Why does London have so many airports?

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  • @grail68
    @grail68 5 років тому +16631

    He shoots his videos like an old-school BBC documentary presenter. Both he and the camera are in motion. On UA-cam, that actually feels pretty fresh and dynamic.

    • @violetblue1924
      @violetblue1924 5 років тому +671

      I agree! Love his format. Very professional and fun to watch. Like a real program.

    • @dalton-at-work
      @dalton-at-work 5 років тому +638

      it's educational Monty Python

    • @samstone8591
      @samstone8591 5 років тому +36

      osriodore Only better

    • @tommyhansen7600
      @tommyhansen7600 5 років тому +115

      Perhaps because he was a staff on top gear?

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 5 років тому +50

      Now he needs to answer why Atlanta has so few. It's a real pain to fly through that city especially between 4 PM and 6 PM. They really need a 2nd airport.

  • @ryshow9118
    @ryshow9118 5 років тому +7121

    The Heathrow wait made me irrationally uncomfortable.

    • @AstoundingAmelia
      @AstoundingAmelia 5 років тому +408

      I thought he was going to say something like luton

    • @simplepixel5617
      @simplepixel5617 5 років тому +191

      I thought it was only me ... it drove me nuts

    • @joegeary8036
      @joegeary8036 4 роки тому +384

      Just like when you're actually waiting at Heathrow

    • @akokocreative.studio
      @akokocreative.studio 4 роки тому +52

      Loool I was watching it on double speed and it still drove me crazy

    • @CTcuber4K
      @CTcuber4K 4 роки тому +161

      You know the one i mean
      it's this one
      the one we all know
      this is what it is
      im going to say it now
      here it comes
      yes, its the one you think it is
      youve guessed it
      the jewel of west london
      here it comes
      this is what it is
      it's this
      everyones favourite airport
      you know the one
      its what you've all been waiting for
      here it comes now

  • @starryyuri5392
    @starryyuri5392 5 років тому +3061

    I usually land at London Tokyo and take a short 6,000 mile connection by rail to Paddington

    • @e1123581321345589144
      @e1123581321345589144 5 років тому +225

      I usually use the London Auckland airport. It's a bit less crowded.

    • @AlonsoRules
      @AlonsoRules 5 років тому +38

      how much would a taxi cost

    • @pitaya4151
      @pitaya4151 5 років тому +81

      @@AlonsoRules About $5500

    • @Jnstin
      @Jnstin 5 років тому +30

      Anthony Kernich just uber

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 5 років тому

      london tokyo?

  • @FLUFFMANDUFF
    @FLUFFMANDUFF 4 роки тому +869

    4:51 "The street names here acknowledge the areas' aviation heritage, such as aviation drive... and heritage avenue"
    Gold

  • @nemesis962074
    @nemesis962074 4 роки тому +4326

    “Acknowledging aviation heritage,
    Such as Aviation drive or Heritage Avenue”
    You deliver these lines with such a tone that I can’t discern if they’re jokes or not but I’m still floored

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 роки тому +996

      Look them up. Those streets are real.

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 роки тому +248

      Jay Foreman I applaud the fact u still answer comments on your old videos . Keep it up

    • @natehill8069
      @natehill8069 4 роки тому +80

      @@harshbansal7982 Its why he hasnt aged in 10 years. You look as young as the oldest video you support.

    • @mtghd1432
      @mtghd1432 4 роки тому +16

      Jay Foreman they are, I live about 20 minutes away from them 👍🏾

    • @samuelkelly112
      @samuelkelly112 2 роки тому +2

      @@JayForeman You missed Aerodrome road which has to be the most famous and is pretty big.

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 5 років тому +2006

    "Not just any place possessed the appropriate properties-to-be-propelled-into-a-proper-popular-passenger-port-for-people"
    **gold medal drop**
    aaaaaand subscribed.

    • @ChicoValenciaTv
      @ChicoValenciaTv 5 років тому +11

      Lashan exactly!!! Top top 🙌🏽

    • @viajero288
      @viajero288 5 років тому +11

      Lashan agreed! This man’s a genius!!!

    • @mincos_outon
      @mincos_outon 4 роки тому +7

      Look into the DVD extras to see the extended cut including "propeller propelled planes"

    • @sheevone4359
      @sheevone4359 4 роки тому +7

      7:00

    • @Chronometry707
      @Chronometry707 2 роки тому

      Bof!

  • @shadowslashful
    @shadowslashful 5 років тому +4238

    The "used by wankers" thing caught me so off guard lmao

    • @deanbooker6137
      @deanbooker6137 5 років тому +128

      I spat milk all over a fellow aerodrome user.

    • @elias9746
      @elias9746 5 років тому +10

      Round two got me

    • @buchananclanfamily9248
      @buchananclanfamily9248 5 років тому +9

      Dean Booker I was drinking apple juice at the time 😂

    • @bradyneil
      @bradyneil 5 років тому +19

      lol had to play back that one too!!! think he means Bankers :)

    • @winclouduk
      @winclouduk 5 років тому +8

      I had to replay it just to make sure I hadn’t misheard him lol

  • @firstofficerrose1588
    @firstofficerrose1588 2 роки тому +255

    The extremely long "here it is" bit leading up to Heathrow followed by an ad break delaying actually saying "Heathrow" was very funny.

    • @sebastianrivera-tirado4309
      @sebastianrivera-tirado4309 2 роки тому +6

      I was disappointed that I didn’t get an ad before he talked about Heathrow. I would have laughed even harder than I already was!

    • @vishnukiran6162
      @vishnukiran6162 6 місяців тому +2

      @@sebastianrivera-tirado4309 I did get an ad before he talked about Heathrow and it made me crack up like nothing else.

    • @janisauzins4103
      @janisauzins4103 4 місяці тому

      Especially if youtube stopped working because of an "ad blocker" which I DO NOT HAVE!!!

  • @SidMajors
    @SidMajors 5 років тому +997

    "In a rare act of extreme forward planning"
    haha xD

    • @Albimar17
      @Albimar17 5 років тому +6

      yup, brexcrap comes to mind :)))

    • @yourname7176
      @yourname7176 4 роки тому +5

      @@Albimar17 brexshit is right there...

  • @nomercyformayhem4774
    @nomercyformayhem4774 5 років тому +3663

    I have watched this video at least 5 times by now and just realized that he used the same picture 3 times at 3:07

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 6 років тому +2567

    I always land at London-Moscow Airport near London

    • @CraigFisherman
      @CraigFisherman 6 років тому +19

      Wtf are you talking about

    • @rodrigodetriano8273
      @rodrigodetriano8273 6 років тому +162

      Absolute class, had me laughing out loud

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 6 років тому +5

      @@rodrigodetriano8273 Thank you :D

    • @sanookmakmak
      @sanookmakmak 6 років тому +151

      Just walk to the nearest airport in new Zealand if your are in London.

