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Great video! Congrat! :) You shared it on 14. 09. 2019, but when did your flight actually take place? Is the Uzhgorod airport still in service? I read it's highly in danger of closure...
Loved the Geoff Marshall reference. You and him should totally team up and do the least used airports in each country series. That would be truely epic.
Yes, or even a series of races between UK destinations, air vs rail would be rather cool. London-Edinburgh, Manchester-Glasgow, even London-Paris (Eurostar vs plane)
@@mwbgaming28 I have had that experience on a JKT to AUH flight..amazing..and very tiring..expressing my amazement to my neighbour who happened to be a crew from another airline... 8 hours he had once had !
Well cars are good but you have to work in a 2D space fuck all great way to crash. Plane works in a 3D space just watch out for mountains and fog and lightning unless the planes are fine flying in all conditions
Your a better and braver man than I am Gunga Din !! This is REAL aircraft enthusiasm !! Noel...what were you thinking ? Basically a flying "museum " !! At least you arrived in one piece...thanks mate...good stuff!!
why would anybody press dislike ? A lively natured guy flying round the world on various amazing planes.The channel is what it says on the tin.Love it I fly a lot from east Midlands as my mum lives near carcassonne.I have had some interesting landings indeed at carcassonne airport
I loved the two G-200s in the video at 3:52. I have been to both Kiev and Uzhgorod, thank you for the fond memories. I have never seen a YAK in airline configuration. Just a tip, please do not suction cup the glass on an airplane, It destroys it. I deal with this with the airplanes that I operate and it is not a cheap replacement.
If one thinks of all the issues with new planes, tried and simple tech may be the way to go. Btw this aircraft can maintain altitude with just a single engine
Think about it, this plane has successfully flown for 40 years which may be a testiment to its safety and reliability. Probably compared with modern planes the computer technology is much simpler and you are unlikely to have the computer putting you nose down because a sensor has screwed up.
"Relies solely on the curvature of the earth to take off" 😂😂😂 That had me giggling for a good half hour!!! 😂😂😂 Fantastic trip report as ever good sir!! Keep up the great work
I was born in Saratov, and the aircraft plant was almost next to my home. Yak 40 was an outstanding achievement for its time and still proves to be very reliable even though it's terribly outdated by the standards of modern aviation. Too bad russian aviation industry is dead now. To this day I vividly remember how an old engineer cried when he heard of the aircraft plant's closing.
You can say about the Russians whatever you like, and their technology is usually not the newest, not the most efficient, not the most elegant, but it is usually dead stinkin' reliable. For 40 years this plane looks mint.
@@228Ghost228 they're nearly brand new and the point of them was to prove in terms of prestige that Russia can make good planes and it was a perfect way of laundering state funds.
Noel, I don't think I've ever seen you so happy (of all the videos I've watched of yours so far)!! What an incredible experience - thanks for sharing it with us!!
Thanks I really enjoyed that, it was like re-living some of my own experiences. I used to travel frequently across Ukraine (also Belarus and the western side of Russia.) Types flown on... YAK42, TU134 and AN24 (I had to pay the captain in cash on the Crimean Airlines AN24 from Kiev to Simferopol, as it was full; he took me through the crew gate but sadly they moved another paddenger onto the jump seat, and I got his cabin seat.) Within Ukraine I often used the long distance bus services of "Autolux" as well as trains. I once ended up in Khmelnitsky and decided to take the train to Budapest but it's a heck of a journey and had to change trains at a remote border station called "Chop" in the middle of a winter's night. That was a tough journey and I looked like an unshevelled zombie when I arrived 8 hours early at Budapest and hung around attracting unwanted attention from the airport police... when I arrived in Manchester I discovered they had broken the lock on my suitcase and rummaged through it in Budapest. I was a manager with a UK charter airline at the time, so those flights were an interesting change to the hundreds of flights a tear I took on our B757S & A321s! How I miss those adventures. I still travel a lot, to Latvia, but mostly with Easyjet and Ryanair these days.
