I took the world's shortest flight. It was underwhelming.

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  3 года назад +21326

    And that's the last video from the Orkneys! And do keep an eye on the second channel: if all goes well, it'll launch on Wednesday, with the first video proper going up on Saturday!

  • @aarona.aaronson9621
    @aarona.aaronson9621 3 года назад +4602

    "It's raining sideways."
    And that's why the world's oldest house has only walls and no roof.
    * The more you know *

  • @schaffy_
    @schaffy_ 3 года назад +14105

    Loving the recurring antagonist of Tom Scott videos: the weather

    • @_mrspanky_4587
      @_mrspanky_4587 3 года назад +368

      Thats Britain for ya

    • @irissupercoolsy
      @irissupercoolsy 3 года назад +249

      Americans who want to go to the UK... this is what the UK looks like 50% of the time

    • @SMTRodent
      @SMTRodent 3 года назад +238

      @@irissupercoolsy The other 50% of the time, it's like that but with a lot more buildings on.

    • @lewismassie
      @lewismassie 3 года назад +32

      It's just part of being a British youtuber

    • @ximono
      @ximono 3 года назад +129

      People in the UK usually only film outdoors on days that are overcast and grey, not on days that are overcast, grey and raining.

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 3 года назад +8559

    "Let's go live to Tom with the weather report."
    Tom: *"It's rainin' sideways!"*

    • @joekreissl4499
      @joekreissl4499 3 года назад +624

      "And now to Tom with the nature report"
      Tom: "That's a bird, that's a bird, and that's also a bird"

    • @Mr.Fabulous-1990
      @Mr.Fabulous-1990 3 года назад +178

      "Sounds rough Tom, do you have an umbrella?"

    • @juanma9868
      @juanma9868 3 года назад +52

      Admin, it's raining sideways

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 3 года назад +36

      is gon rain!

    • @azza0911
      @azza0911 3 года назад +13

      Bring him some soup!

  • @Speb17
    @Speb17 2 года назад +1968

    When mom says 5 more minutes until dinner is ready, and you casually take 2 flights with 2 minutes to spare

  • @antisocial-gamer7293
    @antisocial-gamer7293 3 года назад +12561

    "It's raining sideways," and "That's a bird," are such inspirational quotes that will be remembered for years to come

    • @aturchomicz821
      @aturchomicz821 3 года назад +15

      So true!😳

    • @commandercody2980
      @commandercody2980 3 года назад +161

      What about "That's also a bird"?

    • @haph2087
      @haph2087 3 года назад +119

      @@commandercody2980 The quote is actually ”That is also a bird”, and real fans of the Tom watching Seabirds segment would know that.
      (This is partially a joke, in case that wasn’t clear)

    • @danrobrish3664
      @danrobrish3664 3 года назад +23

      Should be followed by, "That's a plane" and "That's Superman!"

    • @JCWren
      @JCWren 3 года назад +4

      @@danrobrish3664 I was actually expecting that, just for some comedic relief.

  • @korosuke1788
    @korosuke1788 2 года назад +21093

    "Be a pilot" they said. "You'll see the world" they said.

  • @RQLexi
    @RQLexi 3 года назад +1246

    For anyone curious, the world's oldest still standing house, featured briefly in the video, is the Knap of Howar, and radiocarbon dating indicates that it was inhabited from around 3600 BCE

    • @colejohnson66
      @colejohnson66 3 года назад +58

      I was expecting an actual house, not a hole in the ground where a house was… I was so confused

    • @colinslant
      @colinslant 3 года назад +105

      @@colejohnson66 Yes, they're using their own peculiar definition of "standing"...

    • @userPrehistoricman
      @userPrehistoricman 3 года назад +49

      @@colinslant and "house"

    • @RoganGunn
      @RoganGunn 3 года назад +173

      @@colejohnson66 No their houses were built into the hillside, for shelter because it's so windy there.
      As for the 'still standing' bit - most houses from that era are mere post-holes or just the remains and the foundations. The only thing missing in these is the roof. You can still see the sleeping areas and storage containers etc.

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 3 года назад +3

      Whoa!

  • @deem2013
    @deem2013 2 года назад +3329

    Feel like we heard too little about the world's oldest still standing house. That's awesome and fascinating!

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 2 года назад +133

      But it doesn't have a roof, so does it really count?

    • @lewisgarner5615
      @lewisgarner5615 2 года назад +100

      @@SupersuMC yes

    • @TheRubberMatch
      @TheRubberMatch 2 года назад +40

      @@SupersuMC it shouldn’t

    • @tatemitchell1479
      @tatemitchell1479 2 года назад +82

      Well if we were to be that picky, we’d have to discount a great deal of the world’s heritage sites, such as those without roofs due to having been removed for tax purposes. It was a house at one point, and it is mostly standing so therefore it should count.

    • @11MissingPhoenix
      @11MissingPhoenix 2 года назад

      @Andrew Jackson You'll noteclip into The Backrooms 👽✌🏽

  • @SSSpencer413
    @SSSpencer413 3 года назад +2570

    “It’s raining sideways”
    “It’s a bird”
    Well that sure sounds like an experience

    • @clouds645
      @clouds645 3 года назад

      ⬆️Don't read. This isn't a RickRoll.
      .

    • @janimizer1725
      @janimizer1725 3 года назад +26

      @@clouds645 ok

    • @Spectrum16
      @Spectrum16 3 года назад +12

      Welcome to Scotland

    • @c0d3_888
      @c0d3_888 3 года назад +2

      @@clouds645 well, I always do as I'm told

    • @markusTegelane
      @markusTegelane 3 года назад +1

      @@clouds645 I didn't mean to, my eyes just kind of drifted to the pfp and thus I got accidentally rickrolled

  • @MrMechen
    @MrMechen 3 года назад +1361

    I love that tom didnt want to be "that passenger" but sat with 2 members of the "that pasanger" club

    • @Anaerin
      @Anaerin 3 года назад +186

      To be fair, they weren't using Selfie Sticks, or narrating the journey.

    • @Silly-Goose-OG
      @Silly-Goose-OG 3 года назад +105

      @@Anaerin imagine someone with a go go gadget extendo selfie stick that extends straight into the pilots face

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica 3 года назад +15021

    Looks like the most convenient airport I've ever seen. No nonsense, no mindless standing and waiting, no Starbucks, just in and out. Or rather, in and up.

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 года назад +636

      Don't forget down and out...

