Attempted Landing On Uluru (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

[@Harry101UK]

I'm suprised you haven't flown around Kenya. I don't think Alsmiffy has been there yet.

[@jamesddiii1292]

the boys flying in real time across a continent: "dang this is taking forever"

[@hobanagerik]

I just finished the 28 degrees North trip, 7000nm from Florida to Tenerife, via Greenland, Iceland, the UK, then France, and Spain. It took a week in a TBM 930, flying a few hours a day.

[@jordanrehbock5552]

lol "three british men crash planes into indigenous sacred site"

[@MartinOlminkhof]

Rio Tinto?

[@felixconnelly]

@@MartinOlminkhof 😂 Yikes, good call though haha

[@Burn377]

@@MartinOlminkhof ooofft

[@oskarb6885]

Me, an Australian: *sees uluru in video title" These boys don't know what they're getting themselves into.

[@BrazenSolar]

Here we see the boys discovering quite how huge Australia is. It's a whole continent

[@snikerz5886]

To be fair when you compare it on the map its quite small.

[@nakenmil]

@@snikerz5886 Bloody Mercator projection, innit.

[@x999uuu1]

@ the google maps projection is much better than mercator

[@elementalsheep2672]

The straight-line distance from Alice Springs to Uluru is almost exactly the same as London to Paris (340km).

[@jeffyholla1095]

A “Mayday” callsign is nothing to joke about IRL. Set transponder to 7700. Indicate problem, altitude, heading. During an engine failure the glide speed is critical and thus a local landing area must be dedicated. Know your aircraft.

[@elementalsheep2672]

Boys. The straight-line distance from Alice Springs to Uluru is almost exactly the same as London to Paris (340km). It’s a five hour drive one-way along 130km/h (80mph) roads. Australia is bloody big.

[@sebastianlodge7549]

As a territorian myself being from the Northern Territory. It feels weird to be mentioned in a video, no one ever mentions us, not even other Australians.

[@perniciouskraken1898]

Get back in the hole northy

[@RoflmayoMan]

I am a lowly southerner, but you guys do have the best iced coffee, so there are perks. Damn I wish they brought that down for us peasants

[@taaoquinn3731]

Honestly, we try to forget about you. So vastly different to the eastern cities.

[@jamesgorey5295]

@@taaoquinn3731 I'd take Darwin over Melbourne any day, don't know what you're on about.

[@sebastianlodge7549]

Taao Quinn It’s great up here, no COVID, the bushfires weren’t a problem. No organised crime (regular crime but mostly in the aboriginal community) and its a bit hot, but it’s great here.

[@nakenmil]

Fly through Sognefjorden in Norway! It'll be like podracing!

[@internetonsetadd]

Also find the seed vault while you're there.

[@scmansfield90]

3:28 Best still image of the whole episode

[@Lorahalo]

Hey guys, I appreciate you taking the other name out of the title entirely. You waded into an argument you probably weren't all that aware of, but you did good.

[@jamietus1012]

I see the British Hat Bois didn't realise that our massive island is a lot bigger then their tiny island

[@MartinOlminkhof]

For some reason this comment made me think of Gimli...

[@NLookeeMusic]

Comments section is gonna explode if you don’t change the title to Uluru boys. Just a heads up

[@internetonsetadd]

Do a Bermuda Triangle run in stormy weather, or go check out some hurricanes.

[@hologrms]

land inside stone henge! or visit some mayan temples!

[@Noobazzah]

I'm doing good thanks for asking trott

[@theAngusmaster101]

When I read this title, as an Australian, I was like Jesus this probably isn't the best title (or idea) for a video

[@nathangee7075]

As an Australian I couldn’t give a fuck but I knew at least a couple of subs would kick up a stink about it. We as a fan base do not want the boiks to succeed (as evidenced by the tiktok debacle).

