eclipse doesn't count as a sunset though. If we count something blocking the sun as it setting then why not say a cloud does it too?
@@adamkey1934 Yeah,blocking is not setting.Final.There shouldnt be any debate about this.
They’re not part of the British Empire; they’re British Overseas Territories- it’s a bit different.
No need to argue on British Sun, just because British Queen will be refugee in US, India or somewhere in Europe. The way they are allowing illegal immigrants and Muslim refugee.
Please google you will find a news from CNN in which Muslims people asking buckingham palace to be a mosque.
At least Poland understand this and denied to accept Muslim refugee but they have accepted Catholic refugee.. Don't trust me see the link below
twitter.com/BharwadHamirG/status/1220646220487524357?s=19
Remember when flights were 32 hours long (and uphill both ways through 5 feet of snow)?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
_The sh*t gonna hit the fan_
*~ Pilot (Airplane!, 1980)*
LOL
Don't call me Shirley
4000 miles? Thats a weird way of saying 6437 km
He wrote both
Also weird that a direct PER-KCT (RAF Koggala) routing is only 3510 miles / 5649 km.
I prefer 32,000 furlongs.
@@NielsZussblatt as the video guy said, Cocos Island is bang on the middle of the straight path, but they didn't want the Japanese to notice the island so the plane was flown to a longer curved path.
W H A T T H E F U C K I S A K I L O M E T E R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Actually the sun still does never set on Britain due to the Pitcairne islands in the pacific
Ben Davis and, you know, Australia.
The problem is the sun rarely rises in Britain almost 300 days in a year, thanks to the wonderful weather! Didn't know Australia is still a part of the British Empire or that there is an empire (yes I know that there are still a few freeloaders). Them Aussies won't like it!
islands that literally only became occupied on a permanent basis because the mutineers from the bounty couldn't find anywhere else dismal enough to not be searched for on.
Hats off to you for pronouncing all these country (Eg. Sri Lanka) and city names (like the Chinese ones in your Wendover videos) properly 👏
I wonder how many people United would’ve kicked out after that flight
They wouldn't kick out the superior leader
You've joined the list of "why do I always see you in the comments?!"
Infinty
After the flight? Nah bruv they'd toss em out mid-flight, 32 hours is too long for united to be able to hold it in for
Dead meme, get out of here.
Been watching your channel since the beginning, love that you mentioned my country of Sri Lanka.
Related stories: Singapore Total Defence Day (got invaded by Japan, that one)
How does this comment not have a single reply and only 8 likes including mine after a full year?
They never invaded us Kiwis because we had the Bob Semple tank.
ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
They didn't stand a chance they were cowards at our might.
I'm a simple man.
I see PBY Catalina.
I like.
I subscribe.
not the only reason to subscribe though
Watched each and every episode! super interesting! Love from India. Keep creating.
Haha funny finding you here
Didn't expect LLA to be here
Why would they need to send peanut butter over telegraph?
Because they didn’t have access to a fleet of e25s
This is really cool, I never realized the Catalina served in a civilian role!
Due to some weird territories in the pacific, the sun still, even in 2018, never sets on the British empire... unless their is a very strange eclipse.
Eclipse still doesnt set.The sun doesnt "set" during eclipse.Its only blocked so that still doesnt count.
@@kelvinpang438 fair enough. During the eclipse the light wont shine on the british empire.
3:27 Trapped in a noisy airplane stripped of all but the bare essential equipment, with lots of probably very flammable mail, flying within enemy aircraft range for most of that, over the ocean, for 28 to 32 hours....
I did not think something called "The Double Sunrise Flight" could be so terrifying.
As a Singaporean, feels weird hearing HAI mentioning Singapore multiple times.
Same,cheers!
Neither Crazy nor Rich nor Asian 🤔
as a malaysian , feels weird that HAI mentioning malaysia very very few times.
I’m ethnically Sri Lankan, and since my country never gets mentioned, this video was very weird.
I was surprised that Singapore wasn't an Asian country! Did you Singaporeans tow it from Europe after booting out the Brits?
Nice to see Sri Lanka being mentioned so heavily, we don't usually get a lot of attention.
I bet that flight was in a Toyota Corolla.
1:54 "The Cocos Islands, between Australia and Sri Lanka, did successfully exist at the time"
"Like absolutely everything". That was one of the best insides jokes ever. Great channel!