One hour and 45 minutes at 20,000 feet? That's turboprop speed and altitude -- but I've just checked it, and the Yak-40 really does have a turboprop's speed and ceiling. Fascinating! And hearing that you were going to Lviv next brought me sentimental memories. No, I've never been in the Ukraine, but my mom's best friend was born in Lviv at the time the city was part of Poland and was called Lwów (pronounced "l'voov"). My mom's friend was a Polish Jewish woman who survived both being experimented on by Josef Mengele (who took out part of her stomach organ, in a kind of early crude and forced bariatric surgery, who knows what for) and being in Auschwitz, where she met her future husband. Definitely not a romantic place to start a relationship, but they somehow survived the ordeal, emigrated and lived a relatively happy life, trying to forget the painful past. They were luckier than most, after all. That part of Europe had centuries of unbelievable suffering through wars, genocides, massacres, invasions, plundering, ethnic cleansing, forced mass deportations, hunger and persecution by tyrannical regimes of all sorts, and as far as only two or three generations ago. People there may live a modest life now by European standards, but they should be thankful for at least living in peace now.
@@arturturkevych3816 , there are the eastern separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Crimean issue, but even those are relatively settled now and most Ukrainians live an economically hard, but peaceful life. There is no comparison between what they live now and what their ancestors lived. Countless bloody wars, occupations, genocides, epidemics, Holodomor, they had all kinds of mass tragedies and then some. Hopefully that's definitively over.
@@billycatch4088 , Croatia was a special case and the bloodiest place in Europe during WWII. Other countries had to withstand the Nazis, and that was surely more than bad enough, but Croatia had the Nazis AND the Ustashe, which was even more ruthless, insane and bloodthirsty than the Nazis, if such a thing is even possible -- but incredibly, it was, and it happened! Also very disturbing was the covert support the Vatican gave to the Ustashe and how it helped its members escape after the war, because Croatia was a Catholic majority country and the Pope thought it was strategically important against its Protestant and Orthodox neighbors and against the Communists from the East. Tito spoiled their plans, of course. But later, after an authoritarian spell in the first years after the breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatia is doing well now and trying to forget its painful past.
@@goytabr agree that the modern war in the east of the country is nothing like the past that Ukraine experienced, the conflict with the Russians is boody and expensive (let's be honest, there's not really separatism, but hybrid warfare conducted by Russia). About 2.5 million people are displaced (mostly internally) and officially 13000 are dead (which is probably an understatement). This conflict is by no means minor considering the already poor state of governance and economy in Ukraine. Having said that, Russians have probably done more than any previous government to unite the country.
3:57: Usually aircraft line up at the runway. Then the crew increases engine power (IIRC up to around 50% NH / N1 watching it to stabilize) and they release the brakes for take-off roll. This take off reminded me of a take off in a Delta B727 at BHM back in the 90's. The aircraft was almost empty (10-15 pax) and it took off way too early. When we landed at Monroe I had to wait for my friends who picked me up for more than 15mins. Whenever I was picked up after this trip the people were waiting for me ;)
I have flown several times on business between Helsinki and Petrozavodsk in a Yak-40. My company safety audit found that the jet engines were quite new and that there was an ample supply of engines to keep flying for many years.
It brought me back memories. I flew on Yak 40 a few times on my trips to La Habana from my hometown. They used to be one of the pinnacle of the aviation in Cuba only airline Cubana de Aviación. 🛩
Really love these " types" of aircraft.. and pretty well maintained too.. !!! Also the sound of those engines... Music to the ears of aviation enthusiasts.. good luck and thanks for sharing..!!
Just to ease your mind, at a cruise altitude of 20,000ft you have about 8-10 minutes of useful consciousness in the case of a rapid decompression. Plenty of time for the plane to decend below 15,000ft
I flew on IL18s and IL62s many times in the 70s. There is no emergency oxygen masks on those aeroplanes either even on the Trans-Atlantic flights I took.
Love the Geoff Marshall reference in there towards the end! You should travel around europe or even the UK with him doing "All the Airports" and include "Vicky explores.." to see how many airports include a WH Smith! 😂
Awesome vid! I flew on the Yak 40 from Domodedovo airport in Moscow to Yoshkar Ola, Mari El back in the early 2000s. The tram from the terminal to where the Yak 40 was like going through a bone yard w/ some aircrafts with missing engines, windows, etc. I was a bit nervous. My wife and I sat the the very front row, next to the cockpit. The pilot wasted no time to get airborne. It was suprisingly the smoothest flight I encountered after taking two other commerical jets to get to Moscow. It was a memerial flight for me!
