I FLEW ON A YAK-42! Flying on a Russian Airliner to Siberia with Izhavia!

I finally flew on a Russian Yak-42 airliner to Izhevsk, Russia! Here's my trip report featuring the wonderful Izhavia Yak-42 from Moscow to the remote town of Izhevsk and back!
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Airline: Izhavia
Flight: I8302
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak 42 RA-42455
From: Moscow - (DME)
To: Izhevsk (IJK)
Departure: 09:02
Arrival: 11:33
Flight Time: 1:31
Seat: 19A
Airline: Izhavia
Flight: I8307
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak 42 RA-42455
From: Izhevsk (IJK)
To: Moscow - (DME)
Departure: 19:26
Arrival: 20:39
Flight Time: 2:13
Seat: 19F

[@Styyxie]

There was a choice between beef and chicken, i opted for the beef and got fish. RUSSIA 100

[@singrdave]

Yes yes I had the lasagna

[@Volkaer]

In Soviet Russia, fish go "moo"

[@shawnmiller4781]

David Robinson beat me to it, and don’t call me Shirley

[@Radictor44]

lol

[@vitameat]

Also had nice glass of kvass, or was that the de-icer?

[@roberthollander4522]

I flew on that same exact plane. Twice! When we went to adopt our daughter from Izhevsk in 2009!!! Awesome video!!!!!

[@adamalshalan4175]

If you listen closely at takeoff, you can actually hear the engines go full slav power

[@Crosbie85]

Adam Alshalan lmao

[@davidca96]

The unssunnssunnsss of the hard bass (bahss as they say) is easy to spot.

[@harrynelson9203]

Slav squat on landing

[@SuperQwa23]

Izhevsk is far from being Siberia :) Great video! Love to see several domestically produced planes still flying

[@alvexok5523]

Yes, and it was -15 celcius, which isn't even close to the cold temperatures of Siberia in the winter. Places really in Siberia, such as Oymyakon and Yakutsk, are around -40 at that time of year

[@andreyhohlov6423]

Izhevsk is actually tropics comparing to Siberia.

[@SantaRozeDelvadoress]

omg!!! the strange looking sausage and pasta is a typical food of my childhood, especially in school, but it was actually tasty and not so sketchy looking like this, id love to fly this airline, takes me right back to ussr vibe

[@maxart3392]

I remember taking it several times between HAV and SCU (or vice versa), when Cubana was still using them. While it was flying quite smoothly, I don't remember any tighter seat pitch ever. It was like squeezing 120 seats into a CR7. But for a short flight it wasn't that bad (as to the catering, Cubana was offering only a candy and a "refresco" - Fanta-like orange soda).

[@bubleenka]

I really enjoyed this video. I'd love to fly on Yak too

[@ScrotusXL]

I'd rather ride on an actual hairy live Yak! And not have to eat that 'sausage'

[@danieleregoli812]

What a lovely, quirky, elegant aircraft the yak-42 is. And those Lotarevs sound absolutely amazing. I'm really impressed. This really ahs to be THE best ever Yak-42 video on You Tube. Thank you for bringing the sounds and emotions to us!

[@noelphilips]

Thanks for watching! It’s a fantastic aircraft!

[@heatherstub]

I'm curious. Did you get to watch the entire flight on Patreon or inflight.tv? Or I should say both flights. I wish I could listen to them, but I can't afford it, and I don't know if Noel will be uploading any of those entire flights up here on YT. The quality is so much better though; I'm sure of that.

[@aburasosman8790]

​@@noelphilips Welcome you again To Russia And see more small aircraft

[@greatflyer_aviation]

Yet another exotic experience. Absolutely loved the views out the window, the sound, the unique experience in general!

[@noelphilips]

Thank you 😊

[@avationgeek.1217]

I love the rounded windows too. Looks very posh.

[@laurynmauvais5469]

​@@noelphilipsI love the way you live your life! You seem fearless. Some people are afraid to fly and miss out and can't see the world like you and travel.

[@mxyzptlyk]

Another great report, Noel. You are setting the standard for your reports rare aircraft, rear airlines off the beaten path. So you didn't have a hat in Moscow. Did you go shopping in Izhevsk? We flew on a Tu-154 and a Tu-134 during out honeymoon in Russia in 1984. Wonky seats, inedible food, instant coffee. Absolute luxury! 😊 The night train sleeper from St Petersburg to Moscow was a ride everyone should experience once in their life. 🤢

[@nzmy6079]

I want more Russian aircraft on your channel bro please.. especially old ones.

[@TransistorBased]

That sounds like a great way to kill off the channel tho

[@ogalief]

@@TransistorBased I think a video of a sketchy old plane is more entertaining than some lavish first class cubicle

[@thetwitchfurry5548]

@@ogalief Agreed, I don't really care too much about the super expensive 1st class, it's the economy and old planes that are my favourite

[@lrxaviation4843]

@@thetwitchfurry5548 agreed

[@markbennett2170]

A regional jet with real character and that engine noise is just wonderful!! Great video as always Noel.

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Mark!

[@laurynmauvais5469]

Yes, I love the engine noise also.

[@RolandBizjets]

Thank you! Nice report :) They give you mint for a reason. I am too young, have not experienced Soviet Union. But, from my parents say, they give you mint because eating/licking/sucking the mint help you to unblock your ears apparently. Soviet airplanes were known for blocking ears heavily. It's just like with older Boeings.

[@noelphilips]

Interesting!

[@bwc1976]

Thank you for letting us see and hear the takeoff in its entirety! Brings back some nice memories of flying on Northwest's DC-9 and 727 in the 90's, I'd love to be able to ride either of those again. As for no hat? Dude, Russia makes some of the best hats, I'd love to have one if I was going to spend enough time somewhere that cold. And as for the food, I'm just thankful when they still serve food at all.

[@darkstarnh]

I've made that flight too! We were a film crew working in Izhevsk, the capitol of the Republic of Udmurtia, and the firearms capitol of eastern Europe. It was a surreal experience. Our minder for the shoot (no pun intended) was the grandson of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

[@s125ish]

Neil Harris why is it firearms capital?

[@Mr820121]

@@s125ish Because the AK iz made there.

[@TRSPomerania]

Great job, mate! Those are very well filmed memories from the unusual and quickly-becoming-rare airliner! Thanks for the upload! :