I Flew on a Humanitarian Aid Mission to Remote African Villages

[@omarmatin1052]

Beat aviation channel. So bored of the constant barrage of ohh look I flew on the best business class. Keep it up Noel. Awesome videos

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

To be fair his next video is probably one of those.

[@conradjacobs3018]

Agree

[@jamesarmstrong1101]

While content is great. Really starting to get worse with the ads 7 is slightly taking the piss. I mean I watch some to give him the revenue great content but really getting hard to watch with so many ads.

[@nakkadu]

He does that also....anything to do with planes is ok by me 😆

[@derrick_blak_]

you should inspire that pilot to make his own videos, something similar to Missionalry Bush Pilot. It would make some really nice content

[@checoetzee2746]

Hi Derrick, I work for the organisation that appears in this video. They do make many videos all across KZbin that the BushPilots are involved in creating. Just search for Mission Aviation Fellowship.

[@derrick_blak_]

@@checoetzee2746 awesome ! Will do

[@simondavey7787]

What an incredible video, thank you Noel. This has to be one of your best. I am very familiar with MAF, having worked with them in Ghana, Burkino Faso and Indonesia. They do amazing work and facilitate a number of very worthy and important charities in the developing world. Thank you for raising awareness of them.

[@KirkThompsonmru]

That was one of your best videos to date. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I used to live in Kenya and visited MAF a few times in the past. Thanks.

[@CaptainOK]

MAF is does great. Great opportunity Noel to go for a flight with them

[@georgefoord7240]

I volunteered in Kenya for six months great to see the lovely Kenyan landscape again

[@richardnei]

Amazing to hear Sam’s Northern Irish accent, in Kenya. Especially for me as I’m from Northern Ireland myself. Sounded like I was flying from my local airfield. Really Interesting Report - Definitely learned a lot from about MAF. ✈️

[@heybenjii5544]

He is from Northern Ireland?!?

[@marcmauldan8707]

Amazing country. Been to kenya a couple of times. The clouds always seem to look like fairy tales. Keep it up Noel, can't wait to see more.

[@debshipard1664]

Fantastic. Thank you Noel . Reminds me of the RFDS (flying doctors) here in Australia. Us in the rural areas would be lost without them.

[@Tata-bd9nx]

7:05..The whole town had come to watch our arrival..Proceeds to show 2 people minding their own business.

[@petearmstrong2778]

Really interesting. The unsung heroes providing humanitarian services for refugees in the middle of nowhere where this must be their lifeline.

[@airborne63]

I've flown with MAF in Tanzania....Great People...doing a great job.

[@janetturner7489]

Great Noel, thanks for sharing. You slotted in so well with MAF, a brilliant and honest organisation.

[@davideast5987]

So good o MAF in action and to actually see Locichocio where we sen a container of aid so many years ago. The huge refugee camps never cease to affect me. So easy to forget how many refugees there are.

[@ClarkyAv]

MAF are an amazing organization! Phenomenal pilots and work done. Thanks for this brilliant video!

[@ahooogerhuis]

I've flown with MAF a lot in east Africa. Awesome people. Both C206 and C208s all over. And yes, I've had my share of spotting to help out, including dodging one near midair over Wilson. Fun times. :)

[@jackyyuen1939]

Noel, you're doing a good job by letting us know about MAF. The video is great too which shows lovely Kenyan scenery from above.

[@that_bloke_kiri]

This is brilliant work, as a Kenyan, i have never even been that far North... thank you Noel

[@amc3]

Now that`s a pilot form Northern Ireland, great that he has not lost his accent, doing some fantastic work sir. You will often see cows on the tarmac at British airports too, most of them fresh back from Benidorm. Great flying skills, thanks for giving us such a ride Noel, love your videos mate.

[@KaiCheetah]

Yup I thought he was from our wee country

[@julianthomson541]

Dont use the word tarmac, if you're into aviation use apron or stand

[@amc3]

@@julianthomson541 Sir, I bow to your superior knowledge, is the apron not the ramp? Is a stand not a gate? These cows are dangerous creatures, they wander about willy nilly, often intoxicated and pose a real danger, especially to single males. They often leave clues on the tarmac, sorry, apron or stand (My Bad) These can include, broken fake nails of various colours, false eye lashes and empty bottles of cheap duty free Gin.

