Why does London have so many airports?

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  • @ryshow9118
    @ryshow9118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6411

    The Heathrow wait made me irrationally uncomfortable.

    • @AstoundingAmelia
      @AstoundingAmelia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +365

      I thought he was going to say something like luton

    • @simplepixel5617
      @simplepixel5617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

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

    • @joegeary8036
      @joegeary8036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      Just like when you're actually waiting at Heathrow

    • @yenio5814
      @yenio5814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

    • @CTcuber4K
      @CTcuber4K 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      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

  • @grail68
    @grail68 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15700

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

    • @violetblue1924
      @violetblue1924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +616

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

    • @dalton-at-work
      @dalton-at-work 4 ปีที่แล้ว +580

      it's educational Monty Python

    • @samstone8591
      @samstone8591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      osriodore Only better

    • @tommyhansen7600
      @tommyhansen7600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Perhaps because he was a staff on top gear?

    • @Anon54387
      @Anon54387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      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.

  • @FLUFFMANDUFF
    @FLUFFMANDUFF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +600

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

  • @firstofficerrose1588
    @firstofficerrose1588 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!

  • @shadowslashful
    @shadowslashful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3942

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

    • @deanbooker6137
      @deanbooker6137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      I spat milk all over a fellow aerodrome user.

    • @elias9746
      @elias9746 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Round two got me

    • @buchananclanfamily9248
      @buchananclanfamily9248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dean Booker I was drinking apple juice at the time 😂

    • @bradyneil
      @bradyneil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @winclouduk
      @winclouduk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @GameplayReviewUK
    @GameplayReviewUK 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3674

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

    • @georgiagreenfield
      @georgiagreenfield 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      at 3:48

    • @1bgrant
      @1bgrant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Jan 2044 New Fucked Up City

    • @SuperDeadknife
      @SuperDeadknife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

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

    • @Junieper
      @Junieper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

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

    • @SuperDeadknife
      @SuperDeadknife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

  • @dootsouls
    @dootsouls ปีที่แล้ว +147

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

    • @jeykiesalt
      @jeykiesalt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fr

    • @Devlinator61116
      @Devlinator61116 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Even better, I got an ad right as that segement ended.

  • @pigasusr2
    @pigasusr2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Also Sebring in Florida.

    • @chrisoddy8744
      @chrisoddy8744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @JhyunCho
      @JhyunCho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Silverstone was also an RAF base is I remember correctly.

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

  • @nemesis962074
    @nemesis962074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4118

    “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 ปีที่แล้ว +945

      Look them up. Those streets are real.

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

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

    • @natehill8069
      @natehill8069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @mtghd1432
      @mtghd1432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @samuelkelly112
      @samuelkelly112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @starryyuri5392
    @starryyuri5392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2782

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

    • @e1123581321345589144
      @e1123581321345589144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

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

    • @AlonsoRules
      @AlonsoRules 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      how much would a taxi cost

    • @pitaya4151
      @pitaya4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@AlonsoRules About $5500

    • @Jnstin
      @Jnstin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Anthony Kernich just uber

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      e1123581321345589144 you can’t drive to London from there

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

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

    • @SunnyIntervalsORG
      @SunnyIntervalsORG หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good spot! That be Dunsfold then.

  • @kurosujiomake
    @kurosujiomake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes the US is quite large.

    • @SuitedConnectors
      @SuitedConnectors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      AN airport

    • @mercifulzeus01
      @mercifulzeus01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@SuitedConnectors An pedant...

    • @oktayyildirim2911
      @oktayyildirim2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Rob-vy6zx
      @Rob-vy6zx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just don't understand the criteria, if we count every airport within 60 miles of NYC we'd get more than 6. Even if we ignore the smaller general aviation airports. EWR, JFK, LGA, HPN, TEB, ISP, SWF, TTN are all within 60 miles.

  • @CenarosNL
    @CenarosNL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +925

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

    • @Albimar17
      @Albimar17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yup, brexcrap comes to mind :)))

    • @yourname7176
      @yourname7176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Albimar17 brexshit is right there...