Brings back memories!Had a flight from Vienna to Chisinau Moldova on a Yak-40 back in July 2006,one and only time.Not even sure why the Yak was on the route.I flew regularly London to Chisinau with Austria Airlines and normally a Bombardier CRJ-200 and occasionally a Fokker 70/100. Interesting video thank you.
In regards to the lack of oxygen masks, at least in Canada, they are not required for passengers in a pressurized aircraft at or below FL250. The Q400 does not have oxygen for passengers, although I'm sure it can be installed.
Lucky guy, I was fortunate enough to travel across the Atlantic on an IL-62 when Aeroflot started to fly ORD-SVO. Also flew on IL-86, TU-154 and finally AN-24. Hope you are fortunate to be able to fly on all of these one day. Enjoyed the YAK video. Never few on one of these yet.
Hi Noel I subscribed to your channel because of the first Yak video. I flew with Saravia from Saratov to Moscow on one of these in around 2006. We had to carry our own luggage on to the plane and there was no PA system so the one cabin crew member had to shout the safety demonstration! We were right on the edge of Domodedovo airport on landing, next to planes parked up with the engine covers on. How do they find pilots who know how to fly these planes anymore? Liked the Geoff Marshall reference too!
Wow, I always wanted to know more about the Yak40. Cheapest turbojet on Airline Manager 2, and now I know why. But what a brilliant little plane, full of character, and the heat from the engines in the toilet is brilliant, I love it. Thanks for doing that, what an awesome video! I used to think you entered on the front side, as shown in the game I play, but what a quirky little plane haha. No kidding two men must have been cramped on those seats though. I could drive 388 miles for less than £75 but not without that much character and experience, fantastic
It is cheaper to fly then rent a car than it is to drive or take a greyhound. From houston to denver is 1,000 miles and takes about $300 just in gas roundtrip. Bought 2 rt tickets from iah to den for $90 and $120 for a car rental
Yes, the shape is reminiscent of the 727, but VERY miniaturized, as the Yak-40 is smaller than an Embraer ERJ-135. And the 727 is my favorite aircraft, too, not just because I like the design, but because I'm old enough to have flown the 727 many times and it's still the best narrow-body experience I've ever had as a passenger (well, probably second to the British-made HS Trident 3, which I only flew once and was extremely smooth and comfortable, but it was a trijet too, anyway -- or maybe a 3 1/2 jet...).
@@goytabr Aloha from Hawai'i! Let me try again as my reply seems to have disappeared because I hit the wrong button. Most of my B 727 flights were in Micronesia in the 1970s - early 1990s. At that time, some airports still had 4800' crushed coral landing strips. Landings were always heart-thumpers! But the B 727 was the only commercial jet aircraft at the time that could land on those isolated islands. Times have changed with airport upgrades. Now United uses B 737s. If you might be interested in the old days, search for Continental Air Micronesia.
Cool Noel! I was lucky to have been onboard Yak42d’s from tatarstan airlines in 2007! I was amazed with the air-stair and the “lack” of gaining altitude when takeoff (in comparison with modern jets whom go up to cruising altitude asap)... was the takeoff roll also without the usual thrust in the back? I found the Yak pretty smooth (except the noise) 😂 - nice vid!
the look and the excitement came across so much ,you looked like a kid on christmas morning !!LOL good for you to finally get that yak keep up your crazy vids
I get it, the passengers load from the rear while the coal is added at the front. Geeeze tiny seats, they could have used the Yak-40 to transport the Munchkins from the Wizard of OZ
I had the opportunity in thr 1990s to fly various Yak & Tupolev aircraft around China... A collective dose of very sketchy flights but I survived and once on the ground consider them to be marvelous experiences. Thanks Noel.
The aircraft has a 23,000ft max cruise, you've got a fair amount of time at that altitude to get down before hypoxia sets in. Since the plane literally can't fly over 26,000' for long enough to matter, O2 probably wasn't even really considered. Time of useful consciousness is several minutes for almost any altitude you'd find this plane at.
norwegian 001 As a matter of fact most Boeing’s are really safe aircraft, yeah apart from the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9, but at least they are still grounded right now until they sort out the problem.
norwegian 001 Probably not the new DC-10, And at least they’ve delayed the launch of the Boeing 777X because of that instead of just launching them anyway even though they might just have a fatal flaw in their design.