    • @80amnesia
      @80amnesia 6 років тому +1

      lol 😄

  • @pigasusr2
    @pigasusr2 3 роки тому +607

    For car enthusiasts, the great thing about unused Aerodromes is they can easily be used as race tracks or drag strips. The top gear track is at an aerodrome. Both the top gear test track (aka Dunsfold Aerodrome) and Goodwood were on the map for WW2 aerodromes.

    • @matthewbrotman2907
      @matthewbrotman2907 2 роки тому +14

      Also Sebring in Florida.

    • @chrisoddy8744
      @chrisoddy8744 2 роки тому +7

      Brooklands in Surrey was also a racetrack and an airfield - it was also home to an aircraft factory in WW2

    • @JhyunCho
      @JhyunCho 2 роки тому +23

      Silverstone was also an RAF base is I remember correctly.

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 2 роки тому +4

      Gimli airport in Manitoba was also converted into a drag racing strip.

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 2 роки тому +7

      It would be nice if the runways were kept open. Silverstone destroyed their last remaining runway a few years ago. Thruxton and Goodwood retain the airfield inside their race-track. Pembrey has the race track separate and still retains an airfield. There are quite a few other ex-aerodromes used for car racing - Bedford, Snetterton, Poddington (Santa Pod drag strip), Llandow, Castle Combe, Croft, Wymeswold, and maybe the aforementioned Dunsfold at least for the time being. I may have missed some. They also have car days on Bruntingthorpe and Elvington, and they occasionally run cars on Sywell, Turweston, Kemble, North Weald and maybe others.

  • @GameplayReviewUK
    @GameplayReviewUK 8 років тому +3802

    Using Sim City 2000 to show why it's hard to expand Croydon airport was genius.

    • @georgiag92-j5t
      @georgiag92-j5t 7 років тому +69

      at 3:48

    • @1bgrant
      @1bgrant 7 років тому +17

      Jan 2044 New Fucked Up City

    • @SuperDeadknife
      @SuperDeadknife 7 років тому +65

      cindybin2001 what the *FUCK* is wrong with profanity. It's the Internet

    • @Junieper
      @Junieper 7 років тому +63

      cindybin2001 Chill. Swearing is fucking fine. Stop being a child.

    • @SuperDeadknife
      @SuperDeadknife 7 років тому +37

      cindybin2001 let's sort this out like civilised people. Why do you think swearing is such a bad thing

  • @paveladamek3502
    @paveladamek3502 6 років тому +2924

    The presenting skills combined with acting, writing and editing skills? Fantastic.

    • @chocolatcats
      @chocolatcats 5 років тому +20

      and cute........

    • @trollface1994
      @trollface1994 5 років тому +2

      euwwww. seriousy ?@@chocolatcats

    • @Petelecaster
      @Petelecaster 5 років тому +29

      I feel like I am watching a Monty Python skit

    • @sean6948
      @sean6948 5 років тому +2

      You’re joking aren’t you?? It’s the reason I turned it off he is so irritating it’s untrue

    • @publius4631
      @publius4631 5 років тому +17

      This the first time I've come across Jay and find his presenting informative, entertaining and funny, so I'll be checking out more of what he,s offered on UA-cam.

  • @FairyCRat
    @FairyCRat 4 роки тому +706

    5:18 and this, ladies and gentlemen, is how you reach the famous 10-minute mark.

    • @gFamWeb
      @gFamWeb 4 роки тому +126

      He spends about 20 seconds saying it. This video is 10 minutes 19 seconds long. Coincidence? I think not!

    • @Hans_R._Wahl
      @Hans_R._Wahl 3 роки тому +3

      Indeed.😀👍

    • @oktayyildirim2911
      @oktayyildirim2911 3 роки тому +10

      I think this video was made before the "10-minute meta" existed.

    • @foxy126pl6
      @foxy126pl6 Місяць тому

      The 10 min meta was a thing in mid 2010s already​@@oktayyildirim2911

  • @rubeusignis1293
    @rubeusignis1293 Рік тому +81

    Thanks Jay, this video got me context marks on my A Level English exam (Text B was an aviation text from 1928 and I mentioned how in the olden days only posh people could fly).

  • @samm44_
    @samm44_ 4 роки тому +290

    5:40 love how he used a green screen just to make the background blue

    • @g.j.k.b.2324
      @g.j.k.b.2324 3 роки тому +2

      It's a blue screen I think

    • @samm44_
      @samm44_ 3 роки тому +17

      @@g.j.k.b.2324 the top of his head has a green tint so i think it’s a green screen lmao

    • @g.j.k.b.2324
      @g.j.k.b.2324 3 роки тому +5

      @@samm44_ lmao you're right. Didn't catch that

    • @Plumjet09
      @Plumjet09 2 роки тому

      He should’ve used a blue screen to make it green

  • @voolt
    @voolt 4 роки тому +4450

    this channel has such a monty python feel and i'm not even mad about it.

    •  4 роки тому +23

      Why would anyone be mad about that lol

    • @sherondalewis8053
      @sherondalewis8053 4 роки тому +42

      I'm waiting for the "I don't like Spam!" reference!

    • @maldivirdragonwitch
      @maldivirdragonwitch 4 роки тому +48

      We all need more Monty Python in our lives.

    • @JeremyForTheWin
      @JeremyForTheWin 4 роки тому +98

      why would you be mad about it

    • @Tomoyo_Sayomura
      @Tomoyo_Sayomura 4 роки тому +2

      Oh my god thank you!

  • @GonzoTehGreat
    @GonzoTehGreat 5 років тому +1969

    I love the no nonsense presentation, clever use of video footage, photos and diagrams and of course, the quintessential, deadpan British humour. UA-cam needs more channels and content like this. Subbed!

    • @ChristopherPoitras
      @ChristopherPoitras 5 років тому +65

      "no nonsense presentation" did we watch the same video?

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 5 років тому +30

      Did you misspell "every bit of nonsense presentation"

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat 5 років тому +31

      @​Christopher Poitras @@NimhLabs
      Perhaps I should've written "no frills" instead. Regardless, aside from the typically British humour, his videos are indeed refreshingly "straight to the point", without a fancy intro accompanied by an annoying sound clip and no longwinded preamble.

