@zerpashmal It's not genuinly civil, since you don't really mean it. It's just habitual and lacks the genuine touch, if you say e.g. thank you to an empty seat, which wasn't made vacant etc.
@Ironraven244 жыл бұрын
@@deepbluemania9679 oh shut up lol
@4vndd3 жыл бұрын
Nice trip report.. lovely aircraft...( Have flown in one myself... a couple of years ago..had a great flight...)...your flight brought back memories..!! Thanks for sharing.. !!
@Mr500music4 жыл бұрын
I am totally blind and I love how you discribe your videos. Thank you.
@glenhorsley50764 жыл бұрын
I am a self-confessed F50 fanatic. I flew on Air Antwerp's their inaugural flight LCY-ANR and was pleased to see that the lovely Barbara (crew at the rear cabin on this TR) was working for them once more. I too hope that this route is successful but we shall see.
@markstedman45924 жыл бұрын
Love these smaller, less known routes and aircraft Noel. Another great video from you.
@IFlyPlanes4 жыл бұрын
Secondd, Love the video Noel! So nice someone finally tried Air Antwerp.
@noelphilips4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@flexiexpress67134 жыл бұрын
Noel Philips: inflight Video please try LOT polish airlines one day
@Harryseal200554 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why but I just love watching your videos lol
@noelphilips4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@SZKYT4 жыл бұрын
Cause they’re good
@zeproo3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Noel,. You're so very welcome in my country. Belgians tend to be very nostalgic so that's why we maintain these old Dutch Fokker 50.To bad Air Antwerp doesn't provide other destinations. I'm wondering how Liege airport is, never been there. Cheers.
@dave4shmups4 жыл бұрын
Great video! It’s great to see the Fokker 50 still flying! I don’t know why there were no orders by airlines here in America for the Fokker 50. The F27 was really popular here.
@Falcon-Aviation4 жыл бұрын
3:30 I met the exaclty same co-pilot on my VLM flight from Rostock to Antwerp in summer last year! I visited the cockpit and he told me some facts about the instruments of the aircraft. Great to see him back in the cockpit after VLM has gone, haha :D
@shonen844 жыл бұрын
Welcome to my hometown, Noel! Feels so weird to see you flying all across the world and suddenly recognizing my house when that Fokker 50 approached the runway. Hope Air Antwerp can stay afloat!
@LionsEagles634 жыл бұрын
So nice to see it still flies in Europe in 2019.
@Aviatial4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Noel, I really enjoyed your video (as I always do 😄) thank you for the video, really enjoyed :D
@kimmenten99414 жыл бұрын
Great video Noel, I am from Belgium pleasure to see this! :-)
@craigwillis33724 жыл бұрын
When I first started flying here in Australia we had the Fokker Friendships ( Fokker F 27) as they were called...mainly on regional routes through out the country. This name led led to a number of risque jokes which I won't repeat here !! This aircraft has had more owners than my first car back in 1972 !! Thanks Noel for yet another terrific report and a good flight it appears. Looking forward to your next adventure as always !!
@noelphilips4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Craig! A Dutch group are trying to get an F27 airworthy again for flights - would love to see them flying again!
@juliusfucik40112 жыл бұрын
"Let's get this Fokker up in the air!"
@GrinddalCPH4 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother used to live in a 7 story building on the top floor in North Woolwich, I would spend hours looking out at the airport at all the departing and arriving aircraft in the 90s - Such great memories of all the Bae 146s, fokkers and the likes. Was amazing when I got to fly into City airport myself :)
@awaywithpaul34234 жыл бұрын
Never flown a Fokker before, love the view of the wheels retreating into their hold after take off. Nice seeing a different plane 👍
@DaleSteel2 жыл бұрын
These are very powerfull on takeoff. Really feel it.
@carlashby61744 жыл бұрын
Noel I did this flight as a day return like your self to experience the Fokker 50.A good day out.Thank you for all your videos they are great.
