17 Hours on a Plane - Etihad to LAX

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Answers to FAQ: 1. The app I'm using for location and direction is GPS TEST. 2. The other app is Google Maps, and I downloaded areas for offline use. 3. The route we took is known as the "Great Circle" route. Google it. If you visualize the Earth as a round ball, it makes sense, as the shortest distance between these city pairs is nearly over the North Pole. 4. Flat Earthers: Your comments give me some good laughs, but it's clear that no amount of explaining the obvious is going to work to change what is, essentially, a psychological condition. 5. The exact path this flight (and all flights) follows depends not just on the shortest distance, but also expected winds, which is why the flight path sometimes doesn't go as far north as it did on this particular day. 6. Hindu meal, yeah, it's a thing you can actually order, along with Kosher or Halal or low fat, low salt or any of about a dozen choices. I order it because a lot of times you get a slightly better meal with a special meal, and I try to avoid meat while flying since it can sit heavy in your stomach. But often the "Hindu" meal is just one of the regular meal choices that just doesn't have beef. 7. The person next to me is my teenage daughter, so please be nice. 8. I used a Sony A7R3 with a 12-24 lens for this video. 9. I wanted to get more footage of the Canadian Arctic, but after struggling to stay awake until the plane reached its northernmost point, I finally fell asleep and woke up a couple hours later when we were already over Northern Alberta. 10. We got really lucky with the weather. I've done about 20 flights over the polar regions and never had such consistently clear skies coupled with having the lucky timing of the flight being entirely in daylight. This flight was special. 11. What's it actually like to sit in an economy seat that long? You go from "this isn't so bad," to "hmm, this seat is kind of hard," to "oh crap this is really uncomfortable," to "when is this torture going to end?" to "hmm, I guess I can handle this, let me just close my eyes." 12. Yes, the plane smells like 350 people all farting at once, but they pass through the cabin with air fresheners a couple of times. #truth.

[@bobbycars1340]

1 & 2, thanks for that info...4, awesome response...6, I usually order kosher ( I'm Christian), yes you get a better and a fresher meal....11, the one question I had. Great video

[@iandavies6575]

Google maps didn't work for me on a recent flight in Europe

[@jhordandeza6752]

Are you from Peru 🇵🇪?

[@ceciliateo9939]

Ive been watching alot of flight videos lately and noticed how virtually no flat earthers comment on the videos...

[@flatearthbanjo]

@@ceciliateo9939 He just proved flat earth with this flight. There is no "great circles" when flying a plane. They all fly as straight from point A to point B as possible, unless there's some disturbance ahead or no-fly zones.

[@Tiroooooler]

Finally a guy who doesn't shut the window shades and finds earth fascinating! Nice to watch! 😃

[@raahimhadi4905]

Ikr!

[@mashilolehong1689]

Nature is beautiful

[@Nate-gl8qt]

I keep The window shades open but my parents tell me to close iT.

[@DrRenegade]

@@Nate-gl8qt Just open it again when they're not looking.

[@Nate-gl8qt]

Dr. Renegade XD noice tips.

[@jbw9999]

People don't grasp how large the planet is until they fly. Especially a flight like that. And it's amazing seeing all the land that no one has probably ever been near.

[@ondraondra6731]

Well I got the other impression from flying. Now it feels that our planet is pretty small. Flying all over it and around it is now pretty common and it's quite fast considering how long it took to travel anywhere in previous centuries. I feel like our planet shrinks as we're moving faster and faster :) Everything is relative as Einstein showed us :D I guess whole other dimension is to be in space or on the orbit around Earth. For example in the ISS it only takes 90 minutes to circle our planet. You're getting entirely different perspective of life or mankind. Every single story that ever happened, every single person who ever lived, all races, wars, empires, everything happened on that "small" ball underneath you. And seeing Earth from the Moon, that just had to be surreal.

[@jbw9999]

Well as you're flying, imagine if you had to walk all that distance, then it'll seem large. Going faster doesn't make it seem smaller to me.

[@derbigpr500]

Quite opposite for me actually. I felt the planet was much smaller than I previously had a feel for when I went on a first really long flight.