    • @HarshRajAlwaysfree
      @HarshRajAlwaysfree 3 года назад +380

      @@MadScientist267 optional

    • @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333
      @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333 3 года назад +166

      Only problem - constant rain!

    • @matsv201
      @matsv201 3 года назад +56

      We have a local airport around here that have plane as large as A330. While there is a building there, its not very large. There is like 5 meters of space a head of the two check in desk. The check in desk don´t have a belt, but just a slide out the back of the building where dude stands and lift the bags up on a wagon.
      There is one metal detector, a waiting room. While the room is not tiny, there is only chairs for about half the people when a A330 is arriving.
      Then the "gate" is just a door out with the plane waiting outside. The aircraft is simply fueled from at truck.
      Ariving back is the most ridiculous part. There is a short belt for bags at arrival. But the belt simply goes out to the run way side. And they have the wagon pulling the bags the 10 meters from the plane to the belt.
      Really annoying is that the belt just fits like a hundred bags or so. So if the bags are not picked up from the belt, the workers don´t put any bags down. If you arrive in a C-series its perfectly fine, if you come in a full boeing 767... well you may wait a hour for the belt to clear.

    • @doomcera1006
      @doomcera1006 2 года назад +8

      And down and out! (If your feeling a little daring today)

  • @Horltum
    @Horltum 2 года назад +384

    Fun fact: There's a small hospital on this island as well, an island that once accidentally mistook my father for a doctor and took him in to perform surgery.

    • @RealTallestSkil
      @RealTallestSkil 9 месяцев назад +6

      Did he succeed?

    • @worstdudeever
      @worstdudeever 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@RealTallestSkilIf he succeeded, then he should've been a doctor.

    • @456puff
      @456puff 7 месяцев назад +5

      Can you please tell the whole story? I’m super curious!

  • @Mogi.
    @Mogi. 3 года назад +6983

    Loved the buildup for "It's raining sideways" then just cut

  • @zhhrah
    @zhhrah 3 года назад +11570

    Stewardess be like: “Welcome to this flight. Please pay close attention while I explain the safety measures. To your right is the main exit, which you can use right now since we landed 3 minutes ago.. thank you for flying with us.”

    • @rhizoidx
      @rhizoidx 3 года назад +108

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @newforestukulelefestival
      @newforestukulelefestival 3 года назад +80

      Bill Bailey did that routine on QI several years ago.

    • @zhhrah
      @zhhrah 3 года назад +31

      @@newforestukulelefestival Never heard of him, sorry. :)

    • @johndesohn7973
      @johndesohn7973 3 года назад +102

      *throws passengers out of plane* Thank you flying with us

    • @SomeYouTubeGuy
      @SomeYouTubeGuy 3 года назад +95

      They legit get landing clearance and take off clearance at the same time. On the ground before they leave

  • @joshuaneiswinter253
    @joshuaneiswinter253 3 года назад +1730

    "That's a bird." And there are flags, and over there is water. Today we reassure ourselves Tom has a handle on nouns.

    • @KurosakiYukigo
      @KurosakiYukigo 3 года назад +22

      Now that's an obscure Tech Diff reference!

    • @kiro9291
      @kiro9291 3 года назад +19

      and there are an-te-lope

    • @StuieT85
      @StuieT85 3 года назад +8

      Are you done?

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 3 года назад +1

      @@KurosakiYukigo Obscurity is relative... As far as Citation Needed moments go, this is a very famous one.

    • @Sky_Guy
      @Sky_Guy 3 года назад +2

      Nanaue, stay off the comms!

  • @darrendavies5704
    @darrendavies5704 2 года назад +400

    “So how do you commute to work?”
    “Plane”

    • @Maddinhpws
      @Maddinhpws 2 года назад +8

      It would still be quite an expensive commute at 18 pound for a flight. You'd look at essentially 40 pound just for commuting every day.

    • @nutsackgaming6288
      @nutsackgaming6288 2 года назад +8

      People go to school in these planes.

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 Год назад +2

      Commuter flights aren't that uncommon in places like islands or mountains where you can't easily build a road or track.

    • @teresar6348
      @teresar6348 Год назад +1

      @@Maddinhpws I'd like to assume this gets a little cheaper for some committed tickets. Like if there are students who will, without fail, need M-F travel at 8 AM on the regular or the like.

    • @yatsumleung8618
      @yatsumleung8618 3 месяца назад +1

      There was a English dude who decided to go live in Spain and commute to London for work by budget airline. It's still cheaper and faster than living in London.

  • @NonFatMead
    @NonFatMead 3 года назад +707

    My favourite fact about this route: it's actually shorter than the main runway at Edinburgh Intl Airport.

    • @markmayfield3488
      @markmayfield3488 3 года назад +61

      There are around 30 airports / airbases with runways longer than this route in the UK

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 года назад +3

      @@markmayfield3488 LGW is one.

  • @scanida5070
    @scanida5070 3 года назад +2744

    The Crossover nobody expected but everyone appreciates...

    • @Boomya137
      @Boomya137 3 года назад +93

      I think they also got the guy from half as interesting too, crazy right?

    • @ichsagnix4127
      @ichsagnix4127 3 года назад +106

      Still waiting for the Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting crossover

    • @imveryangryitsnotbutter
      @imveryangryitsnotbutter 3 года назад +38

      @@ichsagnix4127 I dunno, those guys sound way too similar, it would get really confusing if both of them were narrating a single video.

    • @LCaddyStudios
      @LCaddyStudios 3 года назад +27

      @@ichsagnix4127 We got the brick video, cant expect much more for a while

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 года назад +11

      crossover productions

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax 3 года назад +39166

    Can’t wait for Bendover to make his next video about the incredible logistics of making a Tom Scott video

    • @PillowWillow007
      @PillowWillow007 3 года назад +543

      Make it happen @Wendover Productions!

    • @neonex73
      @neonex73 3 года назад +64

      hello verified

    • @Loifey
      @Loifey 3 года назад +379

      Ben Dover…

    • @ObviouslyBenHughes
      @ObviouslyBenHughes 3 года назад +11

      OMG…

    • @waffle3892
      @waffle3892 3 года назад +40

      @@Loifey lmao I was thinking the same thing

  • @leocervidae
    @leocervidae 2 года назад +49

    This flight is actually super important for locals, a few kids even use it to get to the secondary school on the mainland.

  • @nicht-registrierternutzer4464
    @nicht-registrierternutzer4464 3 года назад +1155

    "That's a bird."
    "That is also a bird."
    Sounds like someone could use help from Chris Joel, ornithologist.