  • @nomercyformayhem4774
    @nomercyformayhem4774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3486

    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

    • @sealdew5348
      @sealdew5348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      LMAO

    • @ratherryan
      @ratherryan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      Nyancat7 Never even noticed until you mentioned that.

    • @dantefreeman7849
      @dantefreeman7849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nyancat7 😂😂

    • @abracadabra8501
      @abracadabra8501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Wow, me neither, watching it a second time! Now I know!

    • @angheritagecebu1121
      @angheritagecebu1121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      He did it again in 4:00

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue ปีที่แล้ว +59

    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 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @rubeusignis1293
    @rubeusignis1293 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    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).

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Glad to be of service! :)

    • @profiterolo
      @profiterolo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      oh my god! me too

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1960

    "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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lashan exactly!!! Top top 🙌🏽

    • @viajero288
      @viajero288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @mincos_outon
      @mincos_outon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @sheevone4359
      @sheevone4359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      7:00

    • @Chronometry707
      @Chronometry707 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bof!

  • @TheCreditShifu
    @TheCreditShifu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4121

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

    • @1barnet1
      @1barnet1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

    • @AaronLowe1
      @AaronLowe1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @Xamarin491
      @Xamarin491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @evancosta
    @evancosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thought I was having a stroke at 5:35

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue ปีที่แล้ว +153

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @user-kx7ls8ds9j
      @user-kx7ls8ds9j 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was very surprised this video is 9 years old

    • @ric112
      @ric112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You know who flies from City airport?

    • @vice.nor.virtue
      @vice.nor.virtue 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @FairyCRat
    @FairyCRat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +667

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

    • @gFamWeb
      @gFamWeb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed.😀👍

    • @oktayyildirim2911
      @oktayyildirim2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2510

    I always land at London-Moscow Airport near London

    • @CraigFisherman
      @CraigFisherman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Wtf are you talking about

    • @rodrigodetriano8273
      @rodrigodetriano8273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Absolute class, had me laughing out loud

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rodrigodetriano8273 Thank you :D

    • @sanookmakmak
      @sanookmakmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

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

    • @80amnesia
      @80amnesia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol 😄

  • @JudyCZ
    @JudyCZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only just noticed that myself.

  • @tonyb9735
    @tonyb9735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    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.

  • @sontieu
    @sontieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2403

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

    • @wendi2819
      @wendi2819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@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.

  • @paveladamek3502
    @paveladamek3502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2894

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

    • @chocolatcats
      @chocolatcats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      and cute........

    • @trollface1994
      @trollface1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      euwwww. seriousy ?@@chocolatcats

    • @Petelecaster
      @Petelecaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I feel like I am watching a Monty Python skit

    • @sean6948
      @sean6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 TH-cam.

  • @Bossbosh
    @Bossbosh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    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

  • @RipRat
    @RipRat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

  • @voolt
    @voolt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4420

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

    • @sherondalewis8053
      @sherondalewis8053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @maldivirdragonwitch
      @maldivirdragonwitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      We all need more Monty Python in our lives.

    • @JeremyForTheWin
      @JeremyForTheWin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      why would you be mad about it

    • @Tomoyo_Sayomura
      @Tomoyo_Sayomura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh my god thank you!

    • @global8198
      @global8198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Monty python is great!

  • @gaius100bc
    @gaius100bc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @Mi-202
      @Mi-202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @XaviMacBash
      @XaviMacBash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mi-202 wot

    • @Mi-202
      @Mi-202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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'.

  • @meggiemoo931
    @meggiemoo931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @U20E0
    @U20E0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The “Royal Flying Core” killed me ( 1:19 )

  • @samm44_
    @samm44_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a blue screen I think

    • @samm44_
      @samm44_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @plumjet0930
      @plumjet0930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sebs381
    @sebs381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    "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!

  • @Halfpipesaur
    @Halfpipesaur ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2:31- I've just noticed Jay was waiting for the booing sound again and was disappointed when it didn't happen.