[@RB747domme]

Jack White you should search on KZbin for 'Concorde around the world'. This was a special charter commission flight on a BA Concorde, that took place just before it retired, where Concorde takes off from NYC, then flies east west around the Equator route (and getting very special permission from the Canadian government allowing it to fly over mostly uninhabited parts of Canada to land on the west coast in record time (something like 3 hrs 50m) - right back to NYC in just the most ridiculous time, that it truly did make the planet feel very small indeed. The route was, New York City to Vancouver, Vancouver to Hawaii, Hawaii to Fiji, Fiji to Tahiti, Tahiti to Australia, Australia to Singapore, Singapore to the Philippines, the Philippines to East India, East India to north west Africa, and then it got special permission to fly up through the Red Sea and along the Mediterranean at supersonic speed to land in Venice, and then got special permission to fly supersonic around the southern tip of Spain and on to New York. The total flying time was something like 32hrs and 56 minutes, to fly the entire circumference of the globe. Obviously it wasn't a straight line. It could never be, because Concorde only had a range of just under 4000 miles, so obviously it had to follow a carefully planned route. But to make it exciting and interesting for the charter passengers onboard (who had paid a fortune for the trip), the route took in exciting tourist destination cities & locations so that the passengers could stop off for a few days in each location for a tour and some five-star comforts and soak up the culture. The total distance flown, was around 23,985 miles, achieved in a little under 33 hours! That though, is not the impressive thing. The impressive thing is that the record for a commercial passenger aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth, also achieved by Concorde, but this time an Air France charter in 1995, flying a more convenient and quicker route (also with special permissions by the various world authorities), fighting the clock all the way, with superquick refuelling and landings and takeoffs, all achieved in superfast time with air traffic control sectors on the entire route in on the record so that it could come straight into the various airports without having to hang around and holding patterns.. .. flying a total distance of 22,858.8 miles - was achieved in 31hrs 27m 49s. I think that's a record that's going to stand for quite some time, regrettably. Sadly, that plane is no more so people can't experience it. Hopefully supersonic travel return soon..

[@trueteller424]

Clint Tapper Dude thank you so much for all this information! I love such quality answers on KZbin

[@jyc313]

Aircrafts are amazing machines. I'm just thinking about the thousands of moving parts, many of them doing repeated motions thousands and thousands of times throughout that 17 hr flight without breaking down. And that is just 1 of many flights in its lifetime. Amazing.

[@MrR2185]

And most of these planes pretty much run 24/7, too. Some of the hardest working machines on the planet. Simply astonishing things, that humans have created.

[@cocho90s97]

jyc313 I couldn’t do that flight but yea it’s amazing what man kind has accomplished

[@BlackRoomful]

You wouldn’t want any of the parts made in China that’s for sure

[@benjoel]

Modern Aircrafts use electronic fly-by-wire system.. very less moving parts.. that's why Aircraft are reliable.

[@kalungawanje9741]

@@BlackRoomful chinese and heir terrible quality. they are making a passenger plane-- i wonder who is gonna want to fly in one of them.

[@hniedz]

Jesus...after a flight like that...landing must be an incredible feeling!

[@cemonder4165]

You can't wait to finally fart...I take 14.5 hours (tho probably 16 hours inside the plane) flights twice a year. It's horrible.

[@MavroProductions]

Depends on how you like to travel. A lot of people love planes too much they want to stay on them.

[@NovejSpeed3]

I literally LOL'd at "there's always some guy pacing the aisle the entire flight." That's so true🤣🤣🤣 But while we laugh guess who wont be getting a blood clot in there leg on that flight? 🤔

[@callmecharlottex]

Not to mention the feeling of stretching your legs lol

[@b58forever]

@@cemonder4165 I fart i dont care. Cover your nose

[@vaheavg]

This planet is just amazing.

[@truthflatearth]

It's not a planet do the research we flying in an airplane because the u fly over a plane ....you are not spinning

[@CrazyPets0]

@@truthflatearth Sorry, but we spinning.. and flat earthers already proved it with 20k gyroscope. I think you need more researchers...

[@manwhoneversleeps]

Yep! Just got to take care of it too while enjoying it.