[@julianthomson541]

@@amc3 the ramp is where an aircraft is parked and the apron is in essence what flight attendants usually call the tarmac so where you would walk across after getting out if an aircraft. No problem for the mistake I just get triggered by the word sometimes

[@amc3]

@@julianthomson541 Flight Attendants is such on old word, they not called Cabin Crew these days?

[@ludwigmesser5339]

I noticed years ago that there are good Christian charities which help in African and in the States in the American Indian coummunity with development and food distribution. God bless them.

[@markjmoser]

I used to fly to school with MAF in PNG - great pilots

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

You are right. Most Kenyans have never been to the upper part of the country because that place is so remote. The majority of people live in southern part of the country because urban areas and cities developed along the old railway line from Mombasa to Kisumu and Kampala through Nairobi. To make it worse, the Northern part of the country is the driest and with poor infrastructure. But I think that all this is about to change because of the ongoing road constructions in this remote part of Kenya.

[@NWAV8R]

It's awesome that you got to fly with MAF I love that organization.

[@balajikanakasabapathy6998]

What an amazing video. Absolutely loved seeing the views from the cockpit.

[@noelphilips]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markus_olsson4077]

Great video, would be amazing if you could team up with Missonary Bush Pilot in Papa New Guinea one day!

[@noelphilips]

That would be cool!

[@simonbellamy67]

That guy in PNG is a legend, his channel is amazing especially for avgas geeks like us...

[@checoetzee2746]

You can watch videos on PNG Bush Pilot's if you search Mission Aviation Fellowship South Africa, they out up a video on PNG recently (September I think). They are the organisation appearing in this video.

[@12barmac]

Done a Flying Safari with Safarilink in Kenya, magnificent views when the weather is right........some bouncy landings also had to clear some wildlife before we could take off....even stayed at Governers Camp(now that is posh for a Nottinghamshire lad like me)..... great days.....

[@neilgandhi5565]

Amazing vlog actually quite jealous right now especially the last airport You visited with all the derelict aircraft. Proper flying in my eyes and thanks for bringing this to us roll on the next vlog

[@noelphilips]

Thanks a ton!

[@simonbellamy67]

@@noelphilips Noel you looked like you were absolutely buzzing 👏 at the end of the video. It looks incredible out there. So pretty and such a tragic area. Great job Noel 👏 ......

[@dave4shmups]

Great video! I love MAF!

[@checoetzee2746]

I LOVE MAF TOO!

[@rob2k27]

Noel.. Wow.. I've watched every single one of your posts.. This was great.. Amazing work mate.. And still funny to hear your accent as I'm from Tamworth.. East mids as you know.. Nice work mate.. Stay safe

[@flyoverfredusa]

awesome vid Noel, I hope you pinch yourself everyday at some of theses incredible experiences - keep them coming ! Happy Christmas to you and yours mate

[@margaretqua6996]

Brilliant video - brilliant organization. Gods love in action.

[@SB-ix1bv]

I had the opportunity to work alongside MAF flight operations in Port Au Prince Haiti for two weeks after the 2010 Earthquake. Its was a great experience. I also used their flights to ferry from boarding school to our house in Guatemala as a Missionary Kid. Thanks for sharing.

[@oscarmedek7744]

Awesome! Thinking about whether I want to serve with MAF in the future.

[@checoetzee2746]

Hi Oscar! I LOVE MAF! Pray about it... We would love to have you reach out!

[@Bad_Karma1968]

Great vlog Noel ! Really enjoying the series

[@lvthud]

Okay, I am seriously jealous of you for this one.

[@Woodymbr]

Was that Lake Naivasha at 21:30? I visited there last year and it was incredible. Riding around in a small boat with a two-stroke engine dodging hippos. What an experience.

[@mercelinageorge184]

As a Kenyan, I must say Marsabit is beautiful... I always assumed it was a desert over there.

[@charlesotieno8228]

Bana exactly,a hidden gem

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

It's nice to hear that some Africans also make this assumption, not just us Europeans.

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

@@ClintThrust-e8r It is because Northern Kenya is the remotest place in the country with marginalized communities. It so remote that local pastoralist herders own have guns there and often engage in cattle rustling that can turn deadly hence the insecurity that discourages most Kenyans from visiting those places.

[@christopherwilliams2]

Noel just giving life during this COVID, we don't want to see what they offer in business class....we want to see a plane land on a runway filled with potholes!!!

[@stormidema6817]

And motorbikes

[@petermccabe8214]

Great to see you flying with MAF Noel. They do a great work. BTW, did they start the flight with a prayer?