  • @pietrocelano23
    @pietrocelano23 3 года назад +2248

    Tom is maxing out the scottish islands, he's sweeping through all the side-quests of the orkneys now

    • @jackkendall6420
      @jackkendall6420 3 года назад +107

      lore% speedrun master tom scott

    • @thelastmohican951
      @thelastmohican951 3 года назад +41

      The 100% completion is essential bro

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +36

      He's going for 100% completion of Earth.

    • @evanc.1591
      @evanc.1591 3 года назад +12

      Not yet - there’s a fascinating monastery on Papa Stronsay, still in active use to this day!

    • @julesdingle
      @julesdingle 3 года назад +5

      I'm really surprised on the places missed in this quest, the Highlands and Islands are something out of Skyrim.. I did a recent video on the insane geology especially the NE where there is actually a cave where vikings repaired boats and stored booty.

  • @coreys2686
    @coreys2686 3 года назад +1109

    This is a perfect route for an electric airplane. Then Orkney would be able to power its own transportation.

    • @Musikur
      @Musikur 3 года назад +69

      As long as they don't rely on solar power ;)

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 года назад +67

      That's a great idea; though, the harder the wind blows, the less good the flying conditions become, but the greater the need is to use of the excess wind generated power. 😂😂😂😂

    • @otterylexa4499
      @otterylexa4499 3 года назад +60

      It's already in development.

    • @betz8733
      @betz8733 3 года назад +7

      that's exactly what I was thinking watching this!!!

    • @clray123
      @clray123 3 года назад +16

      Or a motor boat. Or you could just swim across, honestly.

  • @osiron6912
    @osiron6912 2 года назад +452

    I'm impressed with Tom's proficiency at identifying birds. Almost missed them

  • @skeptale
    @skeptale 3 года назад +969

    "I'm not gonna be the jackass who's vlogging on a tiny little plane with other passengers on it"
    The world needs more Tom Scotts.

    • @matthewstuckenbruck5834
      @matthewstuckenbruck5834 3 года назад +28

      When I see other youtubers doing that it's so awkward. Like, could you really not find any other place to film?

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 3 года назад

      I wouldn't mind a legit vlogger. But it is the number of average idiots who film everything,--- at music concerts, parades, etc.

  • @drink15
    @drink15 3 года назад +13378

    This guys has more practice taking off and landing then most pilots with his hours of flight time.

    • @deirdrekiely6187
      @deirdrekiely6187 3 года назад +298

      * THAN, not then.

    • @drink15
      @drink15 3 года назад +880

      @@deirdrekiely6187 got it out of your system?

    • @BGatts666
      @BGatts666 3 года назад +80

      @@drink15 * HEAT, not it.

    • @Uvisir
      @Uvisir 3 года назад +8

      i was thinkig about that also

    • @calebbyers
      @calebbyers 2 года назад +264

      Pilot experience should be measured by number of takeoffs and landings, not hours. A pilot can build hours ("experience") by sitting looking out the window on autopilot turning a dial every 30 mins on a transatlantic flight. Or they can be like this guy, rarely using autopilot, constantly managing the aircraft, doing lots of takeoffs and landings, which are the hardest parts of flying.
      Which one's hands would you rather put your life into?

  • @cubfan
    @cubfan 3 года назад +7619

    Cheeky transition into the Wendover voice over. Very well done.

  • @azurebalmung4520
    @azurebalmung4520 2 года назад +41

    Imagine a re-routed flight where you had to fly 50 seconds to one place, then 45 seconds to your destination.

  • @ColtAlabama
    @ColtAlabama 3 года назад +150

    I was unaware of just how low the bar is for what a “still standing house” is

    • @werk62
      @werk62 3 года назад +9

      Right? If I got to choose the definition it would at least have to still have a roof

    • @FHL-Devils
      @FHL-Devils 3 года назад +5

      Hole, that isn't a pool, yet.

    • @ChristopherHallett
      @ChristopherHallett 3 года назад +6

      Well c'mon, be fair - it's THOUSANDS of years old...

    • @tatianaleutwiler1867
      @tatianaleutwiler1867 3 года назад +2

      Makes me think Machu Picchu should be called a "still standing Inca city"

    • @Donderu
      @Donderu 3 года назад +1

      I would have assumed it meant “inhabited”

  • @lapsiluco
    @lapsiluco 3 года назад +1401

    "I took the world's shortest flight"
    * jumps *
    *roll credits*

    • @POWEEEEEER
      @POWEEEEEER 3 года назад +28

      *Plays
      "Curb your enthusiasm" song*

    • @offichannelnurnberg5894
      @offichannelnurnberg5894 3 года назад +25

      The worlds shortest commercial flight: Public tampolene playground with entrance fee

    • @computer_dude
      @computer_dude 3 года назад +19

      No, before the credits rolled, Tom would explain what could be considered a flight or not, whether this has brought legal issues or has been exploited.

    • @Unobliging
      @Unobliging 3 года назад +5

      That's not flying, it's falling with style!

    • @mrcat6433
      @mrcat6433 3 года назад +5

      @@computer_dude Tom: But does it make sense to call it a flight? You aren't really flying- there are no wings or blades or any way for me to force down the air in order to climb. So I asked an expert.
      _Cuts to someone talking about what constitutes flying_

  • @CCheukKa
    @CCheukKa 3 года назад +5012

    Pilot: "I have been flown over 1000 flights."
    Me: "Cool, how many hours do you have?"
    Pilot: "40 hours"

    • @lpharmer3496
      @lpharmer3496 3 года назад +429

      I know the video says that they fly multiple routes but if the pilot actually did just fly this one route 1000 times it would be only 25 and a half hours hahah

    • @Stavroization
      @Stavroization 3 года назад +325

      @@lpharmer3496 lots of practice taking off and landing though

    • @ralanham76
      @ralanham76 3 года назад +129

      @@Stavroization this might be faster than practicing take off and landing

    • @abdhulhackul2620
      @abdhulhackul2620 3 года назад +14

      @@ralanham76 hence there is only 15 hours added to the total of 1000 flights

    • @Oscar-qt6ll
      @Oscar-qt6ll 3 года назад +13

      Ling ling 40 hours

  • @felinediscipline
    @felinediscipline 2 года назад +54

    Damn those small islands must have a very quick render time for the loading screen to be 1 minute and 30 seconds.