I love this video. I grew up at Sofia Airport as aviators child but, never got to fly on one. I would try this. I flew a lot on tu154, tu134, Il 18. Epic. Love it...
Yep doing that when I head back to Ukraine for sure...Russia first in December to do a few flights and some trains, then maybe January I will check their flight schedules, thanks for the video, its a plane I have wanted to fly on as well.
I love the whiny sound of the older louder engines as they spool up, and the round windows! And some of the best looking jets in my opinion were the ones with 3 engines, I miss them.
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@@emilyhornett2492 Shhh 😂
Great video! Congrat! :)
You shared it on 14. 09. 2019, but when did your flight actually take place? Is the Uzhgorod airport still in service? I read it's highly in danger of closure...
you didn't mention anything about the individual fan vent over head!
Even Boeing 777 don't have them!
We pay whole runway, we use whole runway.
1st reply
What the
"Relies on the curvature of the earth to get airborne." LOL. I subscribed right after that.
dldc9 same
They used to say that of the Trident!
Was that a joke?
Same.
Loved the Geoff Marshall reference. You and him should totally team up and do the least used airports in each country series. That would be truely epic.
Yes this yes
yes to this!
Yes, or even a series of races between UK destinations, air vs rail would be rather cool. London-Edinburgh, Manchester-Glasgow, even London-Paris (Eurostar vs plane)
YES please do that!
Noel flies on a YAK 40: just a usual day
Me sees a 737 flying above me: this is so cool
🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, the Boeing 737 is just as old as the yak 40 but about ten times more successful.
@@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 most of the ones in service are under 20 years old
My grandmother was born in Uzgohrod! Great Adventure :)
Thanks Josh! Very different visiting a small town like this, but pretty cool getting off the beaten track. You should try Motor Sich some time :)
Watch Sam Chui's amazing flight adventures also! Maybe do You fly anytime by Air Koryo - lol.
I've never seen somebody so happy in an aircraft toilet.
You clearly haven't been on a flight where the seatbelt sign was on for the first 6 hours due to turbulence
@@mwbgaming28 I have had that experience on a JKT to AUH flight..amazing..and very tiring..expressing my amazement
to my neighbour who happened to be a crew from another airline...
8 hours he had once had !
@@dadidi108 bladder of titanium
Well cars are good but you have to work in a 2D space fuck all great way to crash. Plane works in a 3D space just watch out for mountains and fog and lightning unless the planes are fine flying in all conditions
;)
3:55 Geez, accelerated before lining-up, you can see the wing-tip rise above the horizon during the turn. Also, no slats visible, fascinating design!
The sound of the engines is insane great video
Your a better and braver man than I am Gunga Din !! This is REAL aircraft enthusiasm !! Noel...what were you thinking ? Basically a flying "museum " !! At least you arrived in one piece...thanks mate...good stuff!!
Bravo, man! Great job! Awesome content in my lovely Ukraine! Come back again soon! After our victory we're gonna have some serious fun! ))
Better break out the vodka !
Loved the "relies on the curvature of the earth" comment!
why would anybody press dislike ? A lively natured guy flying round the world on various amazing planes.The channel is what it says on the tin.Love it I fly a lot from east Midlands as my mum lives near carcassonne.I have had some interesting landings indeed at carcassonne airport
Your childlike enthousiasm while standing in a hot and cramped Soviet-era airplane bathroom is truly endearing :') love your vids!
Thank you so much!
That smile on your face at 3:30 makes the whole video. I would love to have this experience myself it looks incredible!!
The noise this thing makes is Biblical!
Daniel Hornett I seen you in Glasgow once
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Really? Where?
@@emilyhornett2492 st Vincent place. Waiting for 500 to Glasgow airport
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Oh wow. Ok 😂
RRREEEEEEEEEEE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
"Relies solely on the curvature of the earth to get into the sky." LOL
I loved the two G-200s in the video at 3:52. I have been to both Kiev and Uzhgorod, thank you for the fond memories. I have never seen a YAK in airline configuration. Just a tip, please do not suction cup the glass on an airplane, It destroys it. I deal with this with the airplanes that I operate and it is not a cheap replacement.
