There was never such a thing as soviet russia. That's one. You should visit other places to see how wrong you are. That's two. There's nothing soviet about it, i visited last year. There's much soviet stuff in ukraine and latvia. visited in 2019, 2020.
Promise me one thing... Never be like Sam Chui, he is being like.. Look at me I got money - These kinds of videos of you just enjoying it is just amazing
Yea Sam chui’s videos are horrible now. Is he a travel journalist anymore? Not really…. Is he a flight reviewer? Not really… must be another advertisement for emirates
Noel, you should have asked Olga to let the pilots know you were also a pilot. They probably would have invited you up for a chat, leaving Olga to fume with anger.
@@geraldwalsh6489 if you want to see videos on North Korea, I recommend Simon Wilson. You may have already seen him but it’s really good his North Korea trip!
The luxury of the gauzy curtains and the tapestry....the ambiance of a noisy bomber/cargo/passenger aircraft the assorted inedible snacks and the angry terse terrifying flight attendants, puts this flight in the number one spot on my bucket list.
In the 70s my (American) parents used to fly Aeroflot pretty much exclusively around Europe or Asia esp Japan, or that general area. I don't know how they managed to do that but my mom just bought the tickets through Japan Airlines and no one asked anything more. It was a fraction of the cost (of American airlines) and the money saved allowed us to stay at some really nice resorts and have great holidays in other places around the world! Mother should have published a book called, "How to Travel the World on a Budget." Some stopovers of course, we couldnt leave the (soviet era) hotels with a no nonsense lady seated at the end of every corridor but it was just a layover. My mother always gave little gifts like coffee, hygiene items, lipstick, etc. Some employees accepted the gifts, some did not. Those were quite fun days, I kid you not! With mother I suppose ignorance is bliss but she claims she saved like 60% in tickets and hotels.
I think that single shade of green paint is the same single shade of green paint used on Soviet-era aircraft instrument panels. It reduces confusion. I often wondered where Boeing got their inspiration for soundproofing their aircraft. Keep 'em coming.
Buddy you are really unique! I didn’t see any Russian youtuber who filmed this type of flight... and it is so cool. Thanks man.. you open Russia even for Russians
I remember flying aeroflot and was surprised to find that my seat had no seatbelt. I hit the crew call button and a stern-looking stewardess came along. I showed her that my seat had no seatbelt to which she replied "Da. Is ok" and left!
I flew Aeroflot in the 80's. I remember the seats being like garden furniture. You could fold the seat in front of you flat down and put your legs on them. The carpet in the isle wrinkled up upon landing in Moscow.
Your passion for rare aviation has newly made me extremely interested in obscure airports and niche aircraft exclusively due to the fact that you demonstrate such enthusiasm for it. This is great.
I remember the Peruvian Air Force AN-26's stopping over at Prestwick , Scotland in the late 70s on their way from the Soviet Union to South America. There was 8 of them parked up for a week or so.
With James Bond music in the background, Olga says, “What is your name?” Reply, “My name is Philipps, Noel Phillips” Da da da da da da da!!!! Another excellent episode in this truly brilliant series. Well done!!!!
Noel as always a great vlog ! The airline sounds like a GRU front front the old days You flew on an antique including terrified children screaming a classic !
Seems nice enough. Clean. Gets you where you're going. Turboprops are always a thrill for me. The comm box looks like it should... utilitarian. Thanks for allowing us plebes to enjoy these obscure routes.
Good gods, man, considering you're filming everything undercover, this is a spectacular production! I had to look at the date, because if you were doing the same thing at the moment you'd likely be looking at life in a Siberian gulag. What you're doing is akin to walking a rope bridge across a Tibetan mountain stream on your hands, mate . . . absolutely BRILLIANT!
That reminds me of my first plane ride in 1962. I think we had the same curtains. Olga looks and dresses like the same flight attendant as the one in 1962 but we called them stewardesses in the last century. The patch near the turbine was a nice touch. Did you bring your cellophane tape in case the engines needed reinforcement? Love the advanced state of the art communication technology. The coffee looks like the kind given in US skid row homeless shelters.The mood lighting in the water closet is an elegant touch but anyone over 5' 2" needs to be careful not to hit their head on the ceiling. The open black toilet seat reminds me of my college bathroom from 1972. The narrator is a brave man and deserves special thanks for taking me down memory lane.