[@awaywithpaul3423]

Another awesome video.. stunning scenery that stretches for miles, beautiful shots flying through the clouds above lush greenery.. so fascinating to see the remote communities and that immense refugee camp. Really brought home how important aviation is in this immense and diverse world. Your content gets better and better Noel! Wishing you, Rach and the family a very happy and peaceful Christmas 👍

[@noelphilips]

Thank you so much 😀 Yes and to you as well

[@jonathancox6907]

What an amazing experience Noel. Yet again another informative and educational video!

[@ecbrandt1]

uuh - a dash7 @minute 22:07. Have many good memories onboard on a dash7, which for many years was the workhorse here in Greenland

[@heybenjii5544]

Woah cool are you from Greenland?

[@_TheRock]

Awesome video, love your unusual adventures Noel 👍

[@noelphilips]

Glad you like them!

[@of1618]

I am a huge fan of yours!! I LITERALLY JUST ADORE YOUR VIDEOS! Much love from Cairo ❤️❤️

[@Elias-xy9kc]

I’m from Saudi Arabia 😄😅🇸🇦❤️👍

[@555125kevin]

When you're in Africa doing humanitarians missions it puts things in perspective

[@wickybrian8128]

Trust you Enjoyed my beautiful country Kenya.

[@walkingwithsteve0583]

Hi from NZ. Great video Noel. So cool to see a place we usually don’t get to see.

[@lydiakusimba7266]

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[@markrandall1969]

Great video, a completely different take on aviation, and it reminded me of the series on TV called Bush Pilots.

[@noelphilips]

Cool, thanks!

[@markrandall1969]

@@noelphilips I just looked back in my logbook and I have about 20 hours in GGALB back in 2009

[@ludwigmesser5339]

Pastor and former potential as Presidential candidate is correct about the potential abuses in AI and IT.

[@LostToAdventure]

Amazing video...it's a shame that I'm learning about MAF just now when I've lived in Kenya for most of my life 😊

[@grahamboosey9753]

Great stuff Noel, hope you are enjoying your adventures. Pilot was really cool and engaging.

[@juniorcert2013]

Great video noel, loving the African series! Also really great to acknowledge the work the MAF do! Thanks for the great content! Looking for to the next one. Happy Christmas to your family.

[@siyu313]

The plane registration literally means 5 Jesus... Lol! Nice one MAF.

[@sammni]

Where's the pilot from? He's a Northern Irish accent mixed in with abit of Aussie lol

[@maryraikes4773]

Haha he's originally from Northern Ireland and went to high school in New Zealand

[@hazptmedia]

How does it sound Aussie lol he sounds nothing like us

[@scotty11782]

Thanks Noel

[@otienoamina]

Nice one, enjoyed the journey...

[@lookinup22]

What an incredible adventure. I used to arrange student travel groups to Kenya and would love to visit there someday. So enjoyed this video!

[@jt2g2]

Great video Noel really enjoyed it

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

I think it's worth visiting Africa !

[@cliffordreynolds1835]

So you flew on the flight deck of a regional airliner? Cool! I was on the flight deck for the landing of a 747-300 in Perth for Qantas in 1994. That was back when those things were still possible, before 9/11! My dad kept asking them for me, and the third time they said yes!

[@justinking1880]

Keep up the great content Noel thanks for the new African videos!!

[@noelphilips]

Glad you like them!

[@maela548]

I love your african adventures, looking forward to more! Good job showing the refugee camps. Some people seem to forget at times how privileged most of us still are.

[@chrisgolby4397]

Great video and good to hear about this work out in Africa

[@murrays99]

Great adventure thanks for sharing

[@jakartaharpman]

Great video. I will be on the top of Mt Kenya in four weeks' time....

[@Ankunda717]

Good luck! Why not mount Kilmanjaro though

[@josephmwangi5644]

@@Ankunda717 mt Kilimanjaro might be the highest buh it can't match the beauty of the great mt Zion ...mt kenya

[@jakartaharpman]

@@josephmwangi5644 I climbed it in 2012

[@josephmwangi5644]

@@jakartaharpman hope Yu enjoyed everything...tht mountain is just a combination of beauty

[@steve94044]

Beautiful landscape. It’s great to hear that in 2020 HF Shortwave radio is still being used as a backup. Is the regular flight Comm. VHF AM? It sounds very clear.