Noel you have the balls of steel flying onboard 40 years old Russian jet.
Yeah, balls and nerves of steel
If one thinks of all the issues with new planes, tried and simple tech may be the way to go. Btw this aircraft can maintain altitude with just a single engine
cndam one word ‘Lada’
Think about it, this plane has successfully flown for 40 years which may be a testiment to its safety and reliability. Probably compared with modern planes the computer technology is much simpler and you are unlikely to have the computer putting you nose down because a sensor has screwed up.
Consider it a failed suicide attempt.
I am almost crying! That airport!! Like airports when I was a girl.. My first flight in 1963! Just walk in.. Out..
Awesome..... Any thing u want to share about those days
I flew the YAK-40 and 42 in Russia, with Vologda Avia and Izhavia
Love the whine of those old tri-jet planes. First plane I ever flew on was the legendary Boeing 727.
"Relies solely on the curvature of the earth to take off" 😂😂😂 That had me giggling for a good half hour!!! 😂😂😂 Fantastic trip report as ever good sir!! Keep up the great work
Yes, I had thought that was an Airbus innovation developed for the A340, but the comrades had come first with it! 😂
I was born in Saratov, and the aircraft plant was almost next to my home. Yak 40 was an outstanding achievement for its time and still proves to be very reliable even though it's terribly outdated by the standards of modern aviation. Too bad russian aviation industry is dead now. To this day I vividly remember how an old engineer cried when he heard of the aircraft plant's closing.
You can say about the Russians whatever you like, and their technology is usually not the newest, not the most efficient, not the most elegant, but it is usually dead stinkin' reliable.
For 40 years this plane looks mint.
Tell that to the victims of Il-62M
Planes crash. One of the newest airplanes crashed. Twice.
@@228Ghost228 they're nearly brand new and the point of them was to prove in terms of prestige that Russia can make good planes and it was a perfect way of laundering state funds.
@Noah Southcombe 747 is about the same
@@vn3946 Yakolev is a Russian company.....only engines of this plane is made in Ukraine.
40 years old with its design at 55 years old. She's still going strong!
I'm sooooo impressed. I'm gonna fly On her one day.
I grinned way too hard and Geoff Marshall reference! You're happiness has rubbed off on me today :)
You are very respectful in your comments...people appreciate your education!
12:31 - Love how the airport lady is just wearing sandals.
Noel, I don't think I've ever seen you so happy (of all the videos I've watched of yours so far)!! What an incredible experience - thanks for sharing it with us!!
Thanks I really enjoyed that, it was like re-living some of my own experiences. I used to travel frequently across Ukraine (also Belarus and the western side of Russia.) Types flown on... YAK42, TU134 and AN24 (I had to pay the captain in cash on the Crimean Airlines AN24 from Kiev to Simferopol, as it was full; he took me through the crew gate but sadly they moved another paddenger onto the jump seat, and I got his cabin seat.) Within Ukraine I often used the long distance bus services of "Autolux" as well as trains. I once ended up in Khmelnitsky and decided to take the train to Budapest but it's a heck of a journey and had to change trains at a remote border station called "Chop" in the middle of a winter's night. That was a tough journey and I looked like an unshevelled zombie when I arrived 8 hours early at Budapest and hung around attracting unwanted attention from the airport police... when I arrived in Manchester I discovered they had broken the lock on my suitcase and rummaged through it in Budapest. I was a manager with a UK charter airline at the time, so those flights were an interesting change to the hundreds of flights a tear I took on our B757S & A321s! How I miss those adventures. I still travel a lot, to Latvia, but mostly with Easyjet and Ryanair these days.
