Hop Onboard the Shortest Flight in the World
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2017
- Got a tight 80 seconds to spare? It’s all the time you need to fly commercial across the Orkney Islands. The word’s shortest nonstop flight is a tiny hop between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in the United Kingdom, a mere 1.7 miles (2.7 km) apart. For the past 50 years, Scottish airline Loganair has been transporting islanders between the two archipelagos, becoming an integral part of many passengers daily commute. Clocking in at under two minutes, this might be the swiftest and sweetest way to get to work.
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This video is longer than the flight lmao
OMalley Fam yeah!
Copyright
Nate ?
Nate you do know that 2 minutes and 57 seconds is longer than 1 minute and 20 seconds right?
@@DeCaYsF bruh?
Flight time: 80 seconds
Time spent at airport: 80 minutes
there’s no airport here, it’s just a room and then we get on the flight :)
equine kirsten it’s a joke dumbass
The torture
@@muq1049 late reply but dont be a dipshit when replying and chill out
@Enchanted Exe. I think he is aware this is a joke, he maybe wanted to spread knowledge. So I have an advice, don't be sucky and analyze the situation before taking action.
Me: we need groceries
Mom: GET THE PLANE TICKETS
Just getting the plane tickets would take longer than the flight.
Me: NO
(swims across the sea)
80 seconds later....
Mom: im here
Lol
*they would pronounce it mum over in europe
@@vinala67 bro that water toxic and the current is going a milllion miles an hour not to mention the killer whalles...
Pilot looks out the window of the airplane before takeoff to check the weather at the destination. Yep, good to go!
underrated xD
Six hundred sixty sixth Like
LOL
"I've flown this route 6000 times...but I only have 50 hours of flight time..."
Daniel Watts do the math
I didn't feel like doing the math. I just thought this guy's job was pretty cool and wanted to make a humorous joke about the number of flights vs the number of flight hours flown. Sorry it went over your head.
Arbaaz Patwari It was a JOKE. I used hyperbole to make a funny...sheesh.
(Either I'm missing the point in this comment in which case r/whoosh or) he said he has been flying this route for 15 years and he he has flown the route over 6000 timew
EDIT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I WAS WRONG
On the original comment the answer is 120.
That many a day?!
I would still need a mid flight snack
Snacks will be served at approximately 45 seconds into the flight. Enjoy your flight!
of course you would chomper. chomp chomp
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Here you go 🥖
🍉🍇🥐🥯🍔🥓
Enjoy
Plane starts breaking down mid flight: Guys were going to do a emergency lan- oh wait we made it.
🤣
And we’ve glided right next to the arrival terminal.
LOL
This need more likes 👍
At this stage it doesn't need an engine just catapult it into the air at the other airport
Imagine saying: "Sorry, I have a flight to catch!" every single day.
Ha funny that. Kate is my neighbour.
@@robbieleitch8649 yea right, and im the plane on the video
@@wladfan i'm the pilot
@@beyoncebop198 I'm the plane
Channel i’m the galaxy
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to our .... AAAND WE'VE LANDED..
I guess there's no beverage service
LMAO
Where’s the catering car?
Lol ♥️😂
Michael Mack there is no drink service
Pilot : I have 10
Years of flying experience
Interviewer:amazing how many hours is that
Pilot:10 hours
Correction: 10 minutes
Correction: 10 seconds
@@eclipse__flash how 10 seconds? If you had to fly twice, it would take 160 seconds
Weronika S r/whoooosh
🤦🏽♂️
That's too much jet lag to handle.
Hate dem long haul flights
but jetlag is caused by crossing multiple time zones but this flight doesn't so you would get jet lag at all
@@breathingh00man12 u missed the joke
@@annalicourt8193 whatever the awful joke was I'm not in the mood to read these awful jokes
Breathing H00man just like ur life
“Has the aerodynamics of a brick.”
Still better than Ryanair.
I'll take your entire stock
Swiss001 has joined the chat
@@somerandomguy3482 are you a swiss001 wannabe?
Well I guess you don't know what aerodynamics means
How is a 737-800 less aerodynamic then a Islander?
This video was longer than the flight
Jonathan Francis-Smith I was about to say that
Y'all should pin this
I just said that
Sometimes, if the wind direction is correct, its been known to connect the two islands in just 47 seconds. So if the flight starts just as you press play or 0:00 to this video, you may only complete a third of the video. wow
That's funny right there
do you have to arrive at the airport 2 hours early before the flight?
thu350 lol
thu350 nope, as long as u are there before the plane u are good!
thu350 if that’s the case u should just take the “ super slow” ferry
No but if u are late just Chase it down the runway like a normal bus make sure to wave your arms to make it stop
@@benbews1977 r/woooooosh
Me: has the flight taken off?