  • @OpenSourceLowTech
    @OpenSourceLowTech 3 года назад +1403

    I've taken off from that airport; pilot popped whatever's the plane equivalent of a handbrake turn and literally took off sideways.
    Then to land in Kirkwall just switched off the motor and coasted in.
    Ferry's also great, doesn't have a schedule as such, just wanders round the islands picking people up as needed.
    I miss Orkney.

    • @jimmyboy131
      @jimmyboy131 3 года назад +49

      I landed sideways one time, due to cross winds. I wasn't the pilot but it was a small four person plane and it was a very tense experience.

    • @iraqiboy90
      @iraqiboy90 3 года назад +56

      @@jimmyboy131 landing sideways, though only on one of the main tires, is normal in crosswinds. At the moment of touching down one of the main gears, the pilot has to line up the entire plane forward with the runway, otherwise, imagine a car making a jump and landing sideways.

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 3 года назад +6

      Landing that way is named after crabs, who also walk sideways. Never heard of taking off sideways before, though.

    • @SlenderSmurf
      @SlenderSmurf 3 года назад +5

      @@iraqiboy90 very common in rallying

    • @niroshanperera6323
      @niroshanperera6323 3 года назад +9

      Didn't notice Air traffic controllers. It seems like there is no danger of other aircraft entering the Airspace. Hence no possibility of collisions. I bet the pilots have done some stunts when there are no passengers.

  • @MIO9_sh
    @MIO9_sh 3 года назад +10727

    Now this is what "Airbus" really means

    • @96msd
      @96msd 3 года назад +189

      I'm so stupid I just realized that airbus means air ... bus.

    • @sexyscientist
      @sexyscientist 3 года назад +13

      😂😂😂

    • @Alek_1z
      @Alek_1z 3 года назад +64

      No it's a bus made of air.

    • @angieduran7261
      @angieduran7261 3 года назад +16

      I read that as arby's 💀

    • @namanish450
      @namanish450 3 года назад +19

      Nah it boings from island to island.

  • @kriskropd
    @kriskropd 3 года назад +7244

    Pilot: "Would anyone like me to turn on the radio?"
    Passenger: "Oh that would be nic-"
    Pilot: "We've arrived. Please watch your step as you exit the plane."

    • @Tacopaper
      @Tacopaper 3 года назад +52

      no! TAKE ME TO THE SEA AND DIVE

    • @placyd
      @placyd 3 года назад +44

      1:54

    • @silvervisage5096
      @silvervisage5096 3 года назад +112

      "Please fasten your seatbelts...cancel that last order."

    • @arkinjaredmorales4123
      @arkinjaredmorales4123 2 года назад +6

      Me flying my shortest A320 flight in RFS:

    • @sonario6489
      @sonario6489 2 года назад +5

      @@silvervisage5096 "Belay that order."

  • @FBIagentObama
    @FBIagentObama 2 года назад +136

    0:33 *as a bird enthusiast i can definitely confirm that it IS infact a bird*

    • @leitfie3579
      @leitfie3579 2 года назад +1

      What about the other two?

    • @FBIagentObama
      @FBIagentObama 2 года назад +6

      @@leitfie3579 those other two are actually our Scottish variants of our latest drone bird tech

    • @leitfie3579
      @leitfie3579 2 года назад +2

      @@FBIagentObama Thanks for the info. I'll know that the next time I see another one.

    • @CC3193
      @CC3193 Год назад +1

      Thanks for clearing that up. I thought that it was an airborne crab.

    • @FBIagentObama
      @FBIagentObama Год назад +1

      @@CC3193 I’m happy to help :)

  • @ASRocketry
    @ASRocketry 3 года назад +1963

    “It’s raining sideways” - Tom Scott August 2021

    • @bajhi_
      @bajhi_ 3 года назад +2

      hmmm

    • @ToppyTree
      @ToppyTree 3 года назад +25

      Classic Scotland

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 3 года назад +1

      That just gave me more proof that the pacific northwest has the exact same weather as Scotland does; as sideways rain is a rather common thing here as well

    • @edmn
      @edmn 3 года назад +11

      -Ollie Williams

    • @Six11Slender
      @Six11Slender 3 года назад

      That part made me laugh

  • @JackAndersMusic
    @JackAndersMusic 3 года назад +3429

    Let’s go to Tom with the Weather Report, Tom?
    Tom: “ITS RAINING SIDEWAYS”
    Thank you Tom.

    • @kaneshrasalingam16
      @kaneshrasalingam16 3 года назад +46

      Lmao family guy reference love it

    • @adifferentangle7064
      @adifferentangle7064 3 года назад +14

      Tom should do all the whether reports.

    • @No-cc1fq
      @No-cc1fq 3 года назад +10

      Tricia Takanawa

    • @ak_-zc4kb
      @ak_-zc4kb 3 года назад +10

      @@kaneshrasalingam16 hello, i’m tom tucker

    • @notayoutuber3518
      @notayoutuber3518 3 года назад +11

      @@ak_-zc4kb Tom, I’m *standing* here to board the world’s most underwhelming flight while my parents critique my performance.

  • @neilcaezar306
    @neilcaezar306 3 года назад +598

    Imagine if all Nature Documentaries were like this: "That's a bird. That's a bird. That is also a bird."

    • @himaro101
      @himaro101 3 года назад +23

      Apply David Attenborough's voice to the sentence.

    • @WizKhalia13
      @WizKhalia13 3 года назад +7

      Try watching Zefrank1 hes hilarious and does exactly that 😂

    • @comicsans2516
      @comicsans2516 3 года назад

      sounds like a huggbees video

    • @scmtuk3662
      @scmtuk3662 3 года назад +2

      "Here, we have the Northwestern Dinglepuff. One thing that you'll notice, if you look really closely, is that the flower is... purple"

  • @BonesWasHere
    @BonesWasHere 2 года назад +5

    I can now say I’ve watched the entirety of a commercial airplane flight on RUclips.

  • @giuliacastelli7317
    @giuliacastelli7317 3 года назад +555

    tom saying “it’s raining sideways” and a raindrop then hitting the camera lens cracked me up

  • @AdamEmond
    @AdamEmond 3 года назад +6911

    I took the world's shortest flight. It was half as interesting as I expected.

  • @hannamouse1
    @hannamouse1 3 года назад +453

    "That's a bird. That's a bird. That is also a bird" is exactly how I react when my parents get all excited that there are pigeons in the garden.

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 года назад +25

      My brother once asked my mother, "What sort of bird is that in the garden?"
      My mother answered, "It's a paper bag."
      My brother got some glasses.

    • @auldfouter8661
      @auldfouter8661 3 года назад +4

      But it was a lovely curlew , my favourite kind.