@liamkettley45494 жыл бұрын
You missed a trick of calling the title “Meet the Fokker”!
@bishwatntl4 жыл бұрын
I flew Fokker 50s a couple of times in the late 1990s with Air Nostrum. Back then it reminded me of the original Fokker F27s I used with NLM Cityhopper in the 1980s. Seeing the wheels coming down in this video brought back memories of flying low over the Netherlands and getting great views. Not much room for cabin bags but better than Jetstream J41s or Saab 340s (possibly the noisiest of the lot inside).
@SkyHighGuys4 жыл бұрын
I wish this aircraft was still around! Amazing review man simply breath taking 😍
@InfaredAviator14923 жыл бұрын
Just flew on one today from Mogadishu to Galkayo
@dionontravel60444 жыл бұрын
Nice one, Noel! Flew Air Antwerp almost a year ago! Was a great experience! Trying to make vlogs aswell, with you as motivator, thanks for that man!
@Bad_Karma19684 жыл бұрын
Those seats lol small Noel Like the “ This is a no smoking flight”
@dr.oliebol4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that all Fokker airplanes where ahead of their time. Many other airplane makers licensed certain elements to use in their own airplanes. That's why why still feel quite modern after more than 30 years.
@flyoverfredusa4 жыл бұрын
really great video again Noel - I really enjoyed the history of the aircraft at the beginning but i would advise giving the photographers credit otherwise they could easily get the video taken down (unless they are your images then screw me!!). Top work !
@tonymacgrath77624 жыл бұрын
I used to fly as cabin crew on VLM fokker 50...
@fw42864 жыл бұрын
Discovered your channel and it's the best trip report channel on youtube!!!
@rasmuslindholm57194 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice how close you are to 100k, I've been here for a long time and I'll definitely stick arround for your 100k special.
@pascalcoole27253 жыл бұрын
Noel, thank you verry much for this video. I'm not familiar to Air-Antwerp but i surely was verry familiar to VLM-flight crews. There is something magical about the Fokker-50, all the flightcrews (both pilots and cabin crew but also maintenance engineers and instructors) realy liked this aircraft called the Rolls-Royce of the turbo-props. The only tangible reminder i have on this aircraft is a once replaced flight-controll-yoke hanging on the wall of my livingroom.
@Calcouk4 жыл бұрын
love the pyramid in City of Antwerp shot
@patricecleeren45014 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lovely Air Antwerp Review!
@steveleslie21704 жыл бұрын
Man, if I lived in the UK I would travel to Europe for vacation a couple times a year with such low airfares. I can't even get a bus ticket that cheap.
@catherinemassey28344 жыл бұрын
Cheap uk to eire used to be 1p or 1c plus taxes i booked some and then forgot to go
@nikhilsaraswat82924 жыл бұрын
You do need to be close to the big low cost hubs for this to be doable. We live 30 minutes away from Stansted airport (aka Ryanair central); and at our peak we did 7 trips to Europe in 4 months mostly of weekend getaways without taking any time off work. Ah the days before we had our kids...
@f-18superhornet134 жыл бұрын
Nearly at 100k subs ive been subbed since 9k and i have watched all of your videos. I respect what you bring for us (brilliant videos)
@nickclarke65604 жыл бұрын
Brings back my childhood memories during the early to mid 90s when KLM flew from Birmingham to Amsterdam on the Cityhopper Fokker 50. Shame KLM no longer have any turboprop aircrafts in their fleet.
@Cladcreeper4 жыл бұрын
Lovely! I know the Fokker aircraft very well. They're my favourite type!
@lucascalma6054 жыл бұрын
It's feels good to see you ride the Fokker 50! I hope I can see you ride the Q300, Q400, ATR 42 or 72 (early development with 4 blades), Saab 340 and Saab 2000
@AbsolutelyEverybody14 жыл бұрын
I just subscribed. Great video and it's good to see the F50 aircraft in a video. I'm from Australia and the F50 was a regular in Western Australia. However they were sold in 2016. But in South Australia the F50 is used for Alliance Airlines which is a charter airline. Overall the F50 is a strong aircraft....Fokker really did make it a strong, tough and dependable. It was built like a brick. You'll get roughly 260 to 275 knots true air speed (TAS) and the aircraft can fly at a maximum altitude of 25,000 feet. The range is impressive too. The F50 is a fuel truck. Cheers.