One hour and 45 minutes at 20,000 feet? That's turboprop speed and altitude -- but I've just checked it, and the Yak-40 really does have a turboprop's speed and ceiling. Fascinating! And hearing that you were going to Lviv next brought me sentimental memories. No, I've never been in the Ukraine, but my mom's best friend was born in Lviv at the time the city was part of Poland and was called Lwów (pronounced "l'voov"). My mom's friend was a Polish Jewish woman who survived both being experimented on by Josef Mengele (who took out part of her stomach organ, in a kind of early crude and forced bariatric surgery, who knows what for) and being in Auschwitz, where she met her future husband. Definitely not a romantic place to start a relationship, but they somehow survived the ordeal, emigrated and lived a relatively happy life, trying to forget the painful past. They were luckier than most, after all. That part of Europe had centuries of unbelievable suffering through wars, genocides, massacres, invasions, plundering, ethnic cleansing, forced mass deportations, hunger and persecution by tyrannical regimes of all sorts, and as far as only two or three generations ago. People there may live a modest life now by European standards, but they should be thankful for at least living in peace now.
Ukraine still has no peace unfortunately.
@@arturturkevych3816 , there are the eastern separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Crimean issue, but even those are relatively settled now and most Ukrainians live an economically hard, but peaceful life. There is no comparison between what they live now and what their ancestors lived. Countless bloody wars, occupations, genocides, epidemics, Holodomor, they had all kinds of mass tragedies and then some. Hopefully that's definitively over.
@@billycatch4088 , Croatia was a special case and the bloodiest place in Europe during WWII. Other countries had to withstand the Nazis, and that was surely more than bad enough, but Croatia had the Nazis AND the Ustashe, which was even more ruthless, insane and bloodthirsty than the Nazis, if such a thing is even possible -- but incredibly, it was, and it happened! Also very disturbing was the covert support the Vatican gave to the Ustashe and how it helped its members escape after the war, because Croatia was a Catholic majority country and the Pope thought it was strategically important against its Protestant and Orthodox neighbors and against the Communists from the East. Tito spoiled their plans, of course. But later, after an authoritarian spell in the first years after the breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatia is doing well now and trying to forget its painful past.
@@goytabr agree that the modern war in the east of the country is nothing like the past that Ukraine experienced, the conflict with the Russians is boody and expensive (let's be honest, there's not really separatism, but hybrid warfare conducted by Russia).
About 2.5 million people are displaced (mostly internally) and officially 13000 are dead (which is probably an understatement). This conflict is by no means minor considering the already poor state of governance and economy in Ukraine. Having said that, Russians have probably done more than any previous government to unite the country.
Amazing video! I loved that retro interior! I wish all airplane window shades were like that
This is one for the history books. Doubt you or anyone will ever fly this plane model again.
Flying Jak remainds me of a song "I will survive"...
3:57: Usually aircraft line up at the runway. Then the crew increases engine power (IIRC up to around 50% NH / N1 watching it to stabilize) and they release the brakes for take-off roll.
This take off reminded me of a take off in a Delta B727 at BHM back in the 90's. The aircraft was almost empty (10-15 pax) and it took off way too early. When we landed at Monroe I had to wait for my friends who picked me up for more than 15mins. Whenever I was picked up after this trip the people were waiting for me ;)
Fantastic experience reminds of boarding a BAC 1-11
I have flown several times on business between Helsinki and Petrozavodsk in a Yak-40. My company safety audit found that the jet engines were quite new and that there was an ample supply of engines to keep flying for many years.
Fit Cabin Crew and a nice rolling takeoff!
fun to watch how the pilots throttled up before having aligned properly on the runway.
So true it was rediculious
Very nice! I am from Ukraine, but I have never flown on these aircrafts. Zhuliany, I have been there so many times. Thank you.
3:49 that´s Lewis Hamiltons Privat Jet right there, the red one.
WOW what a great aircraft!!! thanks for bringing us along Noel :)
Noel you are completely bonkers flying on that. Brilliant film.
It brought me back memories. I flew on Yak 40 a few times on my trips to La Habana from my hometown. They used to be one of the pinnacle of the aviation in Cuba only airline Cubana de Aviación. 🛩
Really love these " types" of aircraft.. and pretty well maintained too.. !!! Also the sound of those engines... Music to the ears of aviation enthusiasts.. good luck and thanks for sharing..!!
Just to ease your mind, at a cruise altitude of 20,000ft you have about 8-10 minutes of useful consciousness in the case of a rapid decompression. Plenty of time for the plane to decend below 15,000ft
Wow, I love the sound of those engines spooling into life, so retro and your face - you look like you got all the sweeties !
You're a big kid, Noel! Love it!
Absolutely stunning Noel ty for posting these vids...