    • @anatine_banana_69
      @anatine_banana_69 3 года назад +3

      That's my reaction when I look outside the window while a sex scene plays in the movie I'm watching with my parents

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 года назад

      @@auldfouter8661 Thanks, I was trying to remember what that bendy-beak bird is called.

    • @WeaselKing1000
      @WeaselKing1000 3 года назад

      I will never understand why such huge proportions of people a) don't care about birds; b) think it's really funny to point that out; c) think that most other people will relate; and d) depressingly, are right about c) most of the time. It's neither a good nor a valuable thing.

  • @COLOREDLESS.
    @COLOREDLESS. 2 года назад +31

    I literally wondered “what is the worlds shortest flight ever” yesterday thanks for answering this

  • @evan
    @evan 3 года назад +5280

    THE COLLAB IVE ALWAYS WANTED

    • @josinboop6132
      @josinboop6132 3 года назад +7

      Bruh

    • @platinum-or3y
      @platinum-or3y 3 года назад +5

      ok

    • @adiuntesserande6893
      @adiuntesserande6893 3 года назад +40

      But what about one with both of them, the rest of the Technical Difficulties, the Map Men, Jago Hazzard, and you? That’s the perfect British collab!

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 3 года назад +1

      Oh, hi there!

    • @mike_chr_
      @mike_chr_ 3 года назад +8

      Hey it’s the British guy

  • @bluewindsor93
    @bluewindsor93 3 года назад +3416

    "It's raining sideways"
    Yes, it's Scotland. That's normal.

    • @keir2803
      @keir2803 3 года назад +9

      😂

    • @FarrFromPerfect
      @FarrFromPerfect 3 года назад +107

      I heard that last time it stopped raining there people thought it was the end of times.

    • @RapidVidsProductions
      @RapidVidsProductions 3 года назад +43

      gee i wonder if this person is scottish

    • @blubfishuwaaa
      @blubfishuwaaa 3 года назад +62

      @@RapidVidsProductions Nah, no way, that's absurd

    • @wrenclark4907
      @wrenclark4907 3 года назад +2

      ur not wrong mate

  • @5MilesHigh
    @5MilesHigh 3 года назад +752

    Gotta love how if it is going to be disappointing, Tom lets us know before we get disapointed aswell.

    • @tamaslapsanszki8744
      @tamaslapsanszki8744 3 года назад +49

      But it wasn't disappointing. It was exactly what I expected: a short hop in a typical STOL twin engine light aircraft. It was satisfyingly accurate to my expectations

    • @ZNotFound
      @ZNotFound 3 года назад +1

      It wasn't disappointing. We got a Wendover Productions crossover.

    • @clouds645
      @clouds645 3 года назад

      ⬆️Don't read. This isn't a RickRoll.
      .

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 3 года назад +1

      It was disappointing. I was promised Tom and got an inferior copy.

    • @5MilesHigh
      @5MilesHigh 3 года назад

      @@clouds645 what, nothing in channels

  • @ryalexstudios
    @ryalexstudios Год назад +5

    "That's a bird. That's a bird. That is also a bird."
    Most insightful quote on RUclips

  • @OrafuDa
    @OrafuDa 3 года назад +1227

    “That’s a bird.”
    “That’s a bird.”
    “That is … also … a bird.”
    Pythonesque. Love it. 🙂

    • @joinedupjon
      @joinedupjon 3 года назад +12

      Least the plane didn't hit any of them

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 3 года назад +1

      @@joinedupjon I'm fairly sure with a plane this size, things would have ended rather badly.

    • @olivergambrell9763
      @olivergambrell9763 3 года назад +1

      I think Great Skua, Fulmar and Curlew.

    • @buvvins6687
      @buvvins6687 3 года назад +6

      The Larch....The...Larch... :D

    • @kevinnewsom3128
      @kevinnewsom3128 3 года назад +2

      @@buvvins6687 Aww,...I was gonna' say that!

  • @emily-clairedonaghue3133
    @emily-clairedonaghue3133 2 года назад +5514

    "It's raining sideways."
    "that's a bird."
    "that's a bird!"
    "that is also a bird"
    4 of Tom's greatest quotes 😂

  • @mikepictor
    @mikepictor 3 года назад +609

    "That's a bird" - It's this kind of rock solid educational content I have come to expect from Tom. I can feel myself learning new things.

  • @PhilTaylorPhotog
    @PhilTaylorPhotog 2 года назад +19

    FWIW, before Covid, I flew the worlds longest commercial flight at the time(SQ21&22). It was well, whelming.. Got some awesome shots over the North Pole. Good luck to Wendover doing an analysis of that for the 18hr+ duration...

    • @lieny
      @lieny 2 года назад

      SQ21 and 22, is that Singapore Airlines?

    • @PhilTaylorPhotog
      @PhilTaylorPhotog 2 года назад

      @@lieny Yes it is.

  • @TheDerpyWhaleYT
    @TheDerpyWhaleYT 3 года назад +1661

    I wasn't expecting this collab but I'm so glad it happened.
    Love both of these guys.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 года назад +7

      @Harry Johnston-Smith Better to be checkmarked, than checkmate, as no one ever said.

    • @ausburne5265
      @ausburne5265 3 года назад

      what's up checkmark

    • @T-1001
      @T-1001 3 года назад

      There is a Gandalf quote for just such an occasion.

    • @lordvader89a
      @lordvader89a 3 года назад +2

      I mean...it is about airplanes, so...

    • @ArquibIsmail93
      @ArquibIsmail93 3 года назад

      Same here, like them both

  • @temporal_paradox
    @temporal_paradox 3 года назад +150

    I'm impressed that you were able to identify all of those birds, even at such a distance

    • @thetux459
      @thetux459 3 года назад

      Ornith-
      -ologist!

  • @MazHem
    @MazHem 3 года назад +891

    Tom Scott: "I don't really like when my videos are memes"
    Also Tom Scott: "That's a bird"

    • @jamesmnguyen
      @jamesmnguyen 3 года назад +56

      My favorite is his failed vaping and talking attempt.

    • @Angarsk100
      @Angarsk100 3 года назад +16

      That's another bird!

    • @pierreabbat6157
      @pierreabbat6157 3 года назад +1

      Luke A. Boyd ought to learn something from Seymour Robbins.

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones 2 года назад +12

    I've got a close competitor for you: In 1967 I flew commercial from Oakland to SFX.
    I was the only passenger on the flight and I had flown up from LA on what I had thought was a direct flight to San Francisco, last flight of the day. We landed in Oakland, everybody else got off, and the stewardi were surprised that i was still there. So they flew me to San Francisco...