In the last video where you flew the Xian MA-60 in 2020, you've said that "It's a modern version and is quieter version of the AN-26," and turns out you were right! Quite disappointing that you didn't film the takeoff for too long though thanks to the camera filming restrictions!
Reminds me of the train ride I did in Romania years ago, the in train catering consisted of the ‘food’ being thrown at you as the catering cart passed by, literally thrown at you? What a laugh, and yes there were guards to ensure you didn’t enjoy anything, but we did take photos! No digital video in those days! Happy times!!!
Great video. I had a similar experience flying from Astrakhan to Aktau on an AN24 in 2008. I was told to stop filming but wanted to capture the sound of the engines so was nice to hear it again in your video. An experience I will never forget.
Beside all those reviews on RUclips, which shows us nice seats, some more or less delicious mealservices and good stuffed amenity kits, this is really good content. It's rare, it's pure and reminds me, why i got in love with aviation since me first air travel, when I was a kid, which was on an IL-18 to Prague, connecting with a TU-134 to Paris , to get a DC 10 to Brazzaville and all the way back in an IL-62. Although I must commit, that modern aircrafts are nice to fly with, but i miss that feeling, that you are really flying
Is your family on work assignment at the time. Afaik, Soviet citizens can only travel overseas with special permission. Is the IL-62 you are on operated by Aeroflot ?
My first flight on Aerofl;ot was in the 1980's during the Cold War. London to Moscow. I swear that the stewardess was Rod Steiger in drag, I never pressed the buzzer (was there one?) for service.
You certainly know how to get around security all the time being a pro always calm and composed. Appreciate your sense of adventure in your quest for lesser known airlines and destinations 👍👏👏
Love the plane since my childhood (✿◠‿◠) Actually An-24 and An-26 were most popular and reliable planes on domestic lines in USSR era. Thanks for glorify the plane (✿◠‿◠)
I used to fly gliders at the very same airport where these beasts (both An-24 and An-26) of the Slovak air force were stationed so I got used to seeing and hearing them flying around but was not allowed to take a ride in one of them. Now you took me to those early 90' and I am truly grateful to you for that :D
Everything about this reminds me of a flight I took some 20 years ago with Crimean Air from Simferopol to Kyiv (also on an AN26.) What a bone shaker! The only difference was, they had no seats left but they knew I had a wad of hard currency on me, so they escorted me to the gate where the copilot came to have a chat, and 50 USD later I was on the plane while the passenger I’d replaced ended up on a crew seat.
I'm pretty sure the Antonov is the plane I flew many times while in Kyrgyzstan. I would fly from the capital Bishkek to Osh & back once in a while. I remember thinking that western planes are built of light weight materials but my plane seemed to have a lot of heavy metal in it. A friend of mine who had been in the Soviet Army told me that he & his comrades used to parachute out of these planes when he was in the Army.
My first employer had a DC-6 Prop plane in it's corporate fleet. I was fortunate enough to fly in that. It was quite a memorable experience, even without Olga!
Probably the worst sound of all the flight reviews you've done Noel. Amazing what you put yourself through. Thankful that I can watch you on the tough ones and not experience it for myself. You always make them entertaining.
Noel Philips - You should travel to some of the local airports in the United States. Start with the Pullman-Moscow Airport where the same people sell tickets, check baggage, operate security, and perform tarmac operations. And, the aircraft are prop planes. My first flight was on a DC-3 flying out of Pasco. A somewhat terrifying experience as the flight pattern on takeoff was to head toward one of the nearby hills and catch a thermal to gain altitude. Actually, since the advent of TSA, they probably have a dedicated TSA agent doing security at Pullman-Moscow who harasses passengers out of boredom.
You're quite an adventurer Noel...as myself when I travel the world, I flew on a rather similar old aircraft from LAM (Linhas Aereas do Mozambique) and one the tires burst just when we touched down in Maputo; and this clip and the aircraft for me? simply brilliant! loved it
You are intrepid!!! Bravery you have in spades! Filming despite the wrath of Olga!! You risked it all so we could fly along with you. Thanks so much Noel!! You are a real "boontar" ("rebel" in Russian but with Latin letters)! Your music selection is genius. Just wonderful! Thanks!