Attendant: Sir we've landed at our destination
IK IM A LOTTLE LATE BUT I JUST DIED LAUGHING
Passengers: How fast would we get there?
Pilot: Yes
by the time he answered yes, they already landed.
More like:
Passengers: are we there yet?
Pilot: yes
O R I G I N A L
but wouldnt the pilot ask that?
*Breaking:* The world shortest flight is broken as one boy flied from one side of a nearby creek to another.
Flight time: 8 seconds.
Distance: 48 metres | 160ft.
Plane: Paraglider.
Passenger Capacity: 2.
Cost: Priceless.
Hotel: Trivago.
Boy: Welcome aboard to-
Just 8 seconds later,
Boy: We have landed.
Lost it at "Aerodynamics of a brick".
Did you find it yet?
Ernst Lustig lol
StellariumSound Really where did it go?
So basically, the BN-2 is a space shuttle.
By the Head Pilot himself.....
That's gotta suck for that pilot's flight hours. Imagine at his next job interview: "You worked for 10 years and only got 50 flight hours?"
brian turnbull he isn’t talking about pay rate, he is talking about actual hours spent - as in when you get your learners license you need to drive a certain amount before you can qualify... His “new” boss seeing he would have only ridden for 50 hours in the past 10 year would have totally confused him! Use your brain before your fingers! Total stupidity..
@brian turnbull thats not what simon wang meant, he was not speaking about wages. You might want to engage that brain yourself~
He's been there 50 years. Safe to say he is not looking for a new job.
Maybe, but since take offs and landings are the toughest part, he'll get serious credit for the number of each he's done over that time. His landing, take off, and taxiing are longer than his time aloft, I'd bet.
simon wang like barely over 3 days
I'm dying laughing here, " yes you are clear to land, as if they have busy airport
Well there could be animals on the roadway
Well I mean, you can't just land, you ALWAYS need clearance (on controlled airspae) to land, regardless of surrounding traffic
@@imsociallyawkward1612 except if it’s an emergency. A pilot can do anything an emergency as long as he can give a reason afterwards
@@YEETMAN-dt9mb You would still need to announce to ATC that you have an emergency, and then the controllers would clear a runway for you land.
Neither airport actually has ATC so I’m not sure what that was about in the video... they obviously just had that lady say “OK you’re cleared to land “ for dramatic effect but no controller would ever say that anyway and there are no controllers on those islands.
ATC lady: okay you’re clear to land
*lady isnt even looking at a screen or outside to check for obstacles*
@@Arsinoe22 waste of time
"The last other plane here was two weeks ago, of course you're bloody well cleared to land"
They dont need to
Easiest atc job ever
I'm pretty sure they're not actual ATC, and that the two aerodromes are uncontrolled. They might be AFIS officers though, but even that would be surprising for airports with so little traffic.
" . . . Okay . . . "
I just love listening to that Air Traffic Control Chatter.
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Mark N. Reprisal permission to take off?...Erm yes... permission to land?... didnt you just take off?...
Mark N. Reprisal Okeh
if I watch a youtube video there, I could only finish the ad
There are ads on youtube? you don't have an adblocker on todays internet? how do you survive?
TheEthan8or he probably has a smart phone. It’s called the youtube app.
Keaton0801 Or the website made for mobile devices.
TheEthan8or
lol #securitytheater #mockingatTSA
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Travel Time: 80 seconds
Travel Cost: *$800*
I know it’s a joke but I’ve flown on it before, it’s only 10$
Kill All Reptiles yes
Jp lighting was it also that bald guy
Daood Zafar And you didn’t get my joke either. Cmon, it’s like SO OBVIOUS I’m joking
I’m just making a joke
One thing that you don’t need to worry about
*Hijackings*
so if the flight is longer than 5 minutes, its definitely a hijack, isn’t it?
Not only that they might do extra security checks for the new people!
ATC doesn't seem to have the equipment to pick up a squawk 7500 anyway so they might never know if it happens, perfect crime
THIS PLANE'S GOING TO MIAMI!
Brett thats a gayjack
Imagine getting paid as a pilot just for that 1 minute everyday
Or being a firefighter for the flight.
Now that’s the hours we should all aim for.
You don't need FF for flights with less than 20 passengers.
They probably have the community fire department co-located with the airport, since that is one of the more likely spots an incident may happen and it may be for insurance purposes
Probably more flights than that a day... plus hours of preflight inspection, weather checking, fuelling, and flight planning plus post flight paperwork.