    • @jannadrielcervo7753
      @jannadrielcervo7753 5 років тому +12

      UA-cam needs to be more British.

    • @Mogamishu
      @Mogamishu 5 років тому +6

      No nonsense? It was full of bland, tasteless, juvenile, cringy comedy and nonsense.

  • @dootsouls
    @dootsouls 2 роки тому +205

    5:20 when you need to hit a word requirement for an essay

  • @sebs381
    @sebs381 5 років тому +597

    "aviation heritage such as aviation drive and heritage avenue"
    hahaha
    honestly I love the kind of dry humour and editing in your videos, keep up the great work!

  • @gaius100bc
    @gaius100bc 4 роки тому +543

    Britain just loves making every little thing "fiddly and complicated". That should be UK's national motto: "United Kingdom - Fiddly and Complicated."

    • @Minihood31770
      @Minihood31770 4 роки тому +50

      The United Kingdom of Fiddly and Complicated would never work.
      Fiddly has had a long running feud with Complicated since the flitch of bacon was stolen in 1883. They'd never agree to share space on the name of the country.

    • @XaviMacBash
      @XaviMacBash 4 роки тому +21

      "we got there first and now we're the worst"

    • @Mi-202
      @Mi-202 3 роки тому

      @@XaviMacBash I don't think we are the worst yet...

    • @XaviMacBash
      @XaviMacBash 3 роки тому +1

      @@Mi-202 wot

    • @Mi-202
      @Mi-202 3 роки тому

      @@XaviMacBash Well in London especially we are at least trying to fix the mistakes and improve our transport, so I don't think that we are necessarily 'the worst'.

  • @semanticsamuel936
    @semanticsamuel936 6 років тому +536

    'Who wouldn't let us in for filming'. Gotta wonder why. I used to work in a small niche-interest museum (Booth Museum in Hove) and we'd have been delighted to have an enthusiastic UA-camr come in to raise the profile of the collections and exhibits. It's not as if you're causing problems or saying the museum is shit - you're doing the opposite by generating interest in a subject a lot of people hadn't realised they were interested in!

    • @semanticsamuel936
      @semanticsamuel936 6 років тому +36

      Also, '...only used by wankers' has had me laughing for about five minutes!

    • @nutfield0013
      @nutfield0013 6 років тому +83

      Jay said on twitter that the permission denied for filming part was intended as a joke and that there wasn’t anything interesting enough to be put into video

    • @mg_claymore8611
      @mg_claymore8611 6 років тому +3

      Cus he looks like a channal 4 type...

    • @adeadgirl13
      @adeadgirl13 5 років тому +6

      It's run by wankers.

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat 5 років тому +5

      The RAF museum might consider themselves above a lowly UA-cam channel and more deserving of the likes of the Beeb. If so, they can go fly themselves!

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue 2 роки тому +77

    As a Londoner I can say that the diagram at the beginning at 0:10 is _absolutely_ spot on. Christ I might as well just get a taxi to Munich if I have to go all the way to stanstead to get a flight.

    • @russellmiles8783
      @russellmiles8783 8 місяців тому +1

      How on earth can half of these be classed as "London" airports?

  • @sontieu
    @sontieu 4 роки тому +2443

    "To this day it's only used by wankers" - cut scene -
    Amazing.

    • @wendi2819
      @wendi2819 4 роки тому +12

      Hey, I just asked if he said wankers! Isn't that bad... isn't a wanker like an idiot? Yes, as soon as we can come over again, I'm asking for a ticket for the Wanker Aeroport. Lol 😂😂 😁

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 4 роки тому +25

      American here. Is there some stereotype about the airport and/or the type of people who use it that makes that line funny, or is it just absurdist humor?

    • @phildman132
      @phildman132 4 роки тому +186

      @@timothymclean It's in the middle of the London financial district, so the stereotype is that it is pretty much only used by bankers(wankers).
      I've used it once when I found a cheap last minute flight to Rome, but pretty much all the other passangers appeared to be businesspeople so the stereotype holds.

    • @notdaveschannel9843
      @notdaveschannel9843 4 роки тому +80

      @@timothymclean Just to echo phildman132's explanation, the City (capital C) is a metonym for the high-finance sector in the UK so it's like having an airport called New York Wall Street.
      I agree that it's used by wankers and I'm the sort of wanker who uses words like 'metonym'.

    • @timbeaton5045
      @timbeaton5045 4 роки тому +21

      @@notdaveschannel9843 Where you will find the Official Collective Noun for Bankers... A Wunch, as in "a Wunch of Bankers."
      PS, I'll let you off just this once for the use of the term, 'metonym". Just don't do it again.

  • @louis.gabriel
    @louis.gabriel 7 років тому +110

    For those curious:
    00:32 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
    01:14 The British Grenadiers (arr. Jacob Kappey)
    01:42 Look at Me Now (from Laurel and Hardy, performed by the Beau Hunks)
    02:07 Thunderbirds Theme Song by Barry Gray
    02:35 Speakeasy by Ennio Morricone
    03:47 Railroad Rap from Simcity 2000
    04:19 The Old Spinning Wheel by Hank Snow & Chet Atkins
    05:43 Calling All Workers by Eric Coates
    06:29 Tijuana Taxi by Herb Alpert and the TJB
    07:20 Uh! Oh! by The Nutty Squirrels
    09:24 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
    09:34 This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads

    • @KrisMcCool
      @KrisMcCool 7 років тому +1

      Red Door Productions wow

    • @tidmouthmilk12
      @tidmouthmilk12 7 років тому +1

      03:47 is from Simcity 2000. You can hear it on this video here at 13:10: ua-cam.com/video/-S-FZWj6760/v-deo.html
      *Edit* It's called 'Railroad Rap' found the name on another video (also I think the one I linked is a cover)

    • @nathandonnelly5994
      @nathandonnelly5994 5 років тому +1

      My man!

    • @ezritheking2809
      @ezritheking2809 5 років тому +1

      Finally

    • @worthlessdollar1
      @worthlessdollar1 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you!! ❤

  • @kwanlinus6999
    @kwanlinus6999 5 років тому +536

    London Stansted: Exists
    Ryanair: Its free real estate

    • @just-a-subscriber
      @just-a-subscriber 4 роки тому +10

      FRRR

    • @star.interlude
      @star.interlude 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @michaelnewbold214
      @michaelnewbold214 3 роки тому +9

      That joke wasn't included on the ticket, extra £40 for the laughter...