[@jackiesmall3804]

Absolutely 👌👌👍👍👊👊👏👏

[@NYCHalalFoodCart]

Until us humans destroy it

[@virginiafry9854]

17 hours in economy - you have my sympathy!

[@lu.8400]

I don't think economy bad, is only simple

[@clydemarit5584]

@@lu.8400 its really not comfortable

[@Rootportz]

Doing it once a year from San Francisco to Jordan. Worst part is jet lag comes after the trip.

[@robrs8631]

@@clydemarit5584 It is with Etihad or Emirates.

[@alialketbi8912]

@@lu.8400 its not i wanted to see how it feels from dubai to lax its really uncomfortabel

[@ondrejryska5398]

Deserts, snow, ice, cities, oceans, forests, mountains. I would make schools take this flight with students and consider it as a geography lessons, you can basically see the whole world in few hours. It would cost a lot, but students would understand many things immediately.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

I agree. But I've done flights like this about a dozen times and this is the first time I had great weather and sunlight the whole time (owing to weather, the time of year and the departure time all together). But still, take a look at some of the comments people are leaving. It's quite incredible that so many people don't understand the geometry of a sphere. Seriously, have a look. I'm done responding to all the "why not just head west instead of north?" questions.

[@ondrejryska5398]

I think people don't understand it because mankind has been falsely taught how the Earth looks like on the desk maps. It confuses people of all age. If schools used an educational desk globe instead of flat maps from early childhood, they would not ask dumb questions.

[@dhanrajramrup4310]

Jonathan Stewarthu

[@AlexanderGeorge]

Jonathan Stewart I work for this airline. I feel ya 😄

[@derbigpr500]

What the hell exactly would they understand that they don't now...people are imbeciles, no kind of lesson can change that.

[@piyushjoshii]

Nice. For 21 mins it was like I myself is travelling.

[@jaipanwar5910]

can i ask something few qstn ??

[@mb7871]

It blows my mind to think in perspective to the universe, Earth is a tiny, tiny little dot...but to us, its massive.

[@ZMCarsandMore]

Everything is relative

[@IRN-bm4xw]

How do you even know the Universe is so big? Have you been out there personally?

[@aleksi9504]

@@IRN-bm4xw we all are there right now 😉😉

[@IRN-bm4xw]

@@aleksi9504 That's what we're told. But using our OWN eyes, we can't tell. We could be anywhere right now. I bet if they told us we're on the back of a giant turtle, you guys would believe that too 🤦‍♂️ You people are way too gullible.

[@PAULLONDEN]

*@IR0N360* Ok...fair enough......but with just a little leavel headed thinking , the Universe is a proven entity. There''s our Sun , one of the countless many stars in the night sky. There's our Moon and our solar system planets . The Milky way .....very clear in some parts of the world with little light polution. For past decades ,way before all that "fake news" hoopla, there were already photographs of the Andromeda Galaxy (our sister galaxy). It's good to question things , but don't drag it into the ridiculous.... You might as well question your own butthole just because you haven't been there....... You run the risk of sounding like a flat Earth hick , who even while flying over the arctic circle and North Pole stubbornly persists our home planet is pizza shaped ,and we all stroll on the upper crust .....where the Moon provides the cheese.

[@bazzle_brush]

Such an incredible show of nature spread out for all to see and most people prefer to shut the window blind and watch finding nemo.

[@firas4li]

So true man

[@mjt2231]

Barry Richards 😊😊😊too funny.

[@rtraveler2004]

Yup! Let’s watch the same movies we can at home while the whole world passes by...literally.

[@ketowithstacy8882]

I love looking out the window when on a red eye flight and seeing the sun come up and all the billowy white clouds.. breathtaking.

[@pianosenzanima1]

Fear.

[@vecrum2030]

LOL There is no kid crying on this flight. Why can’t I have something like this?

[@GetOutsideYourself]

There was a whole "children's" section. But that's what noise-cancelling headphones are for. Seriously, that's the #1 most important item to take on any long flight.

[@oldiesmusic76]

You do realize that ONLY 21 minutes of the entire 16.5 hours were recorded. That leaves 16 hours unrecorded for kids to cry.