I used to fly on AN26s and AN24s in Siberia between Krasnoyarsk via Bor (Podkamennaya Tunguska Aeroport) and Turukhansk travelling to to conduct Aviation Safety audits on helicopter companies for the Mining and forestry industries.
@@fnostalgiaanostalgia4766 I appreciate national pride as much as the next guy but you are just being silly now. I've flown on the Max aircraft a number of times and never felt unsafe. Boeing is the safest plane manufacturer in the world (even better than Airbus). Soviet/Russian built planes are garbage. Russia has one of the worst aviation safety records in the world. They are so bad, they can't even fly over first world countries' air space.
Great video!:-) I had the pleasure to fly quite some times the An 24 and An 26 with Polyarnie Avialinii and Yakutia Airlines on their Yakutsk to Khonuu route. It was a great experience. I love those old planes!:-)
I love Noel's reaction in the end. Just made me laugh, so thanks again Noel for this great vid and making me (and hopefully many others) laugh a little :D
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant! Having lived in china for 10 years the instant coffee made me a little teary eyed this was an awesome video as to be expected thank you again!!!!
I've been on a 757 that had no cabin lights nor entertainment because a breaker kept blowing, an MD 80 with no bathroom because a door seal went bad and it froze, and a 767 that got struck by lightning. Noel flies 50 year old Soviet planes and never experiences a hiccup.
I've only just found you on You Tube and I have to say that I enjoy your videos so very much! You certainly fly to some places and on some air lines that I didn't even know about! Thank you and I hope you have many more videos to share.
Reminds me of when I flew Air Transat, both flights I had with them filming and/or using phones seemed to be forbidden. I just about managed to film a landing at Toronto though when the flight attendants were all sat down
This is the perfect Noel Philips video . Put upon, stranger in a strange land, Noel looking and being uncomfortable , even an ally at the end. It's fantastic. So love it!
This trip was like being a time traveller and going back to the 40's to have a first hand experience of how people travelled then, both in terms of the airport and the airplane!
I've flown on IL-76 and An-12s maybe 200k miles in Iraq/Afghanistan. Old Russian cargo planes, especially the military ones, are impressive but also scary.
Had a flight a good few years ago in Cuba in a plane a bit like that, we boarded via the ramp, the windows were draughty and the seats were more canvas and rickety than yours, great fun but my partner was terrified 🤷♀️
FCO has now slapped an essential travel rule to Russia invalidating travel insurance so we won't be following Noel's hallowed footsteps to St. Pete's soon. Loved the turkoise terminal decor and the London Midland magenta velvet curtains screening the cabin quarter on the plane. I'm sure Olga has a heart of gold and a sense of humour as good as Noel's underneath the facade.
I really admire excellent piloting skills. Takes some pretty smart folks to fly an airplane. Of any size. i admire how they fly through fog, snow, all kinds of crummy weather.
Unlikely to happen. They politically are radical opposites. Noel is a pro-government blogger, former reporter for RT. While Baldy is pro-opposition. They can do debates, but not a video together.
@@MM-hd6xo I have seen videos when Bald comes across as pro putin but at the same time he has made disparaging comments about governance in Russia. I think he has been blacklisted from Belarus or something so I doubt he will bring more politics into his videos to upset any other country.
I understand their caution. They don't want this technology to fall into enemy hands.
What technology 🤣
😂
lol it looks like it´s from the 60s
oh wait...
@@dillonmann6409 Lace curtain technology
@@dillonmann6409 Bet you're a riot at parties
Has anyone seen Noel since this video? Rumour has it he got captured by Olga and is now cleaning the antonov toilet as punishment
Rubbish, he's been temporarily hired by the airline's PR department to improve their image `)))
Noel should be cancelled for flying on a Russian plane
Yes,
Hes a permanent resident in her dungeon
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She uses his head as a sex toy
It's not a rumour, it's true, she uploaded it on her youtube channel, OlgaTheAssKicka
Haha like it.