This record is definitely impressive, however if you include lighter than air vehicles, the transatlantic zeppelin service handily beats it with crossing times between 43 and 78 hours.
I like how he highlighted Malaysia and Singapore but only mentions Singapore
The whole EMPIRE was hilighted so of course *Malaya* would be too.
I was looking for this comment. 'Let's talk about Singapore but show Malaya & North Borneo on the map.'
yaaaa... ..... .... i wish malaysia is mention but if they do that ,they also need to say indonesia canada india sri lanka hong kong macau ect ect then the video will be 2 mins longer
because malaya is not important only worthless leaders
he should have said Malaya, the name of Singapore and Malaysia at the time.
I actually had a good on the Australia going to space joke ^^ Keep up the good work, I am always happy to see your vids :)
Honestly one of your best, funniest videos! Keep up the bomby work :)
At 2:09 you pronounced gif with a j sound. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
This is actually the right way to pronounce it, according to the creator of the GIF format: edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html
No it's not, the creator is an idiot
@@thomas127 the creator isn't the authority on how to pronounce it.
It is an acronym, and convention is that you use how the letters are pronounced as part of the words.
@@smalltime0 NASA, JPEG, and laser. It isn't exactly consistent.
@@jarni1242 JPEG isn't a pure acronym, FYI.
Laser, even how you spelt it, has long become a word rather than an acronym.
NASA follows the format.
You might be going off IPA, but reading it incorrectly.
3:35 Wouldn't flying over (and maybe landing in, can't tell) axis controlled territory in 1943 also be a little sketchy? Maybe it would have been a little safer to route from Egypt through Sicily (invaded by allies at the time of the flights) to Gilbrater and/or Portugal to the British Isles? If Sicily wasn't an option, maybe somewhere in North Africa?
Maybe I'll do some math and report back.
So, I'll assume the BOAC the Armstrong Whitworth Ensign, which according to Wikipedia was historically used for transport between Britain and Asia. This aircraft has a range of 1190 nmi (2200 km or 1370 mi). Here is my route from Karachi to London, staying within the British Empire in July 1943 as much as possible, and avoiding war zones and the airspace of unfriendly countries.
Karachi to Kuwait (Kuwait City): ~1054 nmi (~1953 km or ~1213 mi). Flies over Iran into Kuwait, a British protectorate
Kuwait City to Mandatory Palestine (Tel Aviv): ~701 nmi (~1299 km or ~807 mi). Could be anywhere in Palestine or even Egypt. Mandatory Palestine is part of the British Empire.
Tel Aviv to Tripoli: ~1093.84 nmi (~2026 km or ~1259 mi). Tripoli is not a war zone at this point and is now governed by the British Empire (until 1951).
Tripoli to Gibraltar: ~938 nmi (~1738 km or ~1080 mi). Gibraltar is part of the British Empire and is for the most part not under threat from the axis at this point.
Gibraltar to Porto (Portugal): ~399 nmi (~739 km or ~459 mi). Stopping in Portugal could most likely be avoided, but it is a little safer this way and avoids unfriendly Spain (Spanish airspace is avoided by going south and west across the Strait of Gibraltar, through the Gulf of Cádiz, and entering friendly Portugal from the south) as well as unfriendly Vichy France and very unfriendly Nazi occupied France. Side note: Both Spain and Portugal are officially neutral, but Portugal is friendly to the allies and Spain is friendly to the axis. Portugal gets screwed over by history regarding both world wars far too often. They were an allied belligerent in WWI but got nothing for it in the end, and were important in keeping Fascist Spain out of WWII.
Porto to London: ~771 nmi (~1428 km, ~887 mi). Routed to avoid unfriendly Spain and unfriendly Nazi occupied France.
All of these flights are well within range of long-range transport aircraft operated by BOAC avoid active war zones and potentially hostile airspace. I'm not sure how it actually was routed and I could be way off, but I'm not convinced they flew mail and civilians over Nazi and Fascist controlled Italy, Vichy France, and Nazi occupied France as is depicted in the video.