@onlineamiga Жыл бұрын
Air Panama are still flying Fokker 50's to Bocas Del Toros from Panam City.. Flew this myself. Was great!
@fokkerf2810004 жыл бұрын
Great video, I especially appreciated the history of the aircraft, nice touch.
@joerngoetze12844 жыл бұрын
Love your work Noel. Would love to see you do a trip report on the the Cubana IL96
@Kirstin-jd3wf4 жыл бұрын
If you ever come to Germany please try 'Rhein Neckar Air' from Mannheim to Hamburg. But only this direction. Aircraft is a DORNIER328 and you will get the best service in board you can imagine. Greetings from Hamburg
@nathanwilcock89994 жыл бұрын
brilliant video yet again! i love watching these short haul flight videos, you should try doing more in scotland with logan air! as iam scottish and live in the shetland islands
@krauma3 ай бұрын
Actually Amapola in Sweden still uses them in 2024. Would be very happy to take it for a flight some day!
@szesyn4 жыл бұрын
My favourite aircraft of all times - F27 and F50s. Wish they still make them.
@laurencecrowehaylett53474 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying your content. Good stuff. My absolute fav flight growing up was always the short but amazing Exeter to St Marys on the isles of Scilly flight. If you haven’t done it. Do it!
@TheRuben_music7 ай бұрын
That aircraft was my "bus" for a few years when Norwegian Airlines started out with only The Fokker 50
@MrAllwrighty674 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Noel, I really hope Air Antwerp succeed where VLM failed. Antwerp is a fantastic city and the tiny airport is easy to get through and a good alternative to Brussels.
@joeyv51184 жыл бұрын
Antwerp sucks
@GabrielViana-mg3vh4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to have a flight with them! The Fokker 50 is my favourite aircraft! Sadly I still never flew it.
@MomentsInTheSky4 жыл бұрын
Be good to see them back at Manchester - well, would be good for me anyway! Lovely video as always Noel
@noelphilips4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! They need more planes though first!
@Seitenbacher...4 жыл бұрын
Made the ANR-LCY flight today. It was awesome to fly on this aircraft.
@chris_flies_business4 жыл бұрын
Come here to australia and you can fly the biggest Fokker fleet in the world with over 40 F50s F70s and F100s. Just flew the F70 last week and it was a cool little jet.
@tonguepiercing3 жыл бұрын
As predicted by Noel, the airline had a short history. In june 2021 all operations were stopped.
@oscarkastor77184 жыл бұрын
Sweden’s little regional airline BRA also flies the f50 :D
@j.k.11984 жыл бұрын
Har flugit BRA:s F50 haha.. väldigt trångt 😅
@dosvidanyagaming41234 жыл бұрын
@@j.k.1198 Trångt, men en bucket-list grej för varje självrespekterande avgeek i Sverige
@oscarkastor77184 жыл бұрын
J. K. Kul, själv har jag bara flugit ATR-72 med BRA, kanske borde testa...
@j.k.11984 жыл бұрын
DoSvidanyaGaming ja definitivt. Inte direkt den rymligaste maskinen haha
@j.k.11984 жыл бұрын
Oscar du missar inte mycket... enda anledningen att flyga F50 är för man e en avgeek. Har flugit BRAs Avro & F50, men inte ATR ironiskt nog!
@michaelmitchell5380 Жыл бұрын
Nice POV presentation!
@galihxtreme2 жыл бұрын
Move 3 rows forward and you'd get that amazing view of main landing gears' "initial friction"(touchdown) during landing
@jamesking19524 жыл бұрын
Great video Noel!