[@sprlyy]

Same

[@TheElevatorandAirplaneFinder]

I agree

[@raahimhadi4905]

Emirates, Etihad, and Singapore Airlines don't have kids crying. They're the bosses of airlines

[@sathvikgatti7038]

Apart from the amazing view, I adore this beautiful B777. They fly continuously for such long hours in different weather conditions and yet have an amazing life of 20-25 years.. an amazing feat of fine engineering. We're blessed to be living in this era where fossil fuels and engines exist. Wonder what the future holds. Will there be enough power to even power an electric airplane for such long hours?

[@No29999]

Sathvik Gatti plazma fueled planes in the future beaming thru the skies like in star wars

[@ililliillliilliiill8779]

fossil fuels won't run out, they're going to be used for plane fuel for a very long time.

[@danielkandi4582]

more importantly, will the 779x have the same flaws as the 787, and will the engine work without flaws over a lengthy period of time... I hope it will be like the 777 as we know it now.

[@youngbuck3535]

All that land. All those people. And not one women finds me attractive lol

[@howtowin.facts.7247]

Young buck guess your the issue

[@omarelmi5228]

@@howtowin.facts.7247 I'm assuming you're a feminist?

[@billcarrig9434]

Young buck Leave your house.

[@alexderoche1861]

I didn't think so either, but I just started dating an awesome girl. There's one out there for you too!

[@cranjismcbasketball2118]

Young buck Ill bang ya!!!

[@germantecahd3416]

From Spain to Japan (with Iberia) it took for me 17 hours as well, the whole flight I was looking to the window and listening the kill bill sountrack while driking coffee, was amazing.

[@thedailychailatte]

Coffee. Didn’t you get dehydrated. 🥲

[@paulthorn7986]

I’ll never complain again on 5 1/2 nonstop from Philadelphia to Los Angeles....17 hours nonstop....ouch!

[@Zeppelinlv2007]

Me too.

[@halldorhakkari4213]

7 hours non stop iceland to orlando that was hell

[@AnonR]

You guys haven't experienced the pains of 12 hours nonstop from Zurich to San Francisco.

[@Turbohawk84]

I flew from Los Angeles to Saigon, Vietnam and that consisted of a 13.5 hour flight from LA to Seoul, Korea and then another 6.5 hour flight from Seoul to Saigon! Loved every minute of it!

[@thewatcherlollol]

Yep, about to have one of these and I'm 6'4 ):

[@dontlikemycomment1771]

why I'm feeling emotional.... please love mother nature and earth 🌍

[@user-pz5iu1tc5l]

Bruh

[@sandeeprawat1246]

Yeah true feeling

[@ndlben7129]

Nature of god

[@elmaestro6758]

Butter landing

[@akshayjadhav7298]

Same here..😇

[@sanchezking6188]

Wow, what a breathtaking route that was! Thank you, Sir, for documenting all those landscapes in such slick fashion.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

My pleasure sir. Glad you enjoyed.

[@TravelWithJose]

Huge thanks for recording and for sharing!

[@slytherin3034]

Best sound in the aviation industry: the spooling-up of the 777-300ER's engines, @02:15.

[@Jaimon777]

Initially, I thought this is just another of the long flight videos on YT, but I'm glad I watched this video. Found it very interesting. Good description and you answered 2 of my questions. Thanks for sharing.

[@maximogimenez9238]

Congratulations !! This is the way a video must be done and edited. All the pieces fall on their places. Thumbs up !!

[@OKWqc]

I probably never get to fly that kind of route, so thanks mate for showing!

[@Natan0393]

Amazing machine and human engineering.

[@obodevlampiy6654]

I live in Labytnangi. This is my city on this video. Good video. Hello from Russia.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Hello! How cold is it there?

[@obodevlampiy6654]

@@GetOutsideYourself, now -34 °C or -29,2 °F.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Oh that's very comfortable! We have similar weather in Chicago, USA this week. I thought it would be even colder. Best wishes. Next time you see a jet flying over, just imagine the people up there saying hello, as I will.