    • @Hans_R._Wahl
      @Hans_R._Wahl 3 роки тому +1

      @@michaelnewbold214 😀👍

    • @fl570
      @fl570 3 роки тому +1

      @@just-a-subscriber Haha, Ryanair's flight number denomination and the acronym of "for real"... nice one!

  • @kurosujiomake
    @kurosujiomake 4 роки тому +229

    60 miles away for a airport doesn't seem that far
    Living in the US has distorted my sense of distance by quite a bit

    • @emilebichelberger7590
      @emilebichelberger7590 4 роки тому +15

      Yes the US is quite large.

    • @SuitedConnectors
      @SuitedConnectors 3 роки тому +8

      AN airport

    • @mercifulzeus01
      @mercifulzeus01 3 роки тому +8

      @@SuitedConnectors An pedant...

    • @oktayyildirim2911
      @oktayyildirim2911 3 роки тому +4

      @@mercifulzeus01 Without grammar nazis, we'd be descending into indecipherable nonsense.

    • @ErikE_
      @ErikE_ 3 роки тому +7

      @Rob Yeah the criteria is pretty odd here. Like if Luton Airport is considered as one for London, NYC should have way more airports than six.

  • @TheCreditShifu
    @TheCreditShifu 7 років тому +4178

    London City airport "To this day it's only used by wankers!" My sides literally split.

    • @1barnet1
      @1barnet1 6 років тому +206

      Well London city makes a ton of sense when flying from Holland.
      Little airport congestion in both airports drastically cuts down travel time.
      Also it's a lot more relaxed clearing wanker security then the Luton prison camp.

    • @djlondon7956
      @djlondon7956 6 років тому +159

      Yeah am guilty of being an LCY wanker occasionally but it's really great and cute. However the sandwiches and drinks are megawankingly expensive

    • @1barnet1
      @1barnet1 6 років тому +57

      @@djlondon7956
      Well the tube stops in front of it.
      I can wait 10 minutes for a cheap drink.

    • @AaronLowe1
      @AaronLowe1 6 років тому +33

      I just spat my coffee out in the office - wasn't expecting that - quality! LOL

    • @Xamarin491
      @Xamarin491 6 років тому +4

      It's just like 'oh... :\ '

  • @TheMissendenFlyer
    @TheMissendenFlyer 6 років тому +222

    Fabulous stuff Jay - I loved the "only used by W**" line but also thoroughly appreciated "It became London's no 2 airport, a title it still has to this day"....brilliant stuff.....

  • @randall96
    @randall96 5 років тому +108

    "In a RARE act of extreme forward planning"...very true

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue 2 роки тому +157

    omg these sheer amount of production that went into this is giving me a headache. You did _such_ a great job of making this!
    PS I flew from City for the first time last January. It's the first airport I've been to where you don't have to take your iPad out of your bag at security. It's amazing!

    • @GabTheKing
      @GabTheKing Рік тому +1

      I didn’t even have to empty my water bottle, which is crazy to me lol

    • @user-kx7ls8ds9j
      @user-kx7ls8ds9j Рік тому +2

      I was very surprised this video is 9 years old

    • @ric112
      @ric112 Рік тому

      You know who flies from City airport?

    • @vice.nor.virtue
      @vice.nor.virtue Рік тому

      @@ric112 absolute wankers! But I had a daddy in the UK who paid for the flight so I wasn't exactly going to insist on an easyjet flight to Gatwick.
      Please believe me I'm not rich in any capacity. I'm glad I have very incompetent landlords who don't seem to realize I pay the rent a week late every month (here in Berlin).

    • @Simon-rc5sf
      @Simon-rc5sf Рік тому

      @@vice.nor.virtue wow, you can be proud of yourself

  • @nintendiehard
    @nintendiehard 10 років тому +885

    SOMEONE give this guy a job at the BBC. He's already better than a lot of TV personalities.

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui 7 років тому +24

      He'll be the same as the rest of them. BBC is a propaganda machine.

    • @cancerfour69er
      @cancerfour69er 7 років тому +10

      Brad Strong Anything except BBC...

    • @miauaslano
      @miauaslano 7 років тому +5

      Even if not - he's good at presenting documentaries/TV

    • @Drew_42
      @Drew_42 6 років тому +26

      What he's doing here on UA-cam is _much much_ better than TV.

    • @jaz093
      @jaz093 6 років тому +3

      BBC sucks. Rip off outdated TV licence needed. UA-cam is free. Anyway he is doing well enough on UA-cam.

  • @Widdah
    @Widdah 8 років тому +527

    Haha the use of Sim City 2000 made me soooooo happy

    • @nekomasteryoutube3232
      @nekomasteryoutube3232 8 років тому +15

      Yeah I chuckled at that as well, that SC2000 Explosion. KABOOM!

    • @syntheticfox_real
      @syntheticfox_real 8 років тому +3

      YESSSSSSSSSS.

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 7 років тому +2

      Unexpected SC2K slayed me. 10/10

    • @anthonybeervor2265
      @anthonybeervor2265 7 років тому +5

      I used to spend too many hours on that game when I was a kid. It was already a old game when I played it in the late '90s on an old mackintosh, but it was the game I probably spent most time on between the ages of 8-11.

    • @LeonCoretz
      @LeonCoretz 7 років тому +1

      Hell yes! I came down here to say the same. Oh man love the game...

  • @danelhinsh6455
    @danelhinsh6455 5 років тому +162

    I was raised on Grahame Park (GP) and I like that fact you filmed the new builds and not actually on the estate it self . Fun fact : all the buildings on the estate are named after aeroplanes and are alphabetically ordered with aeroplanes staring with A at south end of Lanacre Avenue ( now Bristol Avenue due to all of GP being demolished due to the bad crime there)

    • @Jaaammmbbbooo
      @Jaaammmbbbooo 2 роки тому +4

      They demolished it due to the crime?

    • @S16-t6x
      @S16-t6x 2 роки тому +1

      #9thstreet#GP all dayyyyy😂😂😂

    • @tomh3627
      @tomh3627 Рік тому +1

      I grew up near the estate in the 90s and visited friends there often which always seemed to be a tense experience. Never had any trouble myself, so perhaps its reputation was way worse than the reality?

    • @backwardslash
      @backwardslash Рік тому

      BIG UP GRAHAM PARK @@Jaaammmbbbooo

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 4 роки тому +101

    3:32 Ah yes the most crucial aspect of the war effort, "The Top Gear Test Track"

  • @tarastrong6875
    @tarastrong6875 9 років тому +3387

    "...it's only used by wankers"
    Line of the video.