[@roberthamilton1301]

Fantastic. Merry Christmas 👍🎄🇦🇺

[@Adam-ob4xz]

i love your content noel! can’t wait until the long videos like around the world in 80 hours styled videos return. those are my favourite.

[@harryneedham8863]

Me too

[@ChrisJ8855]

I flew all over Uganda with MAF in 1999 doing Y2K work for the Danish Embassy. LIke you flying into really remote airstrips - almost all were gravel, and in the centre of towns. We carried a generator with us due to potential power cuts at the destination. Do the MAF pilots still perform a prayer before take-off? Was a bit worrying the first time I heard it. Great organisation though.

[@jaru75]

Thank you Noel another gem from you from your Kenya 🇰🇪 safari...this is really awesome!

[@Cindyalutz]

Really enjoying your videos!

[@FLT247]

Awesome flight Noel! Great background music :))

[@marcusbutzin8368]

BRAVO! BRAVO!

[@cdnsk12]

The Caravan Aircraft are used extensively in Alaska. I flew into Entebbe, Uganda from Juba, Sudan in 1972. That Refugee Camp was staggering. Enormous number of refugees. How can Africa ever take care of itself?

[@ElvisCarReviews]

Just came across your channel, can you please make a video on Your gears? The camera you use, your set up, how you mount them, how you’re able to film people without them freaking out etc. Great videos

[@jayalberts]

Amazing work and amazing flight!! Thanks!!!

[@steliosioannou925]

Great video and really awesome experience!!! / Regards from Cyprus :)

[@paula280690]

Great video! Really enjoyed it!

[@noelphilips]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@parkingpateweyo1169]

Utterly wholesome content

[@peterbenton9934]

Fantastic story Noel.

[@erincarter9457]

Perhaps you should see if you can do the same with MAF in PNG.

[@noelphilips]

Watch this space Erin...

[@erincarter9457]

That’s awesome. We have friends who used to work with them. A few in fact. Other friends used to be passengers as they were taken to boarding school and back.

[@checoetzee2746]

GREAT idea. MAF South Africa did do a video on PNG recently, it is on KZbin :)

[@monibstar]

01:39 that control tower looks just like the control tower here in Trivhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵 and an amazing video too

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Both are probably Chinese.

[@monibstar]

@@AndrewTubbiolo its nepali over here

[@LiterallyBenuel]

Terminal building at Marsabit would certainly give Luton a run for its money

[@ianslingsby3415]

Great content keep it up Noel best in class. You could be grounded for a while in the UK

[@markclayton626]

Thanks Noel and captain ✅

[@chrismv102]

Great, great report.

[@SB-ix1bv]

I flew in one their new Daher Kodiak 100. Great experience. Jet A fueled turbo prop.

[@joew4229]

Great video Noel 👍. I would love to see more videos like this one.

[@juliet7703]

💯

[@JM_b5yx]

Notice the very missionary aircraft registration number: 5Y-ESU.

[@SloopADoopy]

Very cool. Sad to see what those poor people have to go through. Makes me appreciate what i have more now.

[@GenkisTravels]

This is awesome. It reminds me of a show (I can't remember the name) that would do the same for remote communities in Indonesia.

[@theintrovertadventurer9640]

I believe you are referring to “Worst place to be a pilot”. I loved that show!

[@GenkisTravels]

@@theintrovertadventurer9640 That's it! Wished there was more shows like that

[@geraldgm1217]

Susi Air😂😂

[@P.G-66]

Looks like you had 1 heck of a trip to Kenya Noel... #TRY NEW THINGS!!!

[@dianeboileau2026]

Pilot: I'll be honest, sometimes I can't even find the airstrip! Lol. What a wonderful adventure and you got to be up front with the pilot! So many parts of the world that we really don't know anything about....now I know just a little bit more! Thank you Noel!

[@noelphilips]

Thank you Glad you enjoyed it

[@gillianboden6735]

I would know an Norn Irish accent anywhere! Cool video, beautiful country

[@cndam]

Please change your tittle to reflect the countries. Africa is a huge continent with many countries.

[@conorsampson]

What a brilliant video!

[@bodilsoldeberg5412]

"Sometimes I can't even find the airstrip" Me: well, I have had nice life

[@geraldgm1217]

Awesome video!!!!

[@sueclapham108]

Best video yet my friend

[@hielkeleistra3357]

Great video show us more of Africa