[@obodevlampiy6654]

@@GetOutsideYourself, we have this warming) Usually, the temperature is much lower. -40 °C and below. Most of the year the temperature is below -30 °C . Best wishes. :) Sorry for my bad english. I use translator.

[@GeorgeRR]

wow! all the best to the incredible resilient people of Labytnangi!

[@cll1639]

That's an 8000 mile flight, in a 775,000 pound aircraft that holds 48,000 gallons of Jet A, which powers the largest commercial jet engines ever built, each capable of 115,000 pounds of thrust. The numbers stagger the imagination.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

I know, and we just take it for granted and bitch that our seats don't recline enough (they don't). It is pretty amazing how we can fly blissfully over the top of the Earth at 600 mph and get to the other side in less than a day. And it's cheaper than it's ever been.

[@CARBONHAWK1]

Yup try explaining this to someone 100 years ago, they’ll think your crazy

[@JackLawrence20]

13:24 at first i was like “wait wtf, are they landing”!?

[@domesoleara4057]

Wow 17 hours flying!!! it's a very very long flight , the view of the landscape from the plane was so beautiful and i love it, i really love this video.

[@jackiesmall3804]

Absolutely 😍😍😍

[@jokath5620]

I miss airplane sound... Thank you... I hope i will be able to travel again until then i'll see the video (12+ times)

[@SyrianAcademy]

12. Yes, the plane smells like 350 people all farting at once, but they pass through the cabin with air fresheners a couple of times. lol

[@Kestrelis]

I recently took a photograph of an Etihad plane as it was leaving LAX to go back to Abu Dhabi. I took the shot at 4:30pm LAX time, and it was STILL in the air when I woke up at 6:30 the day after.

[@barb108]

Interesting flight. Siberia looked as I would have expected with lots of ice and snow. Also, I appreciate your review of Etihad.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks Barb. I got lucky on this flight, clear skies and a very northerly route, which doesn't happen every time. I've done probably a dozen polar flights and this one had by far the best views.

[@robertosozio3425]

+Jonathan Stewart nice video fantastic

[@srmashwani]

I am a nervous flyer. I get nervous when Plane is over Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, in the middle of nowhere, fearing the worst. But as soon as plane enters in land area of any country, I feel relieved even when I know I am still at 37-38000 feet and still anything can happen. Lol. I know all that “within 2.5-3 hours of landing area in case of emergency” ( ETOPS rating etc) but still oceans scare me.

[@JCA51698]

Ashwani Mishra yeah I felt the same way when I flew over the Gulf of Mexico going from Dallas, Texas to Belize a few years ago.

[@preciousjose]

Ashwani Mishra same here, extremely nervous flyer and something about land soothes me, although it makes not much difference

[@TheYay1995]

Flying is still the safest transportation according to research and statistics. So as it may look scary your fearful thoughts are unlikely to come true. :)

[@srmashwani]

TheYay1995 As i said in my mssg, I know technicalities but it’s all mental block which creates fear. Statistics show that flying is safe but how many ppl survive In a crash (if it happens) as compared to if a car stops midway or trains stop due to engine malfunction. Chances of survival is the factor hear not how many ppl fly etc. it’s just that more ppl go on road hence more fatalities than flying

[@bigjockknewheknew3882]

Am a nervous flyer to but over land and sea i disagree about being the safest way to travel turbulance and Air pockets are not very nice you feel safer on the ground

[@theshivrajroy]

i watched in 4k and i love it sitting comfortably and seeing the world from 34000 ft

[@NarenMariappan]

2:23. A Jet Airways on the last legs of its International. Very touching. And also I didnt see sunset anywhere since the flight was going against time, i.e, east to west. Therefore it was always evening and it was following the track of sunlight through out. Wow!

[@kerrylattimore2684]

I usually ask the pilot to please point out geographic points along the way. Sometimes they do. I love window seats. It's so amazing to see landforms from the air. I can't believe people who put their shades down. I actually kind of got into it with another passenger who wanted me to close my shade so he could sleep (that's why you carry eye shades). The stewardess came over and whined at me to be considerate to which I replied that I paid for my window seat too and I intended to look out the window until it got dark or I fell asleep. This was a really interesting movie. Thanks.