YAK 40 first commercial flight was September 1968, the Beatles were number one with Hey Jude - rewind
This Yak-40 is big upgrade compared to what l used to fly in in 80-s and 90-s.
5:41 tray table like a macbook air, thats class hahaha
I flew on IL18s and IL62s many times in the 70s. There is no emergency oxygen masks on those aeroplanes either even on the Trans-Atlantic flights I took.
Love the Geoff Marshall reference in there towards the end! You should travel around europe or even the UK with him doing "All the Airports" and include "Vicky explores.." to see how many airports include a WH Smith! 😂
Fascinating video Noel and that takeoff noise was brilliant!
Thanks Paul! Hope you had a good trip back to Oz!
@@noelphilips I just arrived home, thanks Noel. I love to travel (esp to the UK) but it's always nice to be home :D
Awesome vid! I flew on the Yak 40 from Domodedovo airport in Moscow to Yoshkar Ola, Mari El back in the early 2000s. The tram from the terminal to where the Yak 40 was like going through a bone yard w/ some aircrafts with missing engines, windows, etc. I was a bit nervous. My wife and I sat the the very front row, next to the cockpit. The pilot wasted no time to get airborne. It was suprisingly the smoothest flight I encountered after taking two other commerical jets to get to Moscow. It was a memerial flight for me!
Brings back memories!Had a flight from Vienna to Chisinau Moldova on a Yak-40 back in July 2006,one and only time.Not even sure why the Yak was on the route.I flew regularly London to Chisinau with Austria Airlines and normally a Bombardier CRJ-200 and occasionally a Fokker 70/100.
Interesting video thank you.
You were so giddy on that plane was a pleasure to watch! They appeared to spool up as they turned to line up causing the plane to lean over..classic!
In regards to the lack of oxygen masks, at least in Canada, they are not required for passengers in a pressurized aircraft at or below FL250.
The Q400 does not have oxygen for passengers, although I'm sure it can be installed.
Still safer than a Boeing :-)
If you're talking about the max, yes
Lucky guy, I was fortunate enough to travel across the Atlantic on an IL-62 when Aeroflot started to fly ORD-SVO. Also flew on IL-86, TU-154 and finally AN-24. Hope you are fortunate to be able to fly on all of these one day. Enjoyed the YAK video. Never few on one of these yet.
Absolutely loved the Geoff Marshal reference, burst out laughing! Best inflight channel on RUclips!
Hi Noel I subscribed to your channel because of the first Yak video. I flew with Saravia from Saratov to Moscow on one of these in around 2006. We had to carry our own luggage on to the plane and there was no PA system so the one cabin crew member had to shout the safety demonstration! We were right on the edge of Domodedovo airport on landing, next to planes parked up with the engine covers on. How do they find pilots who know how to fly these planes anymore? Liked the Geoff Marshall reference too!
Wow, I always wanted to know more about the Yak40. Cheapest turbojet on Airline Manager 2, and now I know why. But what a brilliant little plane, full of character, and the heat from the engines in the toilet is brilliant, I love it. Thanks for doing that, what an awesome video! I used to think you entered on the front side, as shown in the game I play, but what a quirky little plane haha. No kidding two men must have been cramped on those seats though. I could drive 388 miles for less than £75 but not without that much character and experience, fantastic
I love the round window and the fact that it is so clean! Great video!!
Who wants to see another QSuite review when we can watch that, LOL. Very cool. Brave man!
the shout-out to Geoff Marshall was a good touch :D. A 'least used airports' tour would be pretty funny in 2020
I like how you were directed to your seat, just in case you got lost on the way.
40 year old jet, brave man
12:05 "somebody should let Geoff Marshall know"
I see you're a cultured one!
So glad you managed to do it Noel.
It is cheaper to fly then rent a car than it is to drive or take a greyhound. From houston to denver is 1,000 miles and takes about $300 just in gas roundtrip. Bought 2 rt tickets from iah to den for $90 and $120 for a car rental
What a fun report! The Yak 40 looks like a mini B-727, my favorite aircraft of all time.