  • @Farleigh1050
    @Farleigh1050 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @tarastrong6875
    @tarastrong6875 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3389

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

    • @samrufflecoles
      @samrufflecoles 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm creasing up 😂

    • @CalmCaterpillar
      @CalmCaterpillar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @affanharahaps
      @affanharahaps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I didn't see that coming

    • @BrewersTV
      @BrewersTV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @kwanlinus6999
    @kwanlinus6999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    London Stansted: Exists
    Ryanair: Its free real estate

    • @just-a-subscriber
      @just-a-subscriber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      FRRR

    • @Unknown______.
      @Unknown______. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

    • @michaelnewbold214
      @michaelnewbold214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @Hans_R._Wahl
      @Hans_R._Wahl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelnewbold214 😀👍

    • @fl570
      @fl570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @alaskawashington
    @alaskawashington ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how much traction these old videos are still getting

  • @alexchernavsky7717
    @alexchernavsky7717 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @GonzoTehGreat
    @GonzoTehGreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1961

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

    • @ChristopherPoitras
      @ChristopherPoitras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

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

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Did you misspell "every bit of nonsense presentation"

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @​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 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      TH-cam needs to be more British.

    • @Mogamishu
      @Mogamishu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @semanticsamuel936
    @semanticsamuel936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    '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 TH-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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @nutfield0013
      @nutfield0013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cus he looks like a channal 4 type...

    • @adeadgirl13
      @adeadgirl13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's run by wankers.

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @christinakottmann
    @christinakottmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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

  • @Crooked60
    @Crooked60 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jamesgreenwood986
    @jamesgreenwood986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    8:07 The Top Gear Test Track

    • @Chromia1
      @Chromia1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I saw that!

    • @HSMiyamoto
      @HSMiyamoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just noticed that now.

    • @HSMiyamoto
      @HSMiyamoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      RAF Dunsfold, to give it its proper name.

    • @EdVonPelt
      @EdVonPelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At 3:32 as well

  • @nintendiehard
    @nintendiehard 9 ปีที่แล้ว +876

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

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @cancerfour69er
      @cancerfour69er 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Brad Strong Anything except BBC...

    • @miauaslano
      @miauaslano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @Drew_42
      @Drew_42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @jh-kj8zr
      @jh-kj8zr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Huggz87
    @Huggz87 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bigging Hill is still there and is not just a RAF base. Doesn’t allow charter holiday flights but is used for corporate/business private jets etc.

  • @kategaringer789
    @kategaringer789 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This came up in my recommendations and I clicked because I was curious about the answer, but wasn't expecting it to be delivered in such a riotously funny way! I'm looking forward to checking out more of your channel :)

  • @louis.gabriel
    @louis.gabriel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Red Door Productions wow

    • @tidmouthmilk12
      @tidmouthmilk12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      03:47 is from Simcity 2000. You can hear it on this video here at 13:10: th-cam.com/video/-S-FZWj6760/w-d-xo.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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My man!

    • @ezritheking2809
      @ezritheking2809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally

    • @worthlessdollar1
      @worthlessdollar1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!! ❤

  • @iantate01
    @iantate01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    Haha the use of Sim City 2000 made me soooooo happy

    • @nekomasteryoutube3232
      @nekomasteryoutube3232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @syntheticfox_real
      @syntheticfox_real 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YESSSSSSSSSS.

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unexpected SC2K slayed me. 10/10

    • @anthonybeervor2265
      @anthonybeervor2265 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Reletr
    @Reletr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Literally been rewatching Unfinished London for ages now (I love this series), and I just noticed that you just flipped the images for Heston, Norholt and Biggin Hill

  • @quisby
    @quisby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    WE NEED MORE UNFINISHED LONDON

  • @ImAnderZEL
    @ImAnderZEL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1597

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

    • @mrgebruiker13
      @mrgebruiker13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @bentheguy101
      @bentheguy101 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Hazzarddu
      @Hazzarddu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ATee-vx6dm
      @ATee-vx6dm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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 TH-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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      cindybin2001 why don't you do it?

  • @kidatanakafan
    @kidatanakafan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +210

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

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @johnhalliday3019
    @johnhalliday3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    9:16 let's gooo Ashford!!😂

  • @lol-ro2kl
    @lol-ro2kl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    why does he remind me of that guy off horrible histories

    • @jetenginee.
      @jetenginee. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol like 100

    • @theresabradley4716
      @theresabradley4716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @t4yyib_iq
      @t4yyib_iq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @TheMissendenFlyer
    @TheMissendenFlyer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    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.....