  • @bigcheese781
    @bigcheese781 3 года назад +357

    This is one of these extremely rare occasions where a commercial electric aircraft actually makes sense...

    • @QuantumFluxable
      @QuantumFluxable 3 года назад +26

      but then how are we gonna melt the icecaps hu?!

    • @beejaabee30
      @beejaabee30 3 года назад +51

      @@QuantumFluxable really big blowtorches

    • @sheevone4359
      @sheevone4359 3 года назад

      Except the BN-2 islanders aren't electric. But it would make sense.

    • @EcceJack
      @EcceJack 3 года назад +18

      Definitely! I hope they get there sooner rather than later - especially with all that wind power they've got lying (uhhh... blowing..?!) around!

    • @andreasu.3546
      @andreasu.3546 3 года назад +21

      As a kid, I had a model airplane on which you would wind up a rubber belt which would then drive the prop. Should be sufficient for this flight.

  • @jertban
    @jertban 3 года назад +283

    When Tom said: "Voiceovers about airplane logistics" my mind imediatly went to Wendover Productions and boy oh boy I was not dissapointed, I love these kind of collabs!

    • @clouds645
      @clouds645 3 года назад

      ⬆️Don't read. This isn't a RickRoll.
      .

    • @ATM648
      @ATM648 3 года назад +3

      This video was only Half As Interesting as they usually are...

    • @pikcube
      @pikcube 3 года назад +2

      @@ATM648 Reference acknowledged

  • @William190
    @William190 Год назад +61

    Tom looked at the sky when asking for Sam. So, Sam must live in the clouds or something. Therefore, Sam is, in fact, a robot programmed to create air travel logistics videos, and Jet Lag and all his other appearances was a complex system designed to fool us into thinking otherwise.

  • @captainnurbles9169
    @captainnurbles9169 3 года назад +987

    The collab we weren't expecting, but one that we needed.

    • @bajhi_
      @bajhi_ 3 года назад

      yep

    • @clouds645
      @clouds645 3 года назад

      ⬆️Don't read. This isn't a RickRoll.
      .

    • @ATM648
      @ATM648 3 года назад

      This video was only Half As Interesting as they usually are...

  • @sandrogisback
    @sandrogisback 3 года назад +1388

    The 'it was underwhelming' clickbaited me better than all the 'OMG, THIS IS THE BIGGEST ... '
    And i dunno why

    • @ruchick6155
      @ruchick6155 3 года назад +32

      Because the hyperbole is more known as a clickbait

    • @princegoatcheese9379
      @princegoatcheese9379 3 года назад +82

      *I GOT ON THE WORLD'S SHORTEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT (MINUTE 2 WILL SHOCK YOU)*

    • @safe-keeper1042
      @safe-keeper1042 2 года назад +37

      @@princegoatcheese9379 I TAKE THE WORLD'S SHORTEST FLIGHT!?!?!
      And don't forget that idiotic red arrow and red circle, and Tom's face looking shocked, in the thumbnail.

    • @milkkee540
      @milkkee540 2 года назад +2

      ZAMN IT WAS UNDERWHELMING

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist 2 года назад +8

      That honesty in titling combined with short videos is what makes Tom Scott stand out from the crowd, which, of course, is what the original purpose of clickbait titles was... before they became the crowd.
      :-)

  • @johnblakeH
    @johnblakeH 3 года назад +310

    Am I the only one who found this hilarious, in such a good way? Only Tom could make me smile with something as like this.

  • @peter4210
    @peter4210 2 года назад +6

    We have services like that In Canada, I know of one that goes to an island each day to pick up the kids to bring them to school on the mainland. The service is also used in winter for the common folk because the ferry services cant realy do the crossing since its an island in the saint Lawrence river and it freezes over in winter. Back when the island was more populated people would actually go out with row boats during winter and crossings like that are still done today on the river as a winter sport since its quite demanding for people to push row boats across uneven ice and then jump in to row a bit to then jump out and push the boat on more uneven ice.

  • @abdoumenouer7762
    @abdoumenouer7762 3 года назад +1717

    Tom: "Voiceovers are not my thing, I'm going to let this part for Sam"
    Sam: Does and finishes the voiceover
    Tom: voiceovers

  • @outofdarts
    @outofdarts 3 года назад +1622

    This collab made my day.

    • @oliverdolega5405
      @oliverdolega5405 3 года назад +4

      ok

    • @harambe9461
      @harambe9461 3 года назад +3

      Nice

    • @ElectricS01
      @ElectricS01 3 года назад +9

      What are you doing here?

    • @alyandthecats
      @alyandthecats 3 года назад +5

      Bahaha glad to see one of my favorite fellow printers on one of my favorite channels!

    • @outofdarts
      @outofdarts 3 года назад +6

      @@ElectricS01 I just like their videos.

  • @uhmnope4787
    @uhmnope4787 3 года назад +132

    Note that these types of planes, similar to the Twin Otter, are among the cheapest and most reliable planes out there, needing very little space to take off and land, so they're ideal for this kind of operation.

    • @heysemberthkingdom-brunel5041
      @heysemberthkingdom-brunel5041 3 года назад +3

      They are also (on a per km basis) among the least safe due to being well within the reach of people with too much money and too little sense who overestimate their piloting abilities... (General aviation is at least an order of magnitude more dangerous than commercial aviation)

    • @uhmnope4787
      @uhmnope4787 3 года назад +15

      @@heysemberthkingdom-brunel5041 any piloting within Europe falls under the regulation of the EASA and since this is a commercial operation there are even more requirements. The only safety differences that really matter are altitude and wind strength as smaller planes offer less mass and engine power to cope with crosswinds.
      Even being a General Aviation pilot requires a pilot's license. This is like saying it's more dangerous to habe your mum drive you instead of a chauffeur, who might have to train for specific vehicles and prove himself to a prestigeous company.

    • @redmond38
      @redmond38 3 года назад +10

      This was a commercial flight and would be subject to all the same regulations as one on a larger aircraft. The islander is a certified commercial aircraft too so not sure what point you're trying to make. Piston twins are inherently less reliable than turboprops or jets, maybe that's what you meant but under european rules once you're flying people for money or reward its a commercial operation, you need an AOC and to follow all the relevant rules.