[@theAngusmaster101]

@@nathangee7075 Well I didn't really care, I still watched and liked the video cause I love the boiks and know they're good guys and are aware of a lot of issues etc. and definitely had a good laugh through the video. Just got sus when I read the title but it was all fun

[@jonec.2402]

Pauline Hanson would LOVE this

[@MainVillainous]

I had some hilarious experiences on Hawaiian airports in high wind! Like playing darts more than landing.

[@Igneousiceman]

You should do a Top Gear style point to point race in unevenly matched aircraft. Could be entertaining.

[@ottow-n3779]

Good on you for changing it from Ayer's Rock!

[@awesomeaartvark]

I dunno if it's cuz of quarantine or what, but I have noticed a large increase of ridiculous puns from you three lately, and I just wanna say, I absolutely love every one of them, hahaha

[@OneTwoMark]

You should play in group mode, you wont have a bunch of stream scrubs following you which will help FPS.

[@Flashjackmak]

What I wanna know is, are there any 3D volcanoes in the flight sim and can you boiks manage to plummet a plane straight into the mouth of one? Sacrifice yourselves to the volcano gods, boiks! Also, i'm doing okay Trott, thanks for asking.

[@TheNightDrummer]

Probably collide with an invisible wall & not be able to enter it. Cant fly under bridges either, smh ;p

[@Flashjackmak]

@@TheNightDrummer Ah, dang. Well, even with the invisible walls, I feel like they could still do something with the volcano idea... But dang, I don't know what that something could be.

[@bingo5387]

@@Flashjackmak The walls won't be invinsible, the height mapping won't map out the drop inside the volacano and will just put regular land there. There will probably be an indent in the top of the volcano as if there used to be a giant ball there or something, or at least there was when I flew to mount Fuji. I turned off damage and just started driving around the hole like it was a skate park lol.

[@Flashjackmak]

@@bingo5387 Hahaha, okay that's a bit better than invisible walls, I like that. There's probably something they could do with a concept like that.

[@MrMontanaNights]

You can fly and land in the caldera of Mt St. Helens in Washington, USA but it isn't like what you are thinking.

[@Saltynerd]

ape air really needs to up that training video from 10min to like 15

[@TokkiYamaguchi]

Life's alright. Plugging along at a healthy 62%

[@MasterRad89]

How about some air racing with small biplanes through the Grand Canyon?

[@olliepop369]

I'm not too bad Trotty, thanks for asking!

[@wayshidraws2415]

When the boiz realise straya is fucken big

[@tinglydingle]

Dingo ate my Smithy

[@whitedolomite3016]

Try Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA. It’s one of the largest pieces of granite in the world.

[@inuashademon]

im doin pretty okay, i hope you guys are doing well too.

[@Amberbrog]

Trotty-san is such a kind lad for asking us how we're all doing. I'm well thanks, Trott X

[@Zach-h2l]

do a race in planes but you have to go along the ground the entire time

[@orozcodroidx]

HatBoiks it's called ViewTracker, you can get it on steam.

[@Lord_Edox]

Fly into PDX though the Columbia Gorge as low as possible. Good Luck ApeAir!!

[@Eiko286]

May day!I love these.

[@roojames]

I'm fine, thanks x

[@thealterator]

Welcome to the outback.

[@Srfingfreak]

Ape Air! APE AIR! AAAAPE AAAAAAAAAIIIR!

[@thomasfloyd6714]

too bad you didn't fly over Alice, I could've looked for my house.

[@Zach-h2l]

there's a city in Australia called Alice?

[@thomasfloyd6714]

@@Zach-h2l Ain't nobody got time to say the full name of anything in Aussie land!

[@Meerkat040]

Same bro

[@freequest]

Hope they fly over the NASA LIONS.

[@lompstem]

Ross actually had a half decent approach for landing a the end there..

[@tigerpjm]

Nah, it was horrocious.

[@AshleyTheDinosaur]

Next time I get on a plane I'm gonna hear smith saying welcome to ape air. I have an hour in Microsoft flight sim so I'm fully qualified to pilot this Airbus A380

[@canadianinternet3797]

why not go over the amazon? might be a good little trip, check out the wildfires

[@MartinOlminkhof]

Antarctica next...?