@syedahmed80154 жыл бұрын
Fokker is amazing 👍🤩
@bpinkhof27 күн бұрын
Well, mister Philips, I think the first fokkers flow already in the sixties or maybe even end fifties. If the old ones still are flying they must be good or not? The first time I ever took the plane as a child was with a fokker from Antwerp to Amsterdam in the sixties. End sixties. Lovely to see your video. Good video.
@glodieda Жыл бұрын
nice butter landing 👍
@bradleyrhodes25834 жыл бұрын
Great video keep up the good work
@rocprcr Жыл бұрын
My only experience flying on a Fokker 50 was on a government plane. Yes, it was very noisy as Noel pointed out. Also, the tray table was so tiny, that it actually looked “cute”. I was offered quite a meal service by the Taiwanese Air Force Presidential Airlift Squadron.
@steel.croissant Жыл бұрын
You should fly with Alsie Express! They operate two ATR 72-500 with a business class like interior and drinks & snacks on a 35 minute flight.
@flyingdentist4 жыл бұрын
Stunning flight review in a rare plane.
@lemonjucie98624 жыл бұрын
You're one of my favorite aviation KZbinr and I would really like you to try Icelandair business class or economy my favourite airline would be fun to see your experience
@pieter-jantm35534 жыл бұрын
Im from Antwerp it's Nice tp see that you are here 🙃
@janssensbaskoro4 жыл бұрын
Aighty, Antweeeeeeeeerp represented 👌👌👌👌
@mickhedger96253 жыл бұрын
A favourite saying in remote Australia trying to get home For a joke the pilot would know how desperate you were for a seat and tell you straight-faced “Sorry Okker, the Fokker’s cholla”
@mickhedger96253 жыл бұрын
Chokker
@gwnlars_83063 жыл бұрын
Fokker🧡 Dutch Quality is always the best💙 (Den Oudsten Bus, Fokker Aircrafts, Werkspoor, Allan etc.)
@fervanei94384 жыл бұрын
Hey Noel, great video. I was wondering if you could do another Jet2 review? I really wanna see you fly from Stansted to Larnaca since I do that trip every year so I thought it would be nice if i could see your opinion on it? Thanks
@vinceiswatchingyou4 жыл бұрын
Can't beat LCY on a Thursday or Friday night... great vibe
@ggoran67814 жыл бұрын
I love it, Very good!
@ludwigmesser53392 жыл бұрын
Air Antwerps flight from London City to Antwerp is interesting. There's a series on TV on Channel 58
@airspeed_alive4 жыл бұрын
I've been on that exact aircraft when it was with VLM :D
@syedahmed80154 жыл бұрын
Very nice plane 👍👌👏
@TravelSignal4 жыл бұрын
9:24 note the Luchthaven sign on the side of the building. The top half, where it said Aéroport, has been covered up ;)
@TravelSignal4 жыл бұрын
Also, when I did the route in reverse on Cityjet, the same parking stand at Antwerp, we had the shortest bus ride ever - barely the length of the plane!
@karolingus93294 жыл бұрын
I think Air Antwerp is managing it better than VLM, thanks to shareholders KLM and Cityjet. ANR - LCY was a profitable route for VLM, but VLM made the mistake of wanting to expand too quickly. They opened a lot of routes: Zurich, Maribor via Munich, Rostock via Cologne, Manchester, Aberdeen via Birmingham.. The growth wasn't sustainable. KLM and Cityjet want to keep the sole route ANR-LCY for now till they are profitable and only then will they think of new destinations.
@noelphilips4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the KLM link could be the key.
@diederikvanrappard75064 жыл бұрын
It's early days but it feels like a dejavu.A full bar service with very low ticket prices, the exact same mistakes VLM made.This won't last long(again)
@leestravels70794 жыл бұрын
canny little Fokker that :-) would love to try the Fokker 50 one day, must get planning
@tomjordan3784 жыл бұрын
Come to Australia we have plenty of F50s, F70s and F100s at Alliance Airlines and you can fly on them for reasonable prices 👍
@leestravels70794 жыл бұрын
Tom Jordan I’ve done the F70/100 when KLM operates them here in Europe but that F50 has evaded me. Doing it in Oz would tick two things off the travel list too 😁
@t3chn0m03 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, I always wanted to fly on a Fokker50. I just saw that indeed Air Antwerp went down ini July 2021. That is really sad....