Yes, the shape is reminiscent of the 727, but VERY miniaturized, as the Yak-40 is smaller than an Embraer ERJ-135. And the 727 is my favorite aircraft, too, not just because I like the design, but because I'm old enough to have flown the 727 many times and it's still the best narrow-body experience I've ever had as a passenger (well, probably second to the British-made HS Trident 3, which I only flew once and was extremely smooth and comfortable, but it was a trijet too, anyway -- or maybe a 3 1/2 jet...).
@@goytabr Aloha from Hawai'i! Let me try again as my reply seems to have disappeared because I hit the wrong button. Most of my B 727 flights were in Micronesia in the 1970s - early 1990s. At that time, some airports still had 4800' crushed coral landing strips. Landings were always heart-thumpers! But the B 727 was the only commercial jet aircraft at the time that could land on those isolated islands. Times have changed with airport upgrades. Now United uses B 737s. If you might be interested in the old days, search for Continental Air Micronesia.
Love that the speakers are down next to the seats 😂 ...and no oxygen masks? 😐 Thanks for posting, very cool to see!
Oxygen masks are not required when service ceiling is below 24000 ft.
One of your best videos. I really enjoy your channel and keep looking for your new videos. Good job!
12:56 "I highly recommend coming to Ukraine..." yea I'm going to hold off on that right now (March of 2022).
Ya you should not go there
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Thats great!
OMG!!!!! I'm soooooo f*#$ing jealous!!!! AMAZING video!!!!
Cool Noel! I was lucky to have been onboard Yak42d’s from tatarstan airlines in 2007! I was amazed with the air-stair and the “lack” of gaining altitude when takeoff (in comparison with modern jets whom go up to cruising altitude asap)... was the takeoff roll also without the usual thrust in the back? I found the Yak pretty smooth (except the noise) 😂 - nice vid!
the look and the excitement came across so much ,you looked like a kid on christmas morning !!LOL good for you to finally get that yak keep up your crazy vids
That climb rate gave me anxiety!
I get it, the passengers load from the rear while the coal is added at the front. Geeeze tiny seats, they could have used the Yak-40 to transport the Munchkins from the Wizard of OZ
Yak-40 was always a blessing compared to AN-24. I flew from Kyiv and into Kyiv many times on both planes back in the 80's and early 90's.
Pure quality Noel. Well done :)
I had the opportunity in thr 1990s to fly various Yak & Tupolev aircraft around China... A collective dose of very sketchy flights but I survived and once on the ground consider them to be marvelous experiences. Thanks Noel.
Fantastic flight Noel - better man than me braving a soviet era airliner !
The engines sounds like heaven
The aircraft has a 23,000ft max cruise, you've got a fair amount of time at that altitude to get down before hypoxia sets in. Since the plane literally can't fly over 26,000' for long enough to matter, O2 probably wasn't even really considered. Time of useful consciousness is several minutes for almost any altitude you'd find this plane at.
I flew on the same UR-88310 in 2013 ...
Did you recognise how well maintained the aircraft was/is - especially considering its age ?
Which would I fly on - a YAK 40 or Boeing 737 MAX 8? 🤔
Kris Kruz Yak-40.
YAK 40 all day. Makes for a great tripreport and you most likely won't die.
Modern airplanes are still safer than older airplanes.
norwegian 001 As a matter of fact most Boeing’s are really safe aircraft, yeah apart from the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9, but at least they are still grounded right now until they sort out the problem.
norwegian 001 Probably not the new DC-10, And at least they’ve delayed the launch of the Boeing 777X because of that instead of just launching them anyway even though they might just have a fatal flaw in their design.
Great experience Noel!!!!!
Awesome. You're a lucky guy. 👍
Super video! Love these Soviet planes. Rolling takeoff was excellent especially with that noise! Great work!
I love this video. I grew up at Sofia Airport as aviators child but, never got to fly on one. I would try this. I flew a lot on tu154, tu134, Il 18. Epic. Love it...
10:35 - No oxygen masks...cloud gives Yak 40 the finger.
What a great little plane.
Yep doing that when I head back to Ukraine for sure...Russia first in December to do a few flights and some trains, then maybe January I will check their flight schedules, thanks for the video, its a plane I have wanted to fly on as well.
I love the whiny sound of the older louder engines as they spool up, and the round windows! And some of the best looking jets in my opinion were the ones with 3 engines, I miss them.
Old is gold.
Rather you than me. Thanks for taking one for the team haha