"I've been flying for 25 years now"
And how many hours would you say you have under your belt?"
"3"
Stolen comment.
Leksing tills jag dör stolen comment
@@tadokoropilled Yes.
🤣
comments be like:
2 years ago
7 months ago
5 hours ago
1 year ago
2 days ago
1 month ago
You forgot your comment! It was 3 months ago
Yours are 3 month
M4HDI 007 Yours is 1 week
Yours is 5 month
1:14 "So its quite LGWOOUD"
he’s scottish, so am i :)
I think he said "So it's quite low"
It’s “so it’s quite low” he’s Scottish
It’s his deep voice when he says LOW
‘So it’s quite LUHHH’
One: You can take the ferryboat
Two: You can fly
Three: YOU CAN SWIM
Derek Wu it’s like freezing water
4 you can walk
@@flappyBoi yeah just walk around the water
four: you can gamble it
Flappy Gamer “walk” 😂
"I've been flying it for 50 years." Either he looks amazing for a 70 year old or he is counting years where he was just a passenger.
That's not what he said though.
"Over the years I've been flying..." is what he said.
Kieran Dillon Just listened it back and I stand corrected.
I thought he said 15, but I could be wrong. He doesn’t look anywhere near 70, though.
It sounds like he says 50 but he says 15.
He said 15
Ladies and gentle men we have just taken off, if you look over to...
*whoops, nevermind we just landed*
"Our flight leaves in 12 hours and is about 80 seconds long"
My mom: "🚄🚑🚒🚓"
Flight is too long. They should stop for a refuel somewhere.
I heard they have fuel tanker somewhere in the sky
Indeed they should. Nor should they use such a small, low-capacity aircraft for such a big and long task.
I know. It’s really a health hazard.
Maybe a 77W or a 359 should be able to do the flight without a stop?
It should at least be a 747 for this long range flight.
*Gets on board*
Waiter:hey would you like a snack?
Me:sure I would love a sn-
Pilot:we’re here get off
Me: *tf*
Mary waiter ??? *flight attendant
Flight Attendant*
*YOUR DESTINTATION IS HERE ....GET OUT OF MY airplane NOW..GET..OUT..OF...MY..@&#@& airplane NOW!*
You’re not to yell at me.
_Get out of my car now_
*Get out of my airplane now*
Mary there’s no flight attendant
“It has the aerodynamics of a brick” 1:20
Coincidentally the thats how long the flight is
Imagine telling someone “I was in the bathroom for the entire flight”
So you piss out from the window ? There is no bathroom
"It's got the aerodynamics of a brick" 😂
Longer than my last relationship 😢😢😢
Aditya Shrestha My poor friend
Aditya Shrestha must have been online lol
Jeremy Clyde Yeah! That's what your mom said.
Aditya Shrestha get over it
You have an Indian/Nepal common surname
1:20 stop watching! Your flight has landed
Lol🤣
Fun fact: this video is longer than the actual flight 😂
(Misses flight) ‘oh well!’ (Grabs goggles and wetsuit and starts to swim)
saugaat Pandey
Brother?
hah
Just wait another 80 seconds so it flies Back lol
@Iraj Pandey may Nepali ho
The pilot can ask for permission to land BEFORE he's taken off !!!!
This mans landings must be butter, imagine all the practice he has had
This is the most wholesome operation I've ever seen
“Seatbelts every one!”
“Pls let this be a normal flight”
It’s the magic airplane
They shrink the magic airplane so it takes 2 hours to get to the next airport.
Yep
With the friiz no way...
With the frizz- wait it’s done
you really should've stayed home today
Be sure to arrive at the airport 3 hours before flight time for check in.
lmao
Reality: 20 mins.
Me: *falls asleep*
The pilot: Please wake up, Sir. We landed 2 hours ago.
Also me: *:O*
... Two hours ago, an hour and 59 minutes ago, an hour and 58 minutes ago, and hour and 57 minutes ago.... AND, you've landed and taken-off from all the islands 200 times.
“Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Logan Air, please fasten your sea... Nevermind we’ve reached our destination, thank you for flying Logan Air.”
The firefighters must be busy.
indeed
jajajajajajajjajajajaj
Lol. No i've seen them before. They just sit there with cups of tea/coffee watching the plane...
Yes. With so many flights coming in, they have to rush around to make sure everyone lands safely.
i want that job ...