[@advancekashmir9846]

Wow, lucky you! So you literally visited all these countries without a visa. 😂

[@justaman8996]

stfu

[@rivvy2138]

@@justaman8996 dude...

[@eddieeclark314]

advance kashmir bro stfu

[@UnknownUser-xp1dp]

Didn’t visit - he flew over them, there’s a difference.

[@hobbesb9597]

Did everyone just miss the joke completely?

[@camilocat2008]

I’ll sleep for 16 hours and 30 mins and then wake up

[@cutie2192]

Me too if they give liqor and a diaper lol

[@nabilsstory474]

One of the best aviation video i have seen.thumbs up man

[@renancarlosdeliveiracarlos4336]

What i have to say about this video is AMAZINGGGGGGGG VIDEOOOO! i never seen like that bebore! Great video ! I hope to travel next year To Los Angeles , God bless you Renan Brazil!

[@AB12896]

And I thought a flight from JFK to San Diego was long. Planes are a modern wonder to me. Great video thanks for the experience!

[@2024qs]

airplanes make our planet like a village. thank you for this great video ,

[@typhoontom]

Awesome video. One of the best I've seen. You really seen the world on this flight! Wow! Thank you!

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks buddy. Yeah we got lucky on the views. I've done lots of polar flights and usually there is haze over Central Asia and clouds over the arctic but this was clear and sunny the whole way.

[@ShahirUsmani]

The beauty of flying northern route. So much variations in landscape and climate.

[@AmberinaNava]

my longest flight was from Phoenix, AZ to New York, NY to Amsterdam, then finally Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, Israel. 17+hours combined and i got only one hour of sleep throughout that entire trip but the scariest part for me was going over the Atlantic Ocean, i couldn’t imagine going over the Pacific. definitely worth it tho!

[@yigit5269]

And my was Germany=Berlin-Turkey=Istanbul :D

[@thedailychailatte]

They usually don’t go over the pacific as they keep a nice distance from land airports. I’ve traveled twice where i thought they would go over the pacific but no they just kept going through country borders or the Arctic. Never the pacific. It’s huge and you’re right ❤️

[@TheElevatorandAirplaneFinder]

Wow your legs must have fallen asleep after getting up after landing

[@snowywinter9]

I've been on that route many, many times but never paid as much attention to the geographic landmarks as you do :-). Very nice job.

[@wvusmc]

Temperature - Cold

[@johnnygarcia3373]

Jajajajaja

[@hazerdxhd4373]

😂😂😂

[@kevinhoward9593]

The blue water as you take off is such amazing site to see. I wish the water was that clear where I live.

[@111danish111]

This is one of the best aviation videos on youtube . I specially loved the scenes over Russian Federation.

[@seanpeters3690]

That's so awesome. I flew from Portland to Tucson and got to see Zion and the Grand Canyon, and it's awesome to see the world and country from 30,000'. Also, my longest flight is nonstop from Chicago to Anchorage, and it's barely 1/3 of this flight length (6.25 hours).

[@gilmartorres9591]

What a cool video. Fly over the ice and all the journey with sun light must be priceless.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

It was pretty cool to see, especially Franz Joseph Land.

[@ralphbathan2206]

Thank you for this video! I appreciated the planet Earth. It’s so beautiful!

[@immatin4469]

19:17 i remembered this place due to san andreas!!

[@Charles-rn3ke]

Thanks for taking the risk beaten by other passengers making this video!

Truly amazing route.

[@SanaanSakharkar]

I have flown from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai and now living in Dubai. I wish I could travel and see the world in this way. Ready to take longer journeys than this one. I love Geography. Hats off and thanks for the video ☺

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

You will notice too that the speed upon actual lift off is a bit faster than normal due to the desert hot air, and the thinness of the hotter air. More speed and thrust is needed to get the SOBs off the ground! :D

[@NetCerpher]

Thanks Mr. wizard!

[@schumi246]

And the fact that it is probably filled to the brim with fuel. Probably at or very near max take off weight.