[@hobanagerik]

In the dictionary under “culturally insensitive”, there a picture of you three. 😂

[@th94or]

An Aussie wouldn't have found this offensive so who are you

[@Esafc-lb2sg]

@@th94or An Australian from the indigenous population might have.

[@Bonzi1030]

@@th94or bro, they literally defiled a sacred site by trying to land on it in a game! /s. The fucknuggets in this comment section are acting like the boys are doing it on purpose and out of malice. geesh.

[@x999uuu1]

@@Bonzi1030 the issue isnt that they tried to land on it. Its that they called it Ayers Rock instead of Uluru

[@Bonzi1030]

@@x999uuu1 I see. the thing that annoyed me was the people saying 'yeah no actually it's called this, how can you be so offensive!!' seems to think this is general knowledge

[@anoncanon5047]

Despite his flagrant act of desecration, I stand with Chris Trott #IStandWithChrisTrott

[@APaulB1237]

Fly through the st Louis arch. Aka the gateway to the west.

[@RunescapNerdHar1]

Why does Ross have money on his wall?

[@PJ_TheAverageGamer]

Surely if its offensive to climb Ayres rock it must be really offensive to crash your aeroplane into it.

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

Who is Ayer, and why does he own a rock?

[@bluedolphin4295]

try to find el dorado

[@sunshineinabag9956]

Mayday

[@andrewzmorris]

3 English boys learn that Australia is really big and things are really far apart

[@chrism45]

Fly to my house

[@phluid61]

I like watching people enjoy themselves in games, and I like seeing you fly somewhere I've been that many people haven't been exposed to, but so many of your flying videos end up relying on the one gag of "dumb pilot on the tannoy" (and Ross going "ahhhhhhhhhh"). And because it's early in the video it's hard to get through, to make it to the inevitable crashing and Trott screaming. (I had to pause 90 seconds in to take a break, so I'm assuming that's how the video goes).

[@Cr109ify]

fly through tower bridge in london

[@markm1138]

You should fly to minecraft

[@GoodKingMort]

They can call the video what they want. They'll probably change it but come one, let's not start crying about it in the comments. From parks Australia.gov.au: Ayers Rock was the most widely used name until 1993, when the rock was officially renamed Ayers Rock / Uluru - the first feature in the Northern Territory to be given dual names. In 2002 these names were reversed at the request of the Regional Tourism Association in Alice Springs and the rock took on the official name of Uluru / Ayers Rock, which it still has today. That means you can use either Uluru or Ayers Rock to refer to the rock. However, in the national park we always use the original name: Uluru.

[@Nealrex101]

No one is crying in the comments. If you knew the boiks then you would understand that they'd appreciate knowing the appropriate title for it too.

[@nathangee7075]

I watched this earlier but doubled back to confirm my suspicions that someone would be whinging about it.

[@ajstevens1652]

@@Nealrex101 I have found at least a dozen comments of butthurts. I'm sure they'd appreciate knowing the proper name to, but you can respectfully inform them without suggesting they've committed a grave sin.

[@null_focus5512]

You might have more luck landing in the bush if you flew... you know, one of the supplied bush planes?

[@null_focus5512]

They're both Cubs if you have difficulty finding them.

[@tigerpjm]

Or just put the plane into landing trim....

[@null_focus5512]

@@tigerpjm I mean yeah but even so they would have bounced like crazy. Bush plane landing gear least irl has giant soft tires and suspension. Plus as difficult as tail draggers are to take off they are much more stable when landing. Less likely to tip over because you touched a smol rock

[@Neo642145]

Jesus Trott, 10fps, turn some settings down 😂

[@jyanin]

So what is the program Craig is using please?!

[@Zach-h2l]

maybe tweet at him or ask him when he streams?

[@jyanin]

@@Zach-h2l I have done now, and received a reply, thank you for the suggestion. He uses FaceTrackNoir.