😴😴😴
@@hamnavoeper r/whoooosh (you deserve that)
So 1 hour of arguing that your bag is not over the weight limit, 2 hours of airport security, flight delayed by 1 hour, 1 hour to board, 90 seconds flight, arrive and 2 hours of arguing how they managed to put your bag on the wrong flight to Sydney
FulfMubLana I’m pretty sure this is the kind of airport where you turn up 10 minutes before. They don’t even have proper terminals, you just wait outside in the car park.
@@cvncfhjhfhdfcht8531 Twin piston own/charter pilot here, they could drive out onto the tarmac the second the plane leaves
Man! This comment is gold!!
Getting false-flagged by an old service dog and get a rectal cavity search
Brilliant comment 😂
Pilot: the flight is gonna be 1 minute and 20 seconds today.
Me, in my head: *he says that like it’s a long ass flight*
is this what the “rich kids” do to go to school
No need to be rich, the flight is subsidised by the Scottish government.
gwishart r/woooosh
In Vendée, France, there’s a government subsidized helicopter service between the continent and Yeu island
Costs below 30€ for a local, and for a 6-10 minutes flight.
@@gwishart its a god dam joke
that ''no drink service'' line followed by the laugh was criiingeyyyy
lel yes
her laugh is cute tho.
Penguim2 Roblox I agree
Sounded like a cough
chairshoe81 people who use the word “cringeyyyyy” are quite annoying and it’s ironic.
Inflight Experience:
Hello Passengers, we will be taking off in a minute, the wheather is pleasant with a bit of wind so expect some turbulence, please sit back and enjoy.
*10 seconds later.*
Hello Passengers, we're going to start landing procedure, wheather at the destination is pleasant, thank you for choosing, hope you have a pleasant stay !
How do you spell weather wrong twice bruh
“Sits on the seat”
“Takes a breath”
Pilot: thank you for choosing logan air, we hope you have a wonderful day!
Flight attendant: Would you like a snack?
Me: We just landed.
Flight attendant: Oh..........
You are funny
ATC 1:Uhhh... ATC2 Colin is taking off ........ alright he's landing right now.
ATC2: k.
Joking aside, I wonder if this is VFR or IFR? Whether there’s a flight plan? What the ATC comms are like etc.
How much does that cost
£17 Jesus, more expensive than Ryanair
I can fly from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Medan, Indonesia in 45 minutes flight for £17..
ConorHDGaming Frankland
Thats more than true
I would like this comment but it’s at 69 likes so I’ll let it stay.
Tampa Bay Productions Its now 75 likes, can you like the comment now?
They wouldn’t even need to retract the gear lol
@@aviation6921 calm down mate
@@aviation6921 You know this is a Britten Norman BN2 Islander? Not a DHC-6 Twin Otter. Know your facts!
@@aviation6921 Not a DHC-6, it’s a Britten Norman BN-2. I hope you’re joking
Collin here is head pilot. Wait Collin here is the only pilot 😂😂
I wanna work in that cute airstrip :)
me too
MyLifeAsLouis I am experiencing the same on my iphone 6S..
what’s an airstrip?
Those are more dangerous though
But wouldn't a patch of runway be called... a runway?
Perfect use case for an electric plane!
NewtonInDaHouseYo or you know, a small fast boat lol
Gadget Addict | Good out of the box thinking! Or even better a hover craft..
Or some already super expensive stuff:
MAGLEV!
TheEthan8or wind farm.
TheEthan8or dude that would be the greenest airport ever.
Vancouver to Seattle felt like a five minute flight. Two minutes after we took off we were notified that we will be landing.
felt the same from bellingham to seattle lmao
0:32 You know it’s an American map of the UK when only London is on it
Joshua Gadsby and when the republic is included
And Ireland 🤣
"and it has aerodynamics of a brick" 😂😂😂
it is a Norman Islander, one of the best regional airliners actually. More than 1200 of these bad boys were manufacture and it is still being manufactured today, after almost 60 years.
if you really want to see something really weird, google norman trislander. that shit's dope! :d
I was thinking that AS he said it. LOL
@@TheKurtkapan34 The Britten Norman Islander was also a pretty popular skydiving aircraft in the UK for many years, although long since surpassed in that role by the Cessna 208. As a jumpship, the BN2 is a decent workhorse, although slow to altitude unless you have the turbine-engined version. But if you're only going to be in the air for just over a minute and you're only going up a couple of hundred feet then I guess turbines would be an unnecessary extravagance! :)
Can Acar built at bembridge,isle of wight
Gf: "I'm home naked"
Me: "Can't rn, gotta fly my passengers"
Gf: "I'm by myself"
Me:
FBI this comment is underrated af
That’s unexpected coming from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
@@Archalias100 he's investigating that booty
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa
It’s a trap!!