Interesting. Before the war, most (or all?) of the route was flown in the huge Empire flying boats, they continued to be used during the war until Japan joined the fight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Empire
I believe it’s supposed to be allied occupied Italy, then Switzerland, then to the Other southern invasion of France (yes there was 2) then the Channel Islands, then to london
Animation absolutely on point, as per usual. Keep it up!
this may be obscure but I would love to see a breakdown of the economics of running a military base stateside. like running drills housing food etc. either here or wendover. love em both. anyway thanks for all the amazing content there guy
0:19 We were invaded, singaporeans never forgett. Still first time mentioned on this channel
"Half as Interesting does not condone killing or other war things"
I need a full Wendover episode about the Catalinas - I bet a plane looking this cool must have an amazing history.
That they do. They were kind of the do-it-all plane in the pacific. Reconnaissance, SAR, ASW, bomber, etc. Look up the "Black Cat Squadrons" of WWII some time. Their crews would paint their hulls black and make night raids against Japanese shipping.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina#Night_attack_and_naval_interdiction
'the island did succesfully exist at the time' has the same energy as 'have a christmas and new year'.
Hmm, but how could an Australian machine land in (I assume the map is accurate) Serbia, Italy, Vichy France and then fly over German-occupied France at this point in time?
I'm surprised no one went insane on that flight.
Justin Y. Ahh, the great Justin Young
When there's more than four replies than likes
Me 3
Ikr
Nice
Keep up the good work and the diverse topic flow
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2:08 ... did you really pronounce GIFs as JIFs? I'm distraught, I believed in you man... *Italian accent* "You breaka my heart, Tony".
I couldn't bear that, I would get so claustrophobic
I knew it was going to be the PBY Catalina, and I wasn't disappointed. That plane was ludicrously good, even though it was considered obsolete before WW2 even started, the plane somehow went on to become a crazy versatile and capable workhorse is a large variety of roles, serving pivotal roles in key battles, performing daring rescues, raiding the living hell out of Japanese merchant shipping in the pitch black of night, and even dogfighting with Zeros successfully.
Makes sense that, all nonessentials removed and as much auxiliary fuel as you can carry, it could successfully, reliably, and consistently make 4000 mile, 28+ hour trips over open ocean and through enemy territory without any losses or accidents.
Hi HAI. Great video, only 1 thing to say, Singapore was Temasek during colonial area and the part you higlighted to represent Singapore was called Malay Pennisular (later they separated with Temasek/Singapore and annexed the western part of Borneo) and now is called Malaysia.
Who else looks forward to Thursday just for these videos?
me and also to see or hear a word " malaysia" in it i will be 100000000000 happier too
I’m from Sri Lanka and I’m happy to see my country mentioned
WOW FINALLY, A VIDEO ABOUT AIRPLANES. I was wondering when you'd eventually take up airplanes as a topic. More please.
As an Australian I am so glad this has been covered.
Actually the Sun still hasn’t set on the British empire. Look it up. It’s pretty interesting
I'm more concerned about the fact that you called it "jiff" and not "gif"
It stands for Graphics Interchange Format... GRAphics, GGGGGGRAphics
Jraphic Parck.
I clicked to watch the "Why does America Only Have One Cruise Ship" video, and a third of the way through I kept wondering what any of this had to do with cruise ships...
The suspense for the surprise hook at the end adds a lot to the experience.
Isn't this a military flight, not a commercial flight!!!??
no, they transported mail and passengers.
The three passengers make it commercial
Oliviben 20301 Well commercial means for money. There are plenty of military flights with far more than 3 passengers that are most definitely not commercial.
They may have been ferrying non-military personnel though which would be commercial.
@@Oliviben but how do you know they weren't soldiers and senior officials?
@@jjc5475 mail pertinent to the war I believe, not civvy stuff.
Did you just say JIF?!?
This is actually the right way to pronounce it, according to the creator of the GIF format: edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html
@@thomas127 shut
@@thomas127 GIF is an acronym for graphics interchange format, graphics uses a hard G the creator is wrong.
It's not right, the creator is just an idiot
spawnof200, NATO is pronounced _ˈneɪtoʊ,_ but "Atlantic" is pronounced _atˈlantɪk,_ and "Organisation" is _ɔːɡ(ə)nʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n,_ so shouldn't it be _natɔ_ with that method? My point is, acronyms can change the pronounciation.
I love your humor, your content, your everything, you- i meaaaaaan XD
Whoever writes the script for this channel deserves a damn medal.
Sorry some of these jokes have me dying
i love bill wurtz too
Its pronounced gif
No it isn't, it's pronounced gif!