[@saqiboy]

wow its like I had a flight with you too. thnx for sharing. good luck

[@MrJayjay0420]

As a geography lover this is one of the coolest videos I've seen

[@blastermaster2383]

Nice footage.Unbelievable how you fly over all this untouched land then all of a sudden you are landing in a major city on the other side of the world.Great video.Thanks.

[@imranm7628]

Very nicely recorded. Loved the GPS and actual images. My kind of info.

[@lonesurvivor6871]

Hats off to you sir and Ty for sharing such an interesting flight...I had my first flight from Baghdad international airport to Amman..Jordan then to JFK NY, it took me 17 hrs and some change from Amman to JFK.. Then I had another 12 flights...I had to say..the landing is pretty nice from my experience.

[@AbodyHK424]

اني من العراق

[@waltersantos3190]

That is one amazing clime out of Abu Dhabi only done it once but will never forget it.

[@ComunidadeLC1]

Nice flight! I loved the views!

[@patricj951]

Great video! The routes of these planes use to be above the north of Sweden on the way to USA, and I use to look at them through binoculars. And almost 17 hours! The longest flight I have experienced was Stockholm-Miami (and back) and that was around 10 hours, and that was a long flight... Riding in comfort on the thin air(weighing several times more than a timber truck) at around 10km above the earth surface while moving around 1km each 4 seconds; these machines truly belong to the most awesome products of the scientific development!

[@jenntip]

"These go to 11" LMAO Gotta love Spinal Tap!

[@s7rap]

When the only seat left that is available is an economy class seat On a 17 hr flight

[@marvelous1358]

Thanks for uploading this. God knows I would be way too conscious of people looking at me making a video of the sky like "is this guy flying for the first time or something?". Yeah I know it sounds stupid but I think about it all the time.... Once again, thanks.

[@shubhamkgupta4756]

A very Nice video journey bro through the polar regions and it was for me the first time watching these regions so closely, Thanks a lot for the video and Cheers for all upcoming journeys.

[@origin8]

The longest flight in the world is Qatar Airways: Auckland - Doha with Flight time: 18 hours, 5 minutes :O

[@prajwaltimsina3765]

Now its qantas airlines syd to new york 19hrs apx

[@chronis1972]

I want a plane trip like this so much !!! Nice video !!!

[@narendrababu176]

Superb filming. Nice video..Thanks for it...

[@FilK79]

This was such an interesting flight, even more with your appointments and explanations, thatk you so much, I enjoyed a lot watching your video

[@spaceherpies8821]

I watched the entire video. Felt like I was there with you and I even got that familiar excited feeling I get every time I land in Los Angeles. Always excited to see my family and eat all my favorite foods

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks for giving me that, Space Herpies.

[@andrewdunster4441]

Thank you for sharing this what an amazing world

[@anoopms723]

Dude this just made my day ❤️

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

did u manage to get any sleep? thank you for doing this. really made me feel I was flying myself

[@indianlovelyfoods4543]

Amazing !! Very fascinating and Informative . Enjoyed watching it 👍👍 That Airhostess was ummm😍😍

[@garydunken7934]

Incredible video. That crossing of the north pole was awesome.

[@mk8master629]

You landed as a 787 was on the takeoff roll.

[@TheMoniMoe]

I really enjoyed this video. I hope I get a chance to travel the world. I will continue to just dream about it 😔

[@hongsun772]

Wish one day I can go back to LA from Abu Dhabi with this view...wanna get out of this hell...

[@pawantv9725]

Same here 😦😦

[@pizee]

Thanks for such a beautiful video. As a Geographer, I really appreciated pointing out the major landmarks. Great job!

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks Keith. Always get a window seat, even at night!

[@stephennandi4538]

Thanks Jono for taking us visually thru the journey!!

[@belalehsen]

Probably one of the best videos I've seen. But I seriously wonder 17 hours of flight and just 2 meal service? Atleast there should be three meal services with one snack service. Putting passengers on Almost 8 and a half hour of gap between two meals isn't really healthy.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks! You would think you'd need more food but actually the service is sufficient. It's two meals and a snack and you leave feeling as though you've had enough.