    • @samrufflecoles
      @samrufflecoles 7 років тому +14

      I'm creasing up 😂

    • @CalmCaterpillar
      @CalmCaterpillar 7 років тому +133

      And I was like "Oy! Last time I've been to London, I flew home from London City and I'm not a wanker! That's at least what I thought when I was waiting in the Bloomberg section at the seats with free wifi and charging stations after eating my croissant from Pret-A-Manger..."

    • @JimmySand9
      @JimmySand9 7 років тому +21

      Teterboro here in the States is pretty much the same thing, if not wankier.

    • @affanharahaps
      @affanharahaps 7 років тому +5

      I didn't see that coming

    • @BrewersTV
      @BrewersTV 7 років тому +2

      Jimmy Sanders That was where Cactus 1549 was instructed to go to by atc isn't it?

  • @AndyWWW
    @AndyWWW 5 років тому +289

    One airline tried to sell Americans tickets to London Prestwick.... thats in Scotland if you didnt know

    • @johannesbols57
      @johannesbols57 5 років тому +24

      It's in Wales, you wanker. lol

    • @jameslove1162
      @jameslove1162 5 років тому +1

      @@johannesbols57 Hmm...

    • @decodolly1535
      @decodolly1535 5 років тому +21

      They'd have managed it too if it had been to the Americans who once stopped me outside Stratford tube station wanting directions to Shakespeare's house.

    • @itze25
      @itze25 5 років тому +15

      @@johannesbols57 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport

    • @leonfoxworthy
      @leonfoxworthy 5 років тому +2

      pretty easy to get 'glasgow prestwick' and 'london gatwick' confused

  • @Mishkafofer
    @Mishkafofer 6 років тому +294

    wow, so much production value. big like.

  • @Boshimoto
    @Boshimoto 3 роки тому +54

    I love you man. You videos are some of humanities finest creations. I would pay handsomely to bare witness to these feats of video excellence. Such outrageous, quirky, informative and fun content. Please do not deprive us of your publications. No matter how long it takes we must see more! Godspeed Jay Foreman

  • @jamesgreenwood986
    @jamesgreenwood986 4 роки тому +144

    8:07 The Top Gear Test Track

    • @Chromia1
      @Chromia1 4 роки тому +5

      I saw that!

    • @HSMiyamoto
      @HSMiyamoto 3 роки тому +2

      Just noticed that now.

    • @HSMiyamoto
      @HSMiyamoto 3 роки тому

      RAF Dunsfold, to give it its proper name.

    • @EdVonPelt
      @EdVonPelt 3 роки тому

      At 3:32 as well

  • @chasebohman7257
    @chasebohman7257 4 роки тому +262

    As an American, I don't know why I'm so invested in this series

    • @sorendont
      @sorendont 4 роки тому +24

      as a brazillian me neither

    • @PouLS
      @PouLS 3 роки тому +7

      As a Pole i don't get why they srill use miles

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 3 роки тому +22

      as a Russian, I watch because jay is funny and his videos are surprisingly interesting
      not to gain a clear advantage in our upcoming invasion though, don't worry :^)

    • @poltronafrau
      @poltronafrau 2 роки тому +3

      As a cat person, I watch it for the commercials

    • @paulohagan3309
      @paulohagan3309 2 роки тому +4

      @@screamsinrussian5773 That reminds me.Tom Scott has a video on why the Russians used to have better maps of Britain than the British did.

  • @lol-ro2kl
    @lol-ro2kl 5 років тому +257

    why does he remind me of that guy off horrible histories

    • @jetenginee.
      @jetenginee. 4 роки тому +19

      I was thinking the same thing, I see you are a person of culture

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 4 роки тому

      lol like 100

    • @theresabradley4716
      @theresabradley4716 4 роки тому +7

      lol “Over to Bob Hale”. “ Thank you, Sam!”

    • @t4yyib_iq
      @t4yyib_iq 4 роки тому +4

      @@theresabradley4716 Bob proceeds to have a spasm consisting of history.

  • @tonyb9735
    @tonyb9735 3 роки тому +145

    You really are extremely talented. The writing and the presentation of this - and indeed all your vids - is excellent. You deserve a much bigger audience - and much more money. BBC take note. Especially about the money part.

  • @kidatanakafan
    @kidatanakafan 5 років тому +215

    1:41 "Was _harder_ than you might think"
    *Starts stroking propellers up and down*

  • @seanchitson8287
    @seanchitson8287 4 роки тому +191

    The building of Heathrow was a bit dodgy. The government wanted to build a long length runway for commercial flights when the war finished. So it bypassed planning laws with Emergency War Regulations under the pretence that the Americans needed an
    airbase that could accommodate the Superfortress.
    The only time one landed there was when Boeing wanted to test out the runways were long enough to accommodate the civilian airliner that was based on it.

    • @artgreen6915
      @artgreen6915 2 роки тому +15

      Goodness. If they hadn't it would have been even less future proof.
      Not that I'm celebrating bending the rules.

  • @Offical_RemyKWNicholls
    @Offical_RemyKWNicholls 4 роки тому +100

    For those that don't know
    Biggin Hill closed in 1994 to commercial flights
    It still however survives today as a private airport

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 роки тому +4

      hol up private airports exist?

    • @Offical_RemyKWNicholls
      @Offical_RemyKWNicholls 3 роки тому +5

      @@kets4443 Yep

    • @LukaZibar
      @LukaZibar Рік тому +1

      @@Offical_RemyKWNichollsdamn, that’s quite impressive

    • @avangardismm
      @avangardismm Рік тому

      f you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus Is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9

    • @ThinkingWithTunneler
      @ThinkingWithTunneler Рік тому +1

      @@avangardismmi like religion but this is not related in any way

  • @JudyCZ
    @JudyCZ 3 роки тому +30

    I was watching the video for like a millionth time and suddenly realized that the Top Gear test track is a former airport close to London and must be somewhere in the video. And sure enough - 3:32. For like 0.3 of a second. I appreciate your hard work, Jay!

    • @webchimp
      @webchimp 2 роки тому

      Only just noticed that myself.

  • @battmarn
    @battmarn 8 років тому +155

    i love these unfinished london videos. you're really good at these sorts of funny informative videos. i wish someone from TV would hire you

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 7 років тому +17

      No, TV sucks. It's where creativity goes to die a slow corporate death.

  • @KayVilleRecords
    @KayVilleRecords 10 років тому +472

    "to this day its only used by wankers" - CLASSIC!!!

    • @Hamza52199
      @Hamza52199 5 років тому +5

      Can already tell it’s city airport without watching the video😂

  • @Roxor128
    @Roxor128 8 років тому +77

    The lead-up to introducing Heathrow sounds like you were paying homage to Monty Python.
    Seriously, I can just imagine it between a couple of their sketches.