[@Zach-h2l]

@@jyanin I'm glad to hear you got what you were looking for, always good

[@Kodiakplaysgames]

Ahhh shit, you really stuck your feet in your mouths with the video title lads.

[@mps8670]

Hats! My hometown in NSW has an airport: Moruya, NSW (MYA/YMRY). Could take a Jet from there to NZ ;)

[@dafyddbryan83]

well this one was a brave choice boys especially with that title

[@conorwhitehead1823]

Least they don't call it Ayers Rock in the actual vid

[@x999uuu1]

So its just..... a craiggle problem

[@conorwhitehead1823]

@@x999uuu1 As always

[@Nealrex101]

yeaaah maybe just change the title to Uluru, guys

[@TestarossaF110]

"This can't be played in the background" what?...

[@simplyorange8553]

I'm tempted to get this game but it seems like it would get boring pretty quickly.

[@tigerpjm]

Yeah. Next you'll be flying 737s into New York high rises, cause that would be super funny too, am I right? Huh, huh? Sheesh, comedy, eh?

[@AuSSiEJaZzA]

Yeah I wouldn't be telling the Aboriginals that you did that. They take that shit seriously.

[@jumby9835]

hello boiks! I'm doing great. how about you?

[@LCFTW93]

What about flying to Jersey to see Sips? See how long it takes to fly around the island

[@PowerPAOK]

Uluru in the title please.

[@Grill788]

Yeah, no. Uluru. Its called Uluru. Please fix.

[@tomhubbard8510]

19views BB!

[@whoviarch1706]

Turns out lil' old Australia ain't so little after all huh

[@Glomerularfiltrationrate]

This 🎉

[@morrmachbamedia]

Someone buy Ross a fricken stream deck

[@BrazenSolar]

First time I saw someone actually call it Ayers rock... Boomer lexicon

[@AshLilburne]

Guys - Uluru is its name, id change the title. It's previous invasion name can be pretty offensive, especially considering its 2020 and our government still havent ever recognised it as private land..

[@jacobgame2757]

Lets just call it "the big red stone thing in Australia". No dispute thing then.

[@GoodKingMort]

From parksaustralia.gov.au Ayers Rock was the most widely used name until 1993, when the rock was officially renamed Ayers Rock / Uluru - the first feature in the Northern Territory to be given dual names. In 2002 these names were reversed at the request of the Regional Tourism Association in Alice Springs and the rock took on the official name of Uluru / Ayers Rock, which it still has today. That means you can use either Uluru or Ayers Rock to refer to the rock. However, in the national park we always use the original name: Uluru.

[@auscaliber1]

"invasion name" hooo boy

[@jj112499]

Just stop. Imagine trying to say it in a respectful way and not passive-aggressively with dots at the end, ffs you people are children.

[@ajstevens1652]

We should change the name of Australia too, cause that's an "invasion name". And every state and capital city. That'll achieve a lot.

[@matttaylor3354]

I wish Microsoft had bothered to animate crashes properly or just have you slide to a stop whilst tipped over or whatever. I get that crashing isn't the point of the game but it just seems super lazy.

[@Blood-PawWerewolf]

Matt Taylor don’t blame Microsoft, blame Boeing, Cessna, etc. they don’t want to have their planes crash, it’ll make them look bad. It’s the same reason why the damage in racing games only have scratches.

[@MinesAGuinness]

9/11 put paid to that sort of thing.

[@dylancochrane6296]

Because it's a flight sim not a crashing sim

[@matttaylor3354]

Fair, I'm not saying I think it needs fully fleshed out destruction with wings coming off etc, that isn't what the game/sim is about. But even just having the planes slide along the floor tipped over in the case of Ross' botched landing would look better than the screen just going black. I guess it's personal preference, it would just feel less abrupt.

[@tobyw484]

@@matttaylor3354 if you disable crashes that's what happens.

[@RandomDanny]

this was not painstaking at all to watch, not at all...

[@SIC66SIC66]

I think its racist to do an Australian accent. I am outraged!

[@The1Scraf]

I follow you on Twitch, yet never get notifed your live? wtf?