I love the humor in this episode
As an aside there were telegraph lines going the other way, across the Pacific going thru several islands. Landing in Canada and America west coast. From there the telegrams could be easily routed thru many ways across the continent to the multiple routes across the Atlantic and on to London.
Oh god turn on subtitles
What's wrong with them?
That’s.. strange.. it’s fine now. But it was a bunch of error code for me
When you said “unless it’s 2018” at 0:29 all the countries apart from the UK itself went normal. But places like the Falklands should stay pink.
All i could hear in my head was the "History of Japan" video "Their trying to invade the entire ocean!"
I swear your favorite subjects are planes and mail haha
That's nothing compared to 80 days
that 80 days wasnt a commercial flight through so doesnt count.
Thats Malaysia
Um no, the center of the frame was the island of Singapore.
Which certainly isn't
@@Ikelae um no... Singapore is only that small island and it doesn't include borneo
no matter how i love my country malaysia , the plane actually lanes in singapore , but it is too small to see in a map that dot under malaya or what we call now west malaysia and the top of borneo as now call East malaysia and indonesia is singapore , right in between. ( i had to ctrl c and v for this type of coment)
I love it how the longest flight in history covers a distance less than that of a 3 hour flight with a Concorde
And to think now there's a direct service from Perth to London.
the pewdiepie vs t series battle
Wrong channel
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The year is 2033, it is 4 years into WWIII. You are running a supply mission to Perth from India in a PBY-Catalina. It's a long old flight so decided to download some skillshare courses to make the most of your time. Just before you are due to see the second sunrise over the Indian Ocean you here a panicked noise come from the cockpit.
Co-pilot "what the hell is that in the sky?!!!"
Pilot "I'm not sure Jim, it looks like a missile?"
Co-pilot "A missile? for us?"
Pilot "I doubt it, might just be another ICBM heading towards the US"
In your old life, you were a military aviation expert and you know that the missile was, in fact, a Russian S-400 Surface to Air Missile. You're cool, calm and collected as you think you have just the right skillshare course to deal with the situation. You look at your tablet and scroll through your downloads and can't see it.
You 'I was sure I had a course on here somewhere'. Frantically you keep searching and then suddenly you find the file you are looking for. You feel so much better, and you put on your headphones, open the file and it starts playing. After a quick intro, the screen goes black. Nothing for a solid 3 seconds then words start to appear. Slowly they take shape and when they have formed it forms to the say "yeah bro, you're like super duper fucked here". What angers you more than anything isn't that you are totally screwed but rather that the message was written in Comic Sans.
They used the Catalina PBY. It was a good choice. This was one tough bird, and it had already proved itself worthy in the war effort by serving as a sub and ship killer, among other duties. If you ever get to see one up close, its impressive...said the overly enthusiastic, but mousy, vintage aircraft voice from the back row.
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2:06 did he just says "JIFS" *triggered haha
Now this is quality content I like!😂
I feel like it’s been awhile since a good plane video. I was starting to get scared 😂
The "double sunrise" flight sounds delightful!
0:24 a lot of what's marked as British Empire on that map wasn't in 1943 - Weihai, Heligoland, Minorca and the Ionian Islands for example
That "bomby weather" joke cracked me up
The sun still hasn't actually set on the British Empire yet; in at least one of the 14 remaining British territories, it's daytime.
Bro u my fav utube after rll
Thanks for the Video! I live in Perth!
Love your vids! But the outline you showed of Singapore at 0:20 is actually Singapore + Malaysia
The whole empire was outlined, so of course *Malaya* and N. Borneo would be shown when he said Singapore.
Great video - however you might want to correct your route at 3:30 as i'm pretty sure the Brits weren't flying civilian flights over occupied France and Italy at the time :) They actually went via Africa and Portugal.
1:38 Australian space agency moon mission: *Am I a joke to you?*
"The Cocos Islands [...] did successfully exist at the time" I love this channel
Who made the subtitles I love it
Small error at 0:27 - The sun doesn't actually set on the British Empire in 2018 due to the 'Pitcairn Islands'. So if the UK keeps all of its current territory then the sun will always be shinning somewhere over Britain (Until April 2432 when there's a solar eclipse over the Pitcairn Islands). New video idea possibly????
No,even with the solar eclipse,sun still doesnt set as the sun doesnt "set" during a solar eclipse,its only blocked.
Yeah, I guess that's true otherwise the sun would also have to 'set' when it's cloudy too