Most old passenger planes are converted into cargo planes but in Soviet Russia, cargo planes are converted into passenger planes
In Russia right now, that's more true now than ever. 😂
You forgot typing one
dot!
There was never such a thing as soviet russia. That's one. You should visit other places to see how wrong you are. That's two. There's nothing soviet about it, i visited last year. There's much soviet stuff in ukraine and latvia. visited in 2019, 2020.
@MClark-kf9wq you haven't been watching the news the last 2 yrs about putler?
Many thanks to Olga for making this flight so much more interesting.
Yes - she looked ready to burst into a happy Russian folk song at any moment...
The old Russian witch Olga 🤭
Bald & Bankrupt: metro babushkas!
Noel Philips: KGB flight attendants!
Promise me one thing... Never be like Sam Chui, he is being like.. Look at me I got money - These kinds of videos of you just enjoying it is just amazing
Stopped watching Sam Chui....Noel is amazing 👏
Yea same here. I've been watching Noel's video more than Sam's..
Yea Sam chui’s videos are horrible now. Is he a travel journalist anymore? Not really…. Is he a flight reviewer? Not really… must be another advertisement for emirates
Lol. Noel will never, EVER be like that.
Ever since I found out about Noel Philips, I quit watching Sam Chui. At least Noel's experiences are more relevant to mine.
Noel, you should have asked Olga to let the pilots know you were also a pilot. They probably would have invited you up for a chat,
leaving Olga to fume with anger.
You're a brave man. Don't think I would have the stones to fly in that tin can that was built when I was 6. 😁
Olga wasn't happy with you when you said good bye 😂- Avgeek heaven!
She was loving it! At least that's what I took from all the finger waving.
.. hahaha.Maybe she was discretely looking for a date.
Hi Josh Cahill you should get involved with what noel is doing with these airlines to
Comment made 4 days ago? O_O
@@directive5216 Patreon/member priority access ;-P
I love how you embrace the entire experience Noel. Little seems to daunt you. Well done for all you do dude...
Well done,Noel. Would love to see you do videos on North Korea!!
@@geraldwalsh6489 if you want to see videos on North Korea, I recommend Simon Wilson. You may have already seen him but it’s really good his North Korea trip!
@@geraldwalsh6489 He wouldn't make it out if he acted the same way there lol.
@taka ????
Bloody well done, you're a lot braver than I am. Thanks for showing something I will never see in my lifetime
Wonder how you have that red plane on your name?
I know.. I have learned about nad seen so much interesting stuff.. You Tube is so cool.
The luxury of the gauzy curtains and the tapestry....the ambiance of a noisy bomber/cargo/passenger aircraft the assorted inedible snacks and the angry terse terrifying flight attendants, puts this flight in the number one spot on my bucket list.
"I've already rubbed Olga the wrong way..."
That cracked me up 😂
If he had rubbed her the right way, he might have been a part of the antonov cargo plane incredibly cramped mile high club.
Actually the little we saw of Olga she could rub me anyway she liked....yes I like Russian women, yes I'm married to one.....
In the 70s my (American) parents used to fly Aeroflot pretty much exclusively around Europe or Asia esp Japan, or that general area. I don't know how they managed to do that but my mom just bought the tickets through Japan Airlines and no one asked anything more. It was a fraction of the cost (of American airlines) and the money saved allowed us to stay at some really nice resorts and have great holidays in other places around the world! Mother should have published a book called, "How to Travel the World on a Budget." Some stopovers of course, we couldnt leave the (soviet era) hotels with a no nonsense lady seated at the end of every corridor but it was just a layover. My mother always gave little gifts like coffee, hygiene items, lipstick, etc. Some employees accepted the gifts, some did not. Those were quite fun days, I kid you not! With mother I suppose ignorance is bliss but she claims she saved like 60% in tickets and hotels.
you talking about best period of USSR's life. It was only 10-15 years, and this time was a start of big crash of Sviet Union.
Your mother sounded like a sweetheart.
Secret sleeper agents of glorious mother russia.
May you carry on her legacy.