    • @TheOneLichemperor
      @TheOneLichemperor 7 років тому

      That was my thought exactly!
      It would fit in with one of Palin's news sketches nicely.

    • @michaelbell4203
      @michaelbell4203 5 років тому

      Had a good giggle with the video! Specifically, Jay is paying homage to the (Miss) Anne Elk sketch with Graham Chapman and John Cleese. Loved it! (Both the homage and the original). Link to the Anne Elk one down below. Cheers! www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oh8ia

  • @alexchernavsky7717
    @alexchernavsky7717 2 роки тому +6

    I don't remember enjoying any 'educational' vid that much. This is so...British and fun. Bravo.

  • @HAA0603
    @HAA0603 4 роки тому +59

    7:04 "into a proper popular passenger port for people." That had me so dead🤣🤣🤣

    • @j.s.7335
      @j.s.7335 3 роки тому +9

      I was way too impressed when the medal dropped down over his head perfectly. That was incredible.

  • @ImAnderZEL
    @ImAnderZEL 9 років тому +1595

    Holy fuck good video :D Excellent British humor good execution of the facts and still funny to watch :)

    • @mrgebruiker13
      @mrgebruiker13 9 років тому +6

      ***** you browse reddit too my friend? :D

    • @bentheguy101
      @bentheguy101 9 років тому +4

      ***** cen i habe p250 sand dune pls

    • @Hazzarddu
      @Hazzarddu 9 років тому +1

      ***** HELLLLOOO EVERYBODY IM ANDERZEL OF COURSE AND TODAY WE'RE PLAYING UA-cam VIDEOS BECAUSE FUCK YOU THATS WHY

    • @ATee-vx6dm
      @ATee-vx6dm 7 років тому +8

      ImAnderZEL Americans, please, for the love of God, stop pointing out when British humour is in a video. Containing British humour is in the nature of a humorous British video. This does not need to be pointed out on every UA-cam video that is British ad contains humour. It is the case in all of them, by definition. It is good to see that you enjoy such videos, and saying that you do is, of course, going to be appreciated by the creator of the video and likely to be an opinion shared by other members of Yuutube who may like to discuss this with you. However, pointing out that a BMW video contains Bavarian cars, or that an irish dancing video contains irish dancing, is not very helpful to discussion.

    • @brownbear1657
      @brownbear1657 7 років тому

      cindybin2001 why don't you do it?

  • @martinlauzon1971
    @martinlauzon1971 7 років тому +113

    I love that you filmed in front of a green screen only to insert a blue background. Meta FX humour!

  • @Crooked-60
    @Crooked-60 Рік тому +4

    I always love how the videos are made on this channel, they give me a sort of nostalgic 2000s British TV feeling.

  • @RoamingAdhocrat
    @RoamingAdhocrat 8 років тому +60

    I flipping lost it when you used Sim City 2000 to illustrate why Croydon Airport had to close. You really need to tag these as NSFW!

    • @RoamingAdhocrat
      @RoamingAdhocrat 8 років тому

      Also, ffs, you have the same crappy monitor as you had in 2009? I hope you've replaced it since then!

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 6 років тому +177

    3:32 LOL “The Top Gear Test Track” 😂

    • @TOTN17
      @TOTN17 6 років тому +1

      isnt dunsfold being turned intoa housing estate?

    • @MrTommyc4321
      @MrTommyc4321 6 років тому +4

      @@TOTN17 Sadly yes. After a long and protracted battle. However, it's been "being turned into a housing estate" for a solid decade, they just haven't got full permission, and it's still being used as an airport for the time being, albeit with restricted use.

    • @ovaltineforlife4778
      @ovaltineforlife4778 5 років тому

      Surrey or Sussex?

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 5 років тому

      I never noticed that! 😆😆😆😂😂😂

  • @tisscience5693
    @tisscience5693 5 років тому +122

    5:08
    he: here it comes
    me: HEATHROW JUST SAY IT GODDAMNIT.

    • @rayzan501
      @rayzan501 3 роки тому +1

      He want his video to have an ad

    • @subjecteleven637
      @subjecteleven637 2 роки тому

      @@rayzan501 congratulations you win the grammar award

  • @thisis_mudchute
    @thisis_mudchute 2 роки тому +14

    I like how Jay explains things in detail, but funnily rather than boring boringness

  • @y.shaked5152
    @y.shaked5152 5 років тому +186

    "Women with unconvincing fixed smiles used to catch beach balls while old men adjusted their glasses."
    I'm dead.

    • @Antondencoole
      @Antondencoole 3 роки тому +3

      You most likely aren't

    • @warbler1984
      @warbler1984 3 роки тому

      @beanz are you sure...he may actually be deceased!

    • @Antondencoole
      @Antondencoole 3 роки тому

      @beanz Oh I'm aware, I'm just a cynical little bitch who hates fun.

    • @blagoevski336
      @blagoevski336 3 роки тому

      @@Antondencoole
      Why

  • @smash873
    @smash873 7 років тому +567

    5:18 When you dont hit ten minutes for that extra add revenue

    • @stevie365365
      @stevie365365 7 років тому

      Alex Kokkonen i

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  7 років тому +200

      Actually, since you ask, back when we made this video, we had no idea you get more money if your video's longer than 10 mins. Also, it wasn't monetised at all. (But anyway, it is now, so, cha-ching! :) )

    • @hellamaxine
      @hellamaxine 7 років тому +23

      Jay Foreman please bring this series back :(

    • @brokkrep
      @brokkrep 6 років тому +7

      I'm happy when good youtubers make money

    • @romkedeboer7378
      @romkedeboer7378 6 років тому +7

      I'm pretty sure it's a monty python reference

  • @elliot7753
    @elliot7753 5 років тому +227

    My nearest airport is London-Auckland in New Zealand

    • @mariangogea2557
      @mariangogea2557 5 років тому +4

      I don't exactly understand the joke

    • @harryholloway9817
      @harryholloway9817 5 років тому +2

      @@elliot7753 pup

    • @p4m209
      @p4m209 4 роки тому +3

      I use London Melbourne Avalon
      It’s a 20 minute drive from London Melbourne airport

    • @ladyi7609
      @ladyi7609 4 роки тому +4

      I use London San Antonio International. It's, like, 5,000 miles away from London.

    • @elijaha773
      @elijaha773 4 роки тому

      Sam from Wendover HATES London Newark.