@AggrarFarmer2 жыл бұрын
Perfect bushplane.
@bricoman49333 жыл бұрын
No, the crew are not all ex-VLM, the purser you had on this flight actually come from Brussels Airlines
@SmartAsMarbles4 жыл бұрын
There’s an airline that flys between ADL and OLY called alliance which has a fleet of mostly Fokker 50s
@thomaswyly3424 жыл бұрын
Do you mean OLP? I think it's cool that Alliance are still keeping the F50's around, they have an all Fokker fleet too (F70 and F100's)
@DaleSteel2 жыл бұрын
These are so powerful on take off
@dylanscott98414 жыл бұрын
Great vid also so close to 100k
@adalbertotorrero58934 жыл бұрын
I flown on a F50 recently. Air Panama has 3 operating in their fleet and i guess is the only one in the Americas operating this aircraft. I flown to Paradise.... from PAC-BOC.... will upload a video soon. Stay tuned.
@tvs55902 жыл бұрын
fun fact i live in one of those houses you saw when he landed in antwerp!
@pascalchauvet76253 жыл бұрын
Why was the Fokker 50 phased out of airline service much earlier than the De Havilland Canada/Bombardier DHC-8 or even the ATR 42/72 series???
@c3vids_shorts4 жыл бұрын
Supposed to be a straightforward aircraft to fly 👍💯
@airfreak754 жыл бұрын
Looks like a fun flight. Odd to have 2 F/As on a 50 seat aircraft.
@noelevnell36024 жыл бұрын
Flyg BRA operates a fokker 50 between Stokholm Bromma (BMA) and Kristianstad Österlen Airpot (KID) 3 times a day. Maybe you could make a review. They also operate the avro RJ100 and the RJ85 on between the bigger cities in Sweden.
@AbsolutelyEverybody1 Жыл бұрын
How tall are you? F50s legroom is normally pretty good (depending on seat configuration). Skywest used to use F50s with 34 inches legroom.
@MS465324 жыл бұрын
LCY is my favourite airport!
@tomstravels5204 жыл бұрын
I just accidentally discovered your “myflightradar24” profile from Flightradar24 app. 461,070 miles over 398 flights..... I’m only 85,000 miles over 53 flights. A lot of catching up to do but really interesting to see which airlines and aircraft you’ve flown with/on
@tomstravels5204 жыл бұрын
Blue collar Silver dollar I’m not sure but I think you do to see other people’s profile. Just search my Flightradar24 in google and see what it says
@peterlatty41874 жыл бұрын
We are flying a few in Adelaide Australia with Alliance Airlines, ex KLM I think.
@smaviation91714 жыл бұрын
Nice video 😀 The windows on the Fokker 50 seem very small compared to other modern aircraft
@lkrnpk4 жыл бұрын
London City used to be home for loads of airlines using Fokker 50. Now it's home just for ''Fokkers''.
@diederikvanrappard75064 жыл бұрын
The excellent service is still the same as it was many moons ago on the Rotterdam-Hamburg route! Unfortunately the same goes for the low pax on this flight, I took many vlm flights to Hamburg and I can't remember a single flight that had more than 15 passengers on board
@RASHEEDKHAN-hj4ze4 жыл бұрын
Good aircraft
@willba954 жыл бұрын
You need to come to Australia once COVID Is over Alliance Airlines fly the Fokker 100, 70 and 50 Plus heaps of other cool routes in Australia with cool planes with other airlines
@lukewarriner66884 жыл бұрын
Do you recommend using the service where you shop in duty free in departures and then collect your purchases when you return. Thanks,