@@johnnyk.2911 ❤️
I think that single shade of green paint is the same single shade of green paint used on Soviet-era aircraft instrument panels. It reduces confusion. I often wondered where Boeing got their inspiration for soundproofing their aircraft. Keep 'em coming.
If it doesn't have an acqua green instrument panel, darker green wheels, a white nose and backwards attitude indicators, it might not be Russian..
Buddy you are really unique! I didn’t see any Russian youtuber who filmed this type of flight... and it is so cool. Thanks man.. you open Russia even for Russians
I remember flying aeroflot and was surprised to find that my seat had no seatbelt. I hit the crew call button and a stern-looking stewardess came along. I showed her that my seat had no seatbelt to which she replied "Da. Is ok" and left!
you dont need a seatbelt in a plane its not going to help
hahaha hahaha..... Russia is the laughing stock of the entire universe!
@@umbertoverbita6653 No, but you surely are by making full display of your ignorance here. Good luck paying your electric bill.
@@MyRealDelusion facts hurt😂😂
I flew Aeroflot in the 80's. I remember the seats being like garden furniture. You could fold the seat in front of you flat down and put your legs on them. The carpet in the isle wrinkled up upon landing in Moscow.
"What are you in for?"
Noel: "Filming a flight"
I was just going to say ill write you when you go to prison that is if you still alive.
Top Secret state of the art Soviet technology. Off to gulag with you!
"...killing a pint of Vodka on a Russian airplane to try and "blend in..."
Your passion for rare aviation has newly made me extremely interested in obscure airports and niche aircraft exclusively due to the fact that you demonstrate such enthusiasm for it. This is great.
So far my favourite review I've seen from you. Love that old shakey, rattling Antonov and its history. And we got to love Olga.
I remember the Peruvian Air Force AN-26's stopping over at Prestwick , Scotland in the late 70s on their way from the Soviet Union to South America. There was 8 of them parked up for a week or so.
I think you need to team up with Bald & Bankrupt, Noel. He can distract the cabin crew leaving you free to film!
But he would be too busy checking out the sink
Or Boris. 🤣
Yes with Benjamin
@@Brettski_1234 Ha, ha, you're right!
Dream team.
With James Bond music in the background, Olga says, “What is your name?” Reply, “My name is Philipps, Noel Phillips” Da da da da da da da!!!! Another excellent episode in this truly brilliant series. Well done!!!!
Noel as always a great vlog !
The airline sounds like a GRU front front the old days
You flew on an antique including terrified children screaming a classic !
A bald guy with British passport who speaks Russian what he possibly be??
Olga: An MI6 agent!🤣🤣
...or Mr. Bald and Bankrupt :D
@@DonCarlosofFreiburg Yeah he is amazing to.
Benjamin!
Olga is always right...🙂
Seems nice enough. Clean. Gets you where you're going. Turboprops are always a thrill for me. The comm box looks like it should... utilitarian. Thanks for allowing us plebes to enjoy these obscure routes.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You could have asked Olga for voiceover for "it's time for the Noel Philips loo review"... That would have made this trip more enjoyable 😂
Olga will be very angry after seeking this
Good gods, man, considering you're filming everything undercover, this is a spectacular production! I had to look at the date, because if you were doing the same thing at the moment you'd likely be looking at life in a Siberian gulag.
What you're doing is akin to walking a rope bridge across a Tibetan mountain stream on your hands, mate . . . absolutely BRILLIANT!
Obviously the net curtains are top secret, and olga is only obeying orders😂
Great video! I couldn’t stop laughing at the filming rebellion - looking forward to more entertaining content!
Thanks for your brave perseverance.
Mind you, I think things would be somewhat different today, so good job you took the flight last year.
Thanks for flying those older Soviet planes. I wish you can do more of them. Now it is difficult with the conflict .
This is way more interesting than luxury airline vlogs.
You should get ‘Olga’ to accompany you on your trips across Russia. It would make for great viewing.
That reminds me of my first plane ride in 1962. I think we had the same curtains. Olga looks and dresses like the same flight attendant as the one in 1962 but we called them stewardesses in the last century. The patch near the turbine was a nice touch. Did you bring your cellophane tape in case the engines needed reinforcement? Love the advanced state of the art communication technology. The coffee looks like the kind given in US skid row homeless shelters.The mood lighting in the water closet is an elegant touch but anyone over 5' 2" needs to be careful not to hit their head on the ceiling. The open black toilet seat reminds me of my college bathroom from 1972. The narrator is a brave man and deserves special thanks for taking me down memory lane.