  • @ChadwickMann
    @ChadwickMann 4 роки тому +24

    3:18
    The amount of unsatisfaction in this single second caused me extreme pain.

  • @yaboirairai
    @yaboirairai 5 років тому +23

    You’re actually the most inspiring content creator I’ve come across in the last year. Flawless delivery

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 8 років тому +1040

    did I hear right at 09:47 "... It is only used by wankers"?

    • @r0z3d
      @r0z3d 8 років тому +67

      bus wankers!!

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 8 років тому +151

      Fucking bankers. I mean wankers.

    • @teejgreen6591
      @teejgreen6591 8 років тому +94

      he definitely said wankers. and hes right

    • @williamg209two
      @williamg209two 7 років тому +19

      i started laughing

    • @mholtebeck
      @mholtebeck 7 років тому +11

      Is there a story there? I didn't realize that City Airport was so new.

  • @vickywitton1008
    @vickywitton1008 Рік тому +2

    Started watching this and thought Jay looks really fresh faced and noticed it was nine years ago! Jay has been making these amazing documentaries for 10 years, with nowhere near the views he deserves, they are so good!

  • @eddixon2015
    @eddixon2015 5 років тому +71

    Didn't have a clue what he was doing, and would not be deterred. This guy was tailor made for politics during the 2010's.

  • @LondonAndSouthEastTransport
    @LondonAndSouthEastTransport 5 років тому +42

    Biggin Hill is not closed, it's still an airport, just a national, private airport that is often disused when there are no airshows

    • @LusiaEyre
      @LusiaEyre 4 роки тому +1

      That part confused me greatly. I know he said that it re-opened as an RAF base but is also used for GA, training and even accepts business jets

  • @Lopezerg
    @Lopezerg 5 років тому +170

    2:59 Rare footage of the first Iphone in the history

  • @christinakottmann
    @christinakottmann 4 роки тому +20

    Hi, thank you for these videos. This one made me smile on a day I wasn't feeling very well. I like the humor mixed in with the information, it reminds me a lot of the Horrible Histories newscaster style. Thank you.
    - new subscriber

  • @Nathan_A_RF
    @Nathan_A_RF 8 років тому +365

    Loving "The Top Gear Test Track 1942"

    • @MrSupercar55
      @MrSupercar55 6 років тому +1

      The Top Gear Test Track is actually Dunsfold Aerodrome (EGTD). You'd know if you flew a VFR approach there. You'd be looking out for tyre marks, a hangar with the Top Gear logo on the roof, caravan debris, stacks of tyres, one of which might have a few bits of a Koenigsegg in it, and a white 747 which seems to be a permanent fixture.

    • @frowlinian8175
      @frowlinian8175 6 років тому

      @@MrSupercar55 that is permanent isnt it? I know it's not cemented or anything but I was under the impression it was decommissioned and couldnt move... literally or legally so instead of tearing it apart they just said "meh, it looks good for the show" and kept it.
      On another note; isnt the track used exclusively by lotus now? I honestly dont know if TG is even still on and I know they designed the track (or atleast helped) and used it as a test track for the... evora I think it was.
      Though I was also under the impression it was completely shut down to all air traffic except in the most extreme of emergencies due to the tire walls and whatnot so I could be completely wrong on every account

  • @LAnonHubbard
    @LAnonHubbard 8 років тому +458

    5:17 leading up to saying "Heathrow" was hilarious!

    • @jgroenveld1268
      @jgroenveld1268 8 років тому +46

      LMAO I was screaming Heathrow the entire time he was "introducing" the airport.

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 8 років тому +55

      I've just watched again and noticed he doesn't blink through that segment!

    • @CNash85
      @CNash85 7 років тому +25

      It reminded me of the infamous Family Guy vomiting scene. There's such a thing as "beating a joke into the ground", and I fear that skit went a bit too close to the line...

    • @TheOneLichemperor
      @TheOneLichemperor 7 років тому +22

      I feel it was more reminiscent of a Monty Python sketch.
      Just imagine Michael Palin or Graham Chapman delivering it.

    • @conorbracken6598
      @conorbracken6598 7 років тому +8

      LAnonHubbard tryna make the video 10 mins for ad rev

  • @MarceldeJong
    @MarceldeJong 5 років тому +114

    5:15 wait.. He used a green screen to key in a blue background?! 😁

    • @bonyfax2345
      @bonyfax2345 4 роки тому +11

      Ooor… he used blue screen to put the green screen backround on, so he could put the blue backround on that

    • @anarghyasumanth8590
      @anarghyasumanth8590 3 роки тому +3

      @@bonyfax2345 Or he used a green screen for a blue screen which has a green screen, so he could make a blue background.

  • @Add_Infinitum
    @Add_Infinitum 15 днів тому +3

    5:43 Oh my god the ad break here

  • @mcfontaine
    @mcfontaine 8 років тому +138

    "to this day it's only used by wankers" ... brilliant 😄

  • @whophd
    @whophd 6 років тому +89

    I keep coming back here to listen to the Heathrow introduction. Anticipation epitome.

    • @ShahaanBajwa
      @ShahaanBajwa 5 років тому

      i keep coming back to see your ugly.

    • @FixTheWi-Fi
      @FixTheWi-Fi 5 років тому +2

      That introduction would make the Krusty Krab Training Video jealous.

  • @TheSingingCelebrant
    @TheSingingCelebrant 5 років тому +1083

    I guess the 1,800 dislikes were by all the W4nker$ who use City LOL

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 років тому +37

      Or perhaps folk annoyed by the bizarre claim that the still very much open and in regular use Biggin Hill Airport closed in 1994.

    • @CousinBowling
      @CousinBowling 5 років тому +28

      @@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 no. No one cares about that.

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 років тому +9

      @@CousinBowling- No one cares about factual accuracy? What a sad reflection on mankind.

    • @RonJohn63
      @RonJohn63 5 років тому +10

      No, they're by people irritated by a video "full of bland, tasteless, juvenile, cringy comedy and nonsense."

    • @jordan-sh927
      @jordan-sh927 5 років тому

      @@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 If you're getting annoyed by something like that and get satisfied by clicking a dislike button then oh my your life is pathetic

  • @RipRat
    @RipRat 3 роки тому +38

    5:23 how to increase the number of words in an essay

  • @delPigeon
    @delPigeon 4 роки тому +27

    The fact nobody needed to know in all this is that Thurleigh is in fact pronounced Thur-lie, to rhyme with eye.