  • @gkampen5367
    @gkampen5367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I expected informative but this has been way more funny then I expected. I love your editing and presenting Jay Foreman!

  • @vickywitton1008
    @vickywitton1008 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @randall96
    @randall96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

  • @smash873
    @smash873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +569

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

    • @stevie365365
      @stevie365365 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex Kokkonen i

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Jay Foreman please bring this series back :(

    • @brokkrep
      @brokkrep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm happy when good youtubers make money

    • @romkedeboer7378
      @romkedeboer7378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @RoseyTyler
    @RoseyTyler 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    QUALITY CONTENT. I'm laughing so hard and learning so much. 5 stars, mate.

  • @ParBoman-oi2gm
    @ParBoman-oi2gm ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seen this several times over the years, still very enjoyable.

  • @HAA0603
    @HAA0603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

    • @j.s.7335
      @j.s.7335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @INHeadKay
    @INHeadKay 10 ปีที่แล้ว +469

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

    • @Hamza52199
      @Hamza52199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @aminkamara6060
    @aminkamara6060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this guy so much 😭
    His videos sparks me

  • @starman1158
    @starman1158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jay’s videos are infinitely rewatchable

  • @chasebohman7257
    @chasebohman7257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +263

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

    • @sorendont
      @sorendont 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      as a brazillian me neither

    • @PouLS
      @PouLS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a cat person, I watch it for the commercials

    • @paulohagan3309
      @paulohagan3309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @AndyWWW
    @AndyWWW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

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

    • @johannesbols57
      @johannesbols57 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's in Wales, you wanker. lol

    • @jameslove1162
      @jameslove1162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johannesbols57 Hmm...

    • @decodolly1535
      @decodolly1535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @leonfoxworthy
      @leonfoxworthy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @deafeningoctopus
    @deafeningoctopus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jay's style of humour is SO damn good. It's honestly so refreshing to see someone with such a unique style. The delivery is always spot on, and the quality is always there no matter how far back in time you go!

  • @hcblue
    @hcblue ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lol tom scott's game show made me look this video up

  • @danelhinsh6455
    @danelhinsh6455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They demolished it due to the crime?

    • @user-iq7hw2qf6e
      @user-iq7hw2qf6e ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #9thstreet#GP all dayyyyy😂😂😂

    • @tomh3627
      @tomh3627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BIG UP GRAHAM PARK @@Jaaammmbbbooo

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

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

    • @TOTN17
      @TOTN17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      isnt dunsfold being turned intoa housing estate?

    • @MrTommyc4321
      @MrTommyc4321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Surrey or Sussex?

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never noticed that! 😆😆😆😂😂😂

  • @BOB-wo2nb
    @BOB-wo2nb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found this channel. Thought it was just going to be a poor quality documentary and perhaps kinda boring. Wow, was I wrong! Very professional, interesting, and quite hilarious! Better than anything on tv today. Love it! Keep 'em coming!

  • @reggie18b
    @reggie18b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that you can get millions of views talking about airports is a testament to your skills as a writer and presenter. Great stuff!

  • @tisscience5693
    @tisscience5693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

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

    • @rayzan501
      @rayzan501 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He want his video to have an ad

    • @subjecteleven637
      @subjecteleven637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rayzan501 congratulations you win the grammar award

  • @TheSingingCelebrant
    @TheSingingCelebrant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1076

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

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 no. No one cares about that.

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @RonJohn63
      @RonJohn63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @jordan-sh927
      @jordan-sh927 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @sebastianrivera-tirado4309
    @sebastianrivera-tirado4309 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @maqboolalam6718
    @maqboolalam6718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You just happened to be on my feed and I'm glad it did.. You are just awesome man. Keep it up 👍

  • @Mishkafofer
    @Mishkafofer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    wow, so much production value. big like.

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1044

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

    • @r0z3d
      @r0z3d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      bus wankers!!

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Fucking bankers. I mean wankers.