In the last video where you flew the Xian MA-60 in 2020, you've said that "It's a modern version and is quieter version of the AN-26," and turns out you were right! Quite disappointing that you didn't film the takeoff for too long though thanks to the camera filming restrictions!
I flew an MA 60 yesterday. Vientiane to Luangprabang
Despite the noise, the smoke smell, the seat, the service, AN-26 is an awesome aircraft, sleek and elegant!!!
Wow!! What an amazing flight. You went very well managing ton video the experience. Thanks for sharing
Reminds me of the train ride I did in Romania years ago, the in train catering consisted of the ‘food’ being thrown at you as the catering cart passed by, literally thrown at you? What a laugh, and yes there were guards to ensure you didn’t enjoy anything, but we did take photos! No digital video in those days!
Happy times!!!
Great video. I had a similar experience flying from Astrakhan to Aktau on an AN24 in 2008. I was told to stop filming but wanted to capture the sound of the engines so was nice to hear it again in your video. An experience I will never forget.
Beside all those reviews on RUclips, which shows us nice seats, some more or less delicious mealservices and good stuffed amenity kits, this is really good content. It's rare, it's pure and reminds me, why i got in love with aviation since me first air travel, when I was a kid, which was on an IL-18 to Prague, connecting with a TU-134 to Paris , to get a DC 10 to Brazzaville and all the way back in an IL-62. Although I must commit, that modern aircrafts are nice to fly with, but i miss that feeling, that you are really flying
Is your family on work assignment at the time. Afaik, Soviet citizens can only travel overseas with special permission. Is the IL-62 you are on operated by Aeroflot ?
Loved this!!! As a stewardess in America, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your experience. 😄👍🏻
My first flight on Aerofl;ot was in the 1980's during the Cold War. London to Moscow.
I swear that the stewardess was Rod Steiger in drag, I never pressed the buzzer (was there one?) for service.
You certainly know how to get around security all the time being a pro always calm and composed. Appreciate your sense of adventure in your quest for lesser known airlines and destinations 👍👏👏
So nice of you
Love the plane since my childhood (✿◠‿◠) Actually An-24 and An-26 were most popular and reliable planes on domestic lines in USSR era.
Thanks for glorify the plane (✿◠‿◠)
I used to fly gliders at the very same airport where these beasts (both An-24 and An-26) of the Slovak air force were stationed so I got used to seeing and hearing them flying around but was not allowed to take a ride in one of them. Now you took me to those early 90' and I am truly grateful to you for that :D
BTW Zitko, which manufacturer of gliders did you fly?
@@shauny2285 Hi, I flew Let L-13 Blanik
You did very well getting as much footage as you did , so well done and you lived to fight another day lol
so cool Noel! I would both love the experience but spend much of the flight worrying it would fall apart in the sky! LOVED the curtains!
Everything about this reminds me of a flight I took some 20 years ago with Crimean Air from Simferopol to Kyiv (also on an AN26.) What a bone shaker! The only difference was, they had no seats left but they knew I had a wad of hard currency on me, so they escorted me to the gate where the copilot came to have a chat, and 50 USD later I was on the plane while the passenger I’d replaced ended up on a crew seat.
Yeah same thing happened to me, crazy the difference between western aviation standards and rest of the world...
Very impressed with that landing it looked very smooth
Especially since they were probably passing the wotka bottle up front as well as smoking. Geesh! 😮
Waking up to seeing this video just released definitely made my Sunday morning!
I'm pretty sure the Antonov is the plane I flew many times while in Kyrgyzstan. I would fly from the capital Bishkek to Osh & back once in a while. I remember thinking that western planes are built of light weight materials but my plane seemed to have a lot of heavy metal in it. A friend of mine who had been in the Soviet Army told me that he & his comrades used to parachute out of these planes when he was in the Army.