"Where do you go to school?"
"Oh, I just take the plane from home"
"WTF?"
2:10 Wow she’s really a professional
Ok onlyplanehere your clear to taxi across the tarmac only used by you and take off on what is practically your runway
Yep it's me again onlyplanehere your clear to be the only plane to ever land on this runway probably clear to taxi on the empty taxiways
And gate 1 is clear
Robert Kennedy There’s other privately owned planes and I think a Loganair from Aberdeen flies a Papa Westray route. I guess if there’s a huge gap it’s fine but she gotta give weather information even with a minute long flight. Also, they gotta know to land from runway L or R yknow maybe not like taxi commands and gate commands.
Clear to land?"ok""ok clear to land"*everyone goes home*
Watch them add actual drink service after this and it literally becomes the best short flight ever XD
Nguyen Anh Viet Chug half of a soda.
We are talking Scotland here, they would go through an entire crate of whisky!
Royal Brunei recently introduced the RB-Link flights, which is basically short flights to small towns. What they do is they give passengers drinks in 240ml boxes, like the drinks you see in 7-Eleven, before takeoff.
Maybe Loganair can use that strategy... give passengers drinks before they got to the plane!!
Sometimes I don’t realise how lucky I am to live on this lovely island
Girl: omg why didn’t you text me back all day!?
Me: sorry I had a crazy long flight
Great story of wonderful people.
Thank you for posting this video! ❤️
The flight time is shorter than the time it takes to start up X-Plane😂
Please make sure your seatbelts are fastened, tray tables are up, and seats in the upright and locked position. And welcome to Papa westray
There are many slightly different accents in Scotland... whatever region Colin's accent is from 01:04, is my absolute favorite! Listen to the long "eye" sound and drop on the "oh" sound...awesome!
"I just missed my flight, I'll be five minutes late."
🤣🤣🤣
I went on that plane when I was 10. No lie
Must of been a long and tedious flight I’m sure.
Okay I believe you.
Someone: i am superman
Tanvir Hussain: ok i believe you
You :*enters the airplane*
Wow, This plane is so sma-
Pilot : *Here we go, we have arrived !*
Great vid! Really enjoyed it.
Aerodynamic of a brick
A Wes Anderson idea or short film turned into real life scenario.
marbacc yeah it really reminded me of moonrise kingdom!
The montage from 02:04 onwards even mimicks Wes Anderson's signature style of flat composition.
This chanel always give me something to smile for... It feels like i left this crazy world and find another tiny and funny world LOL
*when I fly a plane from Los Santos to Sandy shores in GTA 5 online*
LMAO that's hilarious I always thought that was unrealistic but such a short flight exists in real life
Makes me feel better
You couldn't watch this video on this flight.
Jared Prymont
Actually you can
Crazy_ UA-camr not all of it...
Alucard
But you still can watch it...
LMFAO 😂💯
1:56 merlin is not dead he become pilot after he being agent
FRL studio i get that reference😋
Wide Ugandan
Why am I crying?
It's his new country road ;_;
Those “WE OUT”- Harriet Tubman T-shirts kill me everytime 😂😂😂😂
As remote as it is , it has to relaxing and peaceful. Sounds great to me
*Seatbelt lights turn off*
“Okay folks you can walk around freely”
*20 Seconds Later*
“We are approaching touchdown if iu can go in your seatbelts then good”
passanger --- Aaarrgghhh
The plane doesn't have an aisle, it's like a car.
Lol late comment
They should add an a380 😂
.....
• OpLegend27 that things longer than the flight itself
Emirates
AN225**
The flight is shorter than the space an A380 needs to take off. XD
ugctkit the total distance is shorter than the An 225
"Okay, you're free to land."
Videos like these make me really happy for some reason
" It has the aerodynamics of a brick " LMAO AM SO DEAD
Cost, frequecy ?
johannes914 they fly every day aside from Sundays (or maybe Saturdays, I can't remember). And a flight costs £17 return
Thank you !
Funny thing is, you can get a flight from Glasgow Prestwick to spain for that price.
Curiosity Of Mankind prestwick
Homer $(USD) is the american currency £ are called pounds they are the brittish currency (I think)
You guys make beautiful stories!
GBS, you were my absolute favorite channel and I miss you everyday 😢
Tower: "Cleared to take off. Cleared to land."
Baby flight, Baby plane.. Not the Baby passengers 😇😂
I love their little team they have for the “airport”
Excellent production quality!