    • @teejgreen6591
      @teejgreen6591 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      he definitely said wankers. and hes right

    • @williamg209two
      @williamg209two 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i started laughing

    • @mholtebeck
      @mholtebeck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @senseijulion
    @senseijulion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:07 I can literally see my house 😂😂

  • @DanS044
    @DanS044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:16 the sound of the bell 😂
    This kind of stuff I really appreciate

  • @Offical_RemyKWNicholls
    @Offical_RemyKWNicholls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hol up private airports exist?

    • @Offical_RemyKWNicholls
      @Offical_RemyKWNicholls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kets4443 Yep

    • @user-en6px3og2l
      @user-en6px3og2l 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Offical_RemyKWNichollsdamn, that’s quite impressive

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dizo-jp2tdi like religion but this is not related in any way

  • @LAnonHubbard
    @LAnonHubbard 7 ปีที่แล้ว +459

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

    • @jgroenveld1268
      @jgroenveld1268 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

    • @CNash85
      @CNash85 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @conorbracken6598
      @conorbracken6598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LAnonHubbard tryna make the video 10 mins for ad rev

  • @joannea1244
    @joannea1244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only just discovered this channel - I have learnt tons! Thank you!

  • @CymruDad
    @CymruDad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting vid & really well presented and put together. Biggin Hill though isn’t an RAF base, but a private airport mainly used for business jets and still open.

  • @seanchitson8287
    @seanchitson8287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @Roxor128
    @Roxor128 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @michaelbell4203
      @michaelbell4203 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @michaeld5888
    @michaeld5888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember a great day being at Stansted in 1983 when the Boeing 747 with the space shuttle on top landed there which was great fun. I remember a small commuter plane was coming in to land and went around probably wondering what was going on with the crowds.

    • @mothball5425
      @mothball5425 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw it fly over Birmingham

  • @nahidulislam4899
    @nahidulislam4899 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are the contents that I signed up to see on TH-cam! Holy moly this channel is so underrated!

  • @Fraudemusic
    @Fraudemusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +384

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

    • @zf705
      @zf705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ikr

    • @maddymaddyval
      @maddymaddyval 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omggg exactly what i commented

    • @karlpoppins
      @karlpoppins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @samueljones7280
      @samueljones7280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @doxielain2231
      @doxielain2231 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samueljones7280 that's a good theory

  • @y.shaked5152
    @y.shaked5152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

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

    • @Antondencoole
      @Antondencoole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You most likely aren't

    • @warbler1984
      @warbler1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Antondencoole
      @Antondencoole 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @blagoevski336
      @blagoevski336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Antondencoole
      Why

  • @Joker-yw9hl
    @Joker-yw9hl ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of the skits genuinely threw me off and made me laugh out loud for the best part of a minute. Needed that

  • @SRFriso94
    @SRFriso94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how one of the airfields at 3:32 is labeled "The Top Gear Test Track". For those curious, it's called Dunsfold.

  • @elliot7753
    @elliot7753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    My nearest airport is London-Auckland in New Zealand

    • @mariangogea2557
      @mariangogea2557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't exactly understand the joke

    • @harryholloway9817
      @harryholloway9817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elliot7753 pup

    • @p4m209
      @p4m209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @ladyi7609
      @ladyi7609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @elijaha773
      @elijaha773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sam from Wendover HATES London Newark.

  • @martinlauzon1971
    @martinlauzon1971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +112

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

  • @oliverqueen5883
    @oliverqueen5883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Jay's a genius! The Heathrow wait was to reach a 10 min long video so he could make more ad money.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Actually, genuinely, back when we made this, I had no idea the ten minute thing was a thing. In fact, I’m pretty sure, back then it wasn’t a thing.

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@JayForeman it was indeed not a thing

    • @Edwardop
      @Edwardop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even if he didn’t do that, the video would still be 10 minutes long

    • @oscyk
      @oscyk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      why doesn't our irish government do this and then will have enough money to properly link Dublin to the airport

  • @DeputyBurbank
    @DeputyBurbank 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching this in 2022. Never seen any of your videos but I was laughing out loud. The comedy is smart and hilarious. Subscribed.