My first employer had a DC-6 Prop plane in it's corporate fleet. I was fortunate enough to fly in that. It was quite a memorable experience, even without Olga!
That was hilarious, I would have loved to seen Olga, well done on getting so much footage, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Many thanks!
Her angst for him was very evident at the disembark, which rounded out the video nicely. He's the best and I'm subscribing accordingly.
I have a feeling that there are only a handful of people on the planet that have flown on both JSX & Kostroma Air.
Great video, man!
Fab video Noel love to see the older aircraft really enjoyed it as much as you did Olga you are fired!!!!!!!
Americans have Karens, russians have Olgas. Perfect
Probably the worst sound of all the flight reviews you've done Noel. Amazing what you put yourself through. Thankful that I can watch you on the tough ones and not experience it for myself. You always make them entertaining.
Noel Philips - You should travel to some of the local airports in the United States. Start with the Pullman-Moscow Airport where the same people sell tickets, check baggage, operate security, and perform tarmac operations. And, the aircraft are prop planes. My first flight was on a DC-3 flying out of Pasco. A somewhat terrifying experience as the flight pattern on takeoff was to head toward one of the nearby hills and catch a thermal to gain altitude. Actually, since the advent of TSA, they probably have a dedicated TSA agent doing security at Pullman-Moscow who harasses passengers out of boredom.
You're quite an adventurer Noel...as myself when I travel the world, I flew on a rather similar old aircraft from LAM (Linhas Aereas do Mozambique) and one the tires burst just when we touched down in Maputo; and this clip and the aircraft for me? simply brilliant! loved it
You are intrepid!!! Bravery you have in spades! Filming despite the wrath of Olga!! You risked it all so we could fly along with you. Thanks so much Noel!! You are a real "boontar" ("rebel" in Russian but with Latin letters)! Your music selection is genius. Just wonderful! Thanks!
Something tells me you can't actually speak russian
I used to fly on AN26s and AN24s in Siberia between Krasnoyarsk via Bor (Podkamennaya Tunguska Aeroport) and Turukhansk travelling to to conduct Aviation Safety audits on helicopter companies for the Mining and forestry industries.
I couldn’t believe how loud those turbo props were! Another great video.
You can't really judge any sound level from a video
I flew on a Aeroflot AN-26 in the early 80's Kiev to Odessa, a great experience. I remember the net curtains well.
Don’t mess with Olga!
Risking life and liberty to bring us this video, Noel, you are nothing short of a hero. Well done, sir.
risking life hahahahaah
@@fnostalgiaanostalgia4766 yup, flying on that garbage plane is risking your life.
@@toemblem flying boing max 8 and 9 is dying!
@@fnostalgiaanostalgia4766 I appreciate national pride as much as the next guy but you are just being silly now. I've flown on the Max aircraft a number of times and never felt unsafe. Boeing is the safest plane manufacturer in the world (even better than Airbus). Soviet/Russian built planes are garbage. Russia has one of the worst aviation safety records in the world. They are so bad, they can't even fly over first world countries' air space.
@@toemblem cringe
Great video!:-) I had the pleasure to fly quite some times the An 24 and An 26 with Polyarnie Avialinii and Yakutia Airlines on their Yakutsk to Khonuu route. It was a great experience. I love those old planes!:-)
Wow Noel what a fantastic flight experience ! Great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I love Noel's reaction in the end. Just made me laugh, so thanks again Noel for this great vid and making me (and hopefully many others) laugh a little :D
Loved that plane,great video Noel.
Hope you cross paths with Olga again,that would be funny 😄
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant! Having lived in china for 10 years the instant coffee made me a little teary eyed this was an awesome video as to be expected thank you again!!!!
I had the same experience flying from Warsaw to Poznan in Poland winter 2001
I've been on a 757 that had no cabin lights nor entertainment because a breaker kept blowing, an MD 80 with no bathroom because a door seal went bad and it froze, and a 767 that got struck by lightning.
Noel flies 50 year old Soviet planes and never experiences a hiccup.
All planes get hit by lightning quite frequently. What was so different about the 767?
One of the most noisiest turboprop airplane that i ever heard 😂
I've only just found you on You Tube and I have to say that I enjoy your videos so very much! You certainly fly to some places and on some air lines that I didn't even know about! Thank you and I hope you have many more videos to share.