  • @bryntownshend6528
    @bryntownshend6528 5 років тому +9

    Near to Leighton Buzzard, there's a bridge that crosses the West Coast Mainline with old graffiti stating 'NO AIRPORT HERE' as a protest stop the construction of Roskill's Cublington Airport which would be located very close to Leighton Buzzard. You can see this graffiti as you drive along the A4146 bypass which runs alongside the railway.

  • @Fraudemusic
    @Fraudemusic 7 років тому +383

    5:05 - 5:42 When UA-camrs in 2017 try to stretch the video out to 10 minutes 😂 Somehow he predicted it in 2014

    • @zf705
      @zf705 5 років тому +4

      ikr

    • @maddymaddyval
      @maddymaddyval 5 років тому

      Omggg exactly what i commented

    • @karlpoppins
      @karlpoppins 5 років тому +12

      I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Monty Python's Anne Elk and her theory on brontosauri.

    • @samueljones7280
      @samueljones7280 5 років тому +5

      @@karlpoppins I have a theory. And this is theory is mine, which is to say my theory

    • @doxielain2231
      @doxielain2231 5 років тому

      @@samueljones7280 that's a good theory

  • @alaskawashington
    @alaskawashington 2 роки тому +3

    I love how much traction these old videos are still getting

  • @smokingspitfire1197
    @smokingspitfire1197 9 років тому +55

    You should be a presenter on TV. Preferably documentaries. It would be awesome!

    • @luwado
      @luwado 7 років тому +1

      ikr. get this man a bbc job

    • @danteshydratshirt2360
      @danteshydratshirt2360 2 роки тому

      he wouldnt get away with a weird targeting of a certain airports users as wankers

  • @autumngust519
    @autumngust519 5 років тому +8

    Jay, I'm on my second video, and officially subscribed. You teach me more about London than I'll ever care to know, and more importantly, you give me a serious case of the giggles. Thanks.

  • @DerFilc
    @DerFilc 6 років тому +86

    5:17 Top 10 Anime Reveals

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 4 роки тому +6

    3:32 I just now noticed that one of the airports is labeled "The Top Gear Test Track"

  • @dionysus06
    @dionysus06 4 роки тому +118

    This is like a documentary that plays in the middle of the night while you have a mental breakdown because you realize you're an disappointment.
    But uh, better

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 3 роки тому

      Go away stan

    • @oktayyildirim2911
      @oktayyildirim2911 3 роки тому

      "An disappointment"?

    • @dionysus06
      @dionysus06 3 роки тому

      @@haroldinho9930 huh?

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 3 роки тому

      @@dionysus06 I’m quite sure in real life you aren’t an anime character.

    • @dionysus06
      @dionysus06 3 роки тому

      @@haroldinho9930 obviously I’m not? Wth are you talking about

  • @infrajo3
    @infrajo3 10 років тому +24

    This should seriously be a TV show.

    • @下佐粉チャネル
      @下佐粉チャネル 7 років тому +1

      Joe - if it were, I might consider turning my TV on for the first time in over half a decade. It’s so dusty, everything I’d watch would look like it’s set in winter.
      Yes, I did just respond to a 3-year-old comment.

  • @gryzman
    @gryzman 6 років тому +96

    As a pilot I have to mention one correction to this hilarious video.
    Gatwick technically has two runways. But the second one is too close to the first one - so it is forever used as a taxiway.
    Check out the Gatwick airport chart if you don’t believe me :-)

    • @0Milena_aneliM0
      @0Milena_aneliM0 5 років тому +3

      ... Well this hilarious comment is really not useful

    • @danlieber9506
      @danlieber9506 5 років тому +2

      Very good point Greg about the runways being too close together. Thank you!

    • @jlistergaming7880
      @jlistergaming7880 5 років тому +6

      Greg Jaskiewicz it’s now officially the busiest single runway airport in the world

    • @tylersmith3549
      @tylersmith3549 5 років тому +3

      Greg Jaskiewicz And that Biggin Hill is no longer RAF!

    • @fetchstixRHD
      @fetchstixRHD 5 років тому

      I was just about to mention that!

  • @evancosta
    @evancosta 3 роки тому +31

    Thought I was having a stroke at 5:35

  • @ssss-df5qz
    @ssss-df5qz 5 років тому +5

    Love the delivery in this series - this is how things should be taught in schools - swearing and all.

  • @artistwithouttalent
    @artistwithouttalent 4 роки тому +6

    3:18 That tiny effect broke my brain somewhat. I had to go back and rewatch it several times to properly comprehend it.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 5 років тому +74

    As if Oxford and Cambridge couldn't survive airports on their own name alone.

  • @meggiemoo931
    @meggiemoo931 3 роки тому +13

    9:05 me, an American: oh 60 miles isn’t that bad
    I mean, yeah, yeah no that’s ridiculous!

    • @theftmoxi5
      @theftmoxi5 3 місяці тому

      9:16 porsmouth 8s censored the mouth as a red kissed mouth lol

  • @bigbenhebdomadarius6252
    @bigbenhebdomadarius6252 8 років тому +179

    So . . . if his mustache was called Claude Grahame-White, what was _he_ called?

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer 5 років тому +7

    Love the use of the Thunderbirds theme. Great video, partly so I can explain the references to my European friends!

  • @kasumikat
    @kasumikat 4 роки тому +8

    as someone who was born and raised in Croydon, I was always confused on why Croydon had an airport building but hardly any planes around

  • @sebastianrivera-tirado4309
    @sebastianrivera-tirado4309 2 роки тому +5

    Chicago also has a few airports that name themselves after the city despite not being within the limits of the city. These two examples include Gary/Chicago International Airport, located in nearby Gary, Indiana, and Chicago Rockford International Airport, located in Rockford, Illinois. While Gary’s naming is understandable, as it is located extremely close to the city of Chicago, Rockford’s airport name does not, as it takes around an hour and a half drive east down I-90 to get to Chicago.

  • @lbsiuk
    @lbsiuk 6 років тому +208

    9:48
    "only used by wankers"

    • @asherrf
      @asherrf 6 років тому +2

      Why? I've always wanted to fly into LCY

    • @imperialsecuritybureau6037
      @imperialsecuritybureau6037 5 років тому +11

      Asher Rubin-Ford most people who use it are businessmen who fly around the continent for one poxy business meeting, they are kind of wankers.

    • @imperialsecuritybureau6037
      @imperialsecuritybureau6037 5 років тому +4

      Asher Rubin-Ford anyway it’s British humour it’s just tongue-in-cheek

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 5 років тому +1

      Imperial Security Bureau thx now I understnd.

    • @candyneige6609
      @candyneige6609 5 років тому

      *blankers