[@x999uuu1]

Maybe its your phone noties

[@dawnofthedunk]

Dallas Page from WWE once flew planes but on his last flight he awoke late...forgetting to take the knives that were celotaped to each of his fingers from the hardcore match at Summerslam the night before he was unable to control the plane... Luckily he survived but the the family he was transporting burned to death on impact.. to this day noone with the surname Page can apply to be a pilot ..

[@imbleu1067]

Uluru*

[@moonjunk9054]

glad to see I'm not the only one asking about the insensitivity to calling it the Imperialist name in the video and disrespecting a sacred site...

[@jj112499]

Imagine virtue signaling to something that is clearly innocent, when they are foreigners for fuck sake. How are they supposed to know when in the game its what its called, maybe you should be angry at Microsoft. Im sure the aboriginal people are really glad to see you get offended by something that your not involved with and wouldn't welcome you in there culture in the first place.

[@moonjunk9054]

@@jj112499 never heard of the concept of solidarity have you

[@jj112499]

@@moonjunk9054 Its not solidarity by screaming at people on the internet who probably dont know about this stuff, you dont exactly learn about every country in deep history. How can you know something is disrespectful if you dont know it is, wake up sheeple. Insensitivity maybe stop supporting the maximalist capitalist that is the society we live in, but i guess you wouldn't have the device or house you have if you didn't know that you were supporting it?

[@moonjunk9054]

@@jj112499 lol you're funny

[@nathangee7075]

You’re aware that you are watching Hat Films, yes? Are you surprised that the channel known for being harmlessly offensive is, once again, being harmlessly offensive?

[@pinbacklmao6106]

no views :O

[@jacksonLPR5]

Yeah how about giving it the name that the indigenous people who have been guardians of their sacred site for thousands of years call it. Not the one decided by white british colonisers...

[@haitchb582]

Oh thank god the indigenous population has you to patrol the internet for them...What would they ever do without you?

[@jacobgame2757]

I kind of feel like a big rock defends itself quite well :D

[@GoodKingMort]

@@haitchb582 😂 People getting offended on behalf of other people. The internet in a nutshell.

[@jj112499]

British colonizers that are not related or have any affiliation to these British people, yes they are British but that's like saying every german is somehow a nazi cos there were germans who are nazis. Its cultured bogans who virtue signal that give this country a bad name, stay in your lane matey.

[@ajstevens1652]

This attempt at virtue signalling is pretty rich coming from a white guy of European descent

[@mouseinthehouse_]

So many people in the comments getting offended over something they have never cared about until 10 minutes ago on behalf of other people they don't know

[@Zach-h2l]

I have never in my life understood the argument that you're only supposed to give a shit about people you personally know

[@canihavesomepc]

I cringe everytime Smiff calls it Ayers Rock

[@nathangee7075]

I stopped by the comments to see if anyone was triggered by this vid, was not disappointed. Doesn’t beat the tiktok debacle though.

[@tigerpjm]

I have ideas. Well, one actually. Don't do any more videos.

[@adamwebster6067]

Jesus. Love u boys but wow that was boring!

[@CallumILJ]

I can sense incoming cancel culture

[@nathangee7075]

The hilarious thing is it always comes from within the fan base. We inherently do not want the boiks to succeed.

[@Esafc-lb2sg]

@@nathangee7075 Or we just think it's better to use the correct name.

[@ajstevens1652]

@@Esafc-lb2sg Or you could not take life so seriously. Especially a video game, played for comedic purpose...

[@Esafc-lb2sg]

@@ajstevens1652 Or you could take life seriously, as if you don't what's the fucking point. Stop getting so offended by fans communicating their wishes with the Hat lads. Some people need to remember that despite what you might believe everything has an impact, and even a small change such as the video title is ultimately meaningful.

[@capybarasoncomputers]

Fly to trump towers

[@JamieA242]

stop putting on different voices ur 30 year old men ;)

[@Bonzi1030]

shut up, james

[@x999uuu1]

Ya james shut up its funny