  • @alabasterwilliams9573
    @alabasterwilliams9573 2 года назад +4

    In a world where our celebrities are piped in over a small handheld screen, there's something beautifully touching when two of your preferred content creators to a 10/10 collaboration on an extremely interesting fact of modern day life.
    That was a big sentence, but I have big feels for this video. Thanks fellas, that was great!

  • @RobertHarr1son
    @RobertHarr1son 3 года назад +171

    I appreciate how considerate Tom is to those around him

  • @robrod7120
    @robrod7120 3 года назад +186

    Having done “milk run” flights through the alaska panhandle, its cool to see the same system used halfway around the world

    • @royeb63
      @royeb63 3 года назад +14

      If you like "milk runs" you should try Widerøe's Tromsø (TOS) to Kirkenes (KKN) flight.
      3 hours 50 min., 5 stops along the way, and if you return the same day, you get 10 take-offs and landings in one day. :O)

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 3 года назад +13

      They used to be a lot more common in the earlier days of commercial aviation, when passengers were fewer and planes had shorter range. Milk runs gave way to hub and spoke, which now are giving way to point to point.

  • @horseydoggygurl
    @horseydoggygurl 3 года назад +937

    “that’s a bird” thank you for capturing the true spirit of birdwatching

    • @thepotatotaxi2430
      @thepotatotaxi2430 2 года назад +33

      As a birbwatcher, yes. See birb. Look at birb. What is that birb? Idc it is good.

    • @tortolgawd4481
      @tortolgawd4481 2 года назад +2

      Is that a plane? Is that superman? Nope thats a birb!

    • @fynn2350
      @fynn2350 2 года назад +6

      Listen, I spent far too much time trying to identify the birds on this video from rainy, washy pictures, to be insulted like that.
      (I would guess two herring gulls or common gulls and a long-billed curlew)

    • @camo2156
      @camo2156 2 года назад +3

      @@fynn2350 i think one is a fulmar, there's definitely a curlew as well
      (northern fulmar and eurasian curlew, not long-billed curlew as this is in Europe)

    • @helentee9863
      @helentee9863 Год назад +1

      ​@@camo2156 thanks, l wondered what the last bird was 😊

  • @TheAzarak
    @TheAzarak 2 года назад +11

    0:23 Thanks Olly.

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 3 года назад +164

    "That's a bird"
    -Tom Scott, ornithologist extraordinaire -

  • @lsedge7280
    @lsedge7280 3 года назад +121

    I want semi-sarcastic travel diaries from Tom Scott as a show now.

  • @uwuelii
    @uwuelii 3 года назад +678

    As someone who grew up in Orkney the one thing everyone hated was refering it as 'The Orkneys'
    Also fun fact: the plane used for these trips is called 'The Island Hopper' because it "bounces from one to another"

    • @Julie090995
      @Julie090995 3 года назад +23

      I couldn’t concentrate on this properly after hearing ‘the orkneys’ not once, but twice

    • @kazoo.wav_
      @kazoo.wav_ 3 года назад +12

      whats wrong w that

    • @ultra36
      @ultra36 3 года назад +34

      @@kazoo.wav_ The Hawaiis The New Zealands The Irelands etc

    • @arcadiusrex215
      @arcadiusrex215 3 года назад +26

      @@ultra36 The Faroes, The Azores... oh wait.

    • @julianjagush1266
      @julianjagush1266 3 года назад +34

      @@arcadiusrex215 The Antilles, The Philippines, The Netherlands

  • @aasocial3842
    @aasocial3842 2 года назад +6

    I love how Sam jumped right into it and went total Wendover mode without wasting one second.

  • @Zyo117
    @Zyo117 3 года назад +195

    "It's raining sideways"
    Thanks for the weather report, Ollie.

  • @Quickhand413
    @Quickhand413 3 года назад +47

    Not gonna lie, I thought to myself "This seems more like something Wendover would do", and I was, surprisingly, kinda right.

    • @parnikkapore
      @parnikkapore 3 года назад +2

      I swear one of Sam's channels did this, but the low amount of info you can squeeze out here means it's probably on HAI

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 3 года назад +219

    0:58 Thank you for not being that kinda of person

    • @mubarekjibril53
      @mubarekjibril53 3 года назад

      Hi mister verified

    • @thisisasupersayin376
      @thisisasupersayin376 3 года назад +3

      @Harry Johnston-Smith what are the point of these replies?

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 3 года назад +3

      @@thisisasupersayin376 what's the point of anything

  • @terminusest9179
    @terminusest9179 2 года назад +3

    Nice to know theres a flight where I don't have to turn on airplane mode.

  • @BenAck912
    @BenAck912 3 года назад +322

    Mark McGrath: "I just wanna Fly."
    Tom Scott: "You've got 2 minutes."

  • @chad1755
    @chad1755 3 года назад +593

    As a pilot, the takeoff and landings would be quite fun to do continuously. But the paperwork, oh the paperwork. Logbook entries are done per flight -- so the poor guy probably has dozens of entries to fill out at the end of the day. The most I did in one day was 11, and that was a PITA to fill out.

    • @arpanghosh1975
      @arpanghosh1975 2 года назад +40

      homeboy literally named as "chad"

    • @ZA_Raven
      @ZA_Raven 2 года назад +4

      At that stage I won't even fill in my logbook.

    • @mqsca_
      @mqsca_ 2 года назад

      how much do you make per month?

    • @ZA_Raven
      @ZA_Raven 2 года назад +26

      @@mqsca_ you don't fly to become rich, you fly because it is your passion. I am a pilot for 19 years now.

    • @seanseoltoir
      @seanseoltoir Год назад +2

      I quit logging my hours probably around 20 years ago... I had enough hours that I wasn't going to be getting a further discount on my aircraft insurance and I was not planning on going for any other ratings, so I didn't need it...

  • @killerbee.860
    @killerbee.860 3 года назад +296

    "It's RAINING SIDEWAYS!" best Tom Scott quote

    • @thebigat6
      @thebigat6 3 года назад +9

      Actually I think this was originally said by Ollie Williams

    • @proper_noun436
      @proper_noun436 3 года назад +7

      thanks ollie

    • @Tree_-wp5zn
      @Tree_-wp5zn 3 года назад +2

      If you believe a word is letters followed by a space
      xytop
      Aaaaaaaaahhhh

  • @carbbss
    @carbbss Год назад +3

    Other youtubers would’ve stretched the video to 10 minutes
    Another reason we love tom

  • @Squicx
    @Squicx 3 года назад +193

    Not gonna lie, something about cloudy/raining, mostly isolated but clean and flat islands feel like they’re hiding a mystery worth solving.