Welcome aboard!
I remember seeing Tarom's AN-26s at Belgrade back in the 80s.
Reminds me of when I flew Air Transat, both flights I had with them filming and/or using phones seemed to be forbidden. I just about managed to film a landing at Toronto though when the flight attendants were all sat down
Really? Flew them once and they never seemed to care about people videoing.
Most of the battalion that are based Kostroma are dead , most killed or wounded in Ukraine.
Good to know
This is the perfect Noel Philips video . Put upon, stranger in a strange land, Noel looking and being uncomfortable , even an ally at the end. It's fantastic. So love it!
It's scary to fly in such an old bird and so much manual setup...it's like a terror show for the travellers !
Olga: Stop filming
Noel: *films anyway*
Noel: They called me a madman
Also Noel: A small price to pay for salvation
(Avengers Thanos referances)
Olga ain’t gonna take any shite from nobody 🤣 Great video
It looked like a very uncomfortable flight. Glad you made it down ok. St Petersburg looks like a,beautiful and interesting city. Enjoy.
This trip was like being a time traveller and going back to the 40's to have a first hand experience of how people travelled then, both in terms of the airport and the airplane!
I've flown on IL-76 and An-12s maybe 200k miles in Iraq/Afghanistan. Old Russian cargo planes, especially the military ones, are impressive but also scary.
No body can beat the brits when it comes to their humour skills.. And the background music was just perfect 👌I think Olga has a crush on you 🤪
Had a flight a good few years ago in Cuba in a plane a bit like that, we boarded via the ramp, the windows were draughty and the seats were more canvas and rickety than yours, great fun but my partner was terrified 🤷♀️
Very fun and interesting to watch, as always with Mr. Philips videos. Keep it up please.
Glad you like them!
@@noelphilips Hi Noel, awesome to see you're still replying to comments.
What a beautiful aircraft. Thanks for sharing your journey. I recently discovered your channel and I can't get enough! Thanks for all that you do!
Thank you, welcome to the channel!
@@noelphilips Is the Antonov 26 a copy of the Fokker Fairchild F27? Exteriorly they look like clones.
Omg 😂what a biblically magnificent video!!! Thank you so much ❤️👍
Im brand new here and you captured my attention immediately.. It was like travelling before the Perestroika time lapse,, SO MUCH FUN TO SEE.!
FCO has now slapped an essential travel rule to Russia invalidating travel insurance so we won't be following Noel's hallowed footsteps to St. Pete's soon. Loved the turkoise terminal decor and the London Midland magenta velvet curtains screening the cabin quarter on the plane. I'm sure Olga has a heart of gold and a sense of humour as good as Noel's underneath the facade.
These videos are you at your best as always Noel. Well done and thank you for them, loved it.
It's possible she might have been doing that to keep you from filming the child sitting next to you but who knows.
I really admire excellent piloting skills. Takes some pretty smart folks to fly an airplane. Of any size. i admire how they fly through fog, snow, all kinds of crummy weather.
You’re starting to give Mr. Bald a run for his money. Especially since he has teamed up with the Mongolian who’s out to just sell himself.
Still waiting for that Noel and Bald & Bankrupt mash-up
Or perhaps with Harald Baldr too? They could call it "Bald, Baldr and Baldest"! 😂
It needs to happen!
Unlikely to happen. They politically are radical opposites. Noel is a pro-government blogger, former reporter for RT. While Baldy is pro-opposition. They can do debates, but not a video together.
@@MM-hd6xo Former reporter for RT???
@@MM-hd6xo I have seen videos when Bald comes across as pro putin but at the same time he has made disparaging comments about governance in Russia. I think he has been blacklisted from Belarus or something so I doubt he will bring more politics into his videos to upset any other country.
Noel was never seen again as olga followed him and later reported him to the KGB. He is now serving his sentence in Siberia.
The music made it even more funny and the curtains. 😆.
The landing was still better than Ryan air’s tho. Interesting video. Thanks for posting. Noel.
Dude, thanks for the vid. You are truly reckless rider. I used to fly on AN-24 back in the day.