[@belalehsen]

Jonathan Stewart you may be right I haven't been on ultra long hauls yet but for me its a long stretch. But who knows how it may work for me on such flight so you may be right. I guess I'll have to fly on one to find out 😂. P.s which app were you using for your latitude and longitude info?

[@abdellatifsafi8110]

the flight from abu thabi to lax is not 17 hours as he said max 13 h

[@GetOutsideYourself]

The nice thing about a factual claim such as flight time is that it can easily be verified. Go ahead and google (or Flight Radar 24) the AUH-LAX flight and see how long you'd actually be on the plane.

[@niteshartentiwari4852]

Bilal Ahsan doing night shifts and having breakfast at 4.00 p.m ...is it healthy??

[@BFaluup]

That would really suck to have an emergency over the frozen ocean.

[@ericlozen9631]

Great Video ~ Had to be difficult when editing this. Such a long journey condensed into minutes.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks. Actually these videos are pretty easy. Don't tell anyone, but I hardly edit at all, just throw in a few titles explaining where we are.

[@jahanzebnasirkhan1902]

You did an absolutely amazing job. I loved the fact that you used GPS TEST App and guided us through out the video. I have noted down a few of the important places, will definetly do some geo spherical research. Thansks man. Cheers.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thank you! And I always appreciate observant people who notice these things.

[@nighthunter1621]

the legendary triple seven the biggest twin-engine aircraft in the world .... I have traveled a lot without being able to take this magnificent plane.

[@drewski1535]

I feel like I'm on board this flight as I'm watching this

[@MadDogJet]

I really liked your review and everything that btw you showed on your Samsung Galaxy S9+ was nice 👍 information.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks. Good eye on the Samsung. I'm enjoying that phone. I just got a Gear S3 Frontier watch too, and that's a nice add-on.

[@alexandercrush]

Why is it flying so low? I can only see clouds when I fly.

[@deadly3703]

@Alex the normal cruising altitude for a boeing 777 is around 35,000 to 40,00 thousand, it looks like it was clear day. if you've ever flown internationally, normal flights go up to around 30,000+ feet

[@AprikotSoda]

This is also based on physics , the higher you go the easier and faster it is to follow the curvature of the earth and reach your destination faster. Also less air currents to worry about causing turbulence, ive never been on a flight but the science behind it is fascinating to say the least

[@Orion8729]

They are near north pole, where the stratosphere is 7 km high (23000 ft.) Which means that the plane also has to fly a bit lower then in other places, like equatorial areas for example, where the stratosphere goes as high as 20000 km (66000 ft.)

[@chihuli]

Oof, 17 solid hours on an airplane, that sounds e x h a u s t i n g. But wow, that was so cool! I love the thrill of the plane leaving the ground, and sitting in a window seat, watching the world race by. Being able to hear the rustling of other people around you really made it feel like I was on that plane!

[@markfrosty1135]

What a Journey??!!! Great camera control,focusing on what's important...Incredible mother earth... well done mate. Thank's and ask for more ;)

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Thanks buddy. More coming this year. I'm flying some interesting routes. The thing that made this one so interesting was the luck of having good weather, sunlight the whole way, and a beautiful path.

[@joeferaco9896]

17 hours on a plane I couldn’t sit in my living room for that long without going nuts

[@azamatr8244]

Hi from Turkmenistan

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Hello! I want to visit someday.

[@manindersharma8260]

IT'S NICE JONATHAN U AND UR DAUHTER ARE VEGETARIAN. I M NOT RELIGIOUS BUT NO MEAT ONLY VEGETABLES.ONCE AGAIN THANK U VERY MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL VIDEO

[@MrTanmay169]

Maninder Sharma read light of truth of swami dayanand sarswati ji the great hindu reformer of arya samaj I was an anthiest just like u but now I'm vedic peace🙏

[@manindersharma8260]

Arya Tanmay 22 punjabi ya hindi wich das ki kahna .i m waiting

[@MrTanmay169]

Maninder Sharma mai keh raha ki ik baar satyarth prakash pado bai

[@goodson09]

Awesome Video! Very informative.

[@FrostyBud777]

It takes alot of faith in that airplane to fly over all that frozen land, Imagine going down , getting out and only ice was around you. WOW