    • @woooooooooooooooooooooooo
      @woooooooooooooooooooooooo 3 года назад +10

      I also really like rain, water, and small islands, so this is somewhere for me to go.

    • @LTDANMAN44
      @LTDANMAN44 2 года назад +2

      where did i put my treasure map

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre 2 года назад

      @@woooooooooooooooooooooooo Maybe you're part Norwegian :)
      This is where my ancestors colonized 1000 years ago, along with the Hebrides.

  • @offichannelnurnberg5894
    @offichannelnurnberg5894 2 года назад +322

    This reminds me of the shortest intercity train ride between Norddeich and Norddeich Mole. By the time the last carriage leaves Norddeich-Mole, the locomotive is already in Norddeich.

    • @LordOfTheBored
      @LordOfTheBored 2 года назад +18

      Same goes actually for Basel Badischer Bahnhof (i.e. German station) and Basel SBB (Swiss station)

    • @Terrafire123
      @Terrafire123 2 года назад

      Does it make a stop in Norddeich? Otherwise that's cheating.

    • @LordOfTheBored
      @LordOfTheBored 2 года назад +10

      @@Terrafire123 Yes it does. The train stops at Norddeich central station as well as at Norddeich Mole (Mole means port)

    • @RizZaTV
      @RizZaTV 2 года назад +1

      @@LordOfTheBored thx i always wanted to know what mole means and i live in germany hahahaha

    • @ntfoperative9432
      @ntfoperative9432 Год назад +3

      Might as well just use it as a bridge. Get in the rear carriage, walk through the train, and get out at the front carriage

  • @LFPMultimedia
    @LFPMultimedia 3 года назад +51

    Imagine being that pilot building hours a minute at a time... his logbook must looks crazy

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 года назад +17

      "The pilot had logged 2,316 hours on the Orkney route prior to his rampage."

    • @harryflashman3141
      @harryflashman3141 3 года назад

      Going to pick up loads of experience flying in inclement weather.

  • @jeffery7281
    @jeffery7281 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is literally the perfect scenario for electric-powered commuter planes.

  • @neildmoss
    @neildmoss 3 года назад +164

    There’s so much more that this service does, for helping with daily life on the islands. For starters, it brings the post in and out, and delivers supply and rota teachers to the school. Focussing on just the economics of it is a touch dry 🙂
    Fun fact… the entire flight is shorter than both of Heathrow’s runways.

    • @yoz-y
      @yoz-y 3 года назад +2

      Would ferries really be that slow though? Doesn’t seem to be a problem in Finland.

    • @AlanPeery
      @AlanPeery 3 года назад +20

      @@yoz-y My guess is it's a matter of size. Seas around Orkney are rough, so a tiny ferry won't do. Construction and fuel costs for non-tiny ferry add up.

    • @mattevans4377
      @mattevans4377 3 года назад

      @@AlanPeery Would a converted fishing trawler work?

    • @harsimranbansal5355
      @harsimranbansal5355 3 года назад +1

      @@AlanPeery since Orkney is using fully renewable energy, it would make sense to add an electric boat, kinda like they do in Norway, would bring the costs of operation down.

    • @iankemp1131
      @iankemp1131 3 года назад +2

      @@yoz-y You don't just need a boat, you need a harbour, not always so easy. When I went on the Small Isles Service from Mallaig, for some of the islands people were brought out in rowboats. They might well prefer the plane!

  • @AustiPriest
    @AustiPriest 3 года назад +75

    This collab with Wendover is awesome! Got the biggest grin on my face when it was revealed. Glad you were able to snag Wendover, and didn't have to stoop to inviting that obnoxious "Half as Interesting" guy.

    • @Flint_Inferno
      @Flint_Inferno 3 года назад +5

      How DARE you! HAI guy is way better than Wendover guy!

    • @parnikkapore
      @parnikkapore 3 года назад +2

      Given how, ähm, "Internet" HAI is, I don't think there's too much overlap between its viewership and Tom's.

  • @NielMalan
    @NielMalan 3 года назад +29

    Lovely to see a plane being used in exactly the role it was designed for. The BN-2 Islander design emphasizes payload, over speed and range.

  • @euphonek
    @euphonek Год назад +2

    A very different example of a subsidized flight is between Anchorage, Alaska to Adak Island. Only twice a week, the distance and weather requires a 737, but there's usually less than 40 passengers and the population of Adak is less than 500.

  • @POINTS2
    @POINTS2 3 года назад +194

    Tom: It was disappointing.
    The rest of us: That was so cool!

    • @clouds645
      @clouds645 3 года назад

      ⬆️Don't read. This isn't a RickRoll.
      .

  • @joshuasims5421
    @joshuasims5421 3 года назад +87

    I enjoyed the flight from Westray to Papa Westray, though I'm sure the flight to Kirkwall was half as interesting.

    • @cooper.quinlivan
      @cooper.quinlivan 3 года назад +2

      Good one

    • @BelcarrigFarm
      @BelcarrigFarm 3 года назад +3

      I get the reference but I don't see the connection. Do you really think the HAI guy and wendover productions guy are the same person? Because they're not

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead 3 года назад +4

      @@BelcarrigFarm an how do you know there not? as defence of said point.
      i am just being fair judge

    • @BelcarrigFarm
      @BelcarrigFarm 3 года назад +2

      @@Dockhead they sound nothing alike

    • @NaniJapaneseForWhat
      @NaniJapaneseForWhat 3 года назад +1

      @@BelcarrigFarm but they both cover logistics, there might be a connection

  • @Joeseanag24
    @Joeseanag24 3 года назад +113

    "That doesn't sound like me, That sounds like something that the Wendover Productions channel would do" Most accurate statement ever made in Tom Scott's Career, 5 stars out of 5

  • @firstlt2
    @firstlt2 2 года назад +1

    In the USA those are called "Round Robin" flights. Did a few while starting out on my airline pilot career...

  • @warspite1995
    @warspite1995 3 года назад +58

    "Its raining side ways." I immediately said out loud, welcome to Scotland.

  • @alexisauld7781
    @alexisauld7781 3 года назад +226

    "That's a bird... That's a bird... that's also a bird..."
    Bird: "Yer a right bloody David Attenbrough aren't ye?"

  • @rambit23
    @rambit23 3 года назад +193

    Tom going: "That's a bird" fills me with insurmountable joy.

  • @itsgraciemoon1068
    @itsgraciemoon1068 2 года назад +4

    Hey, it's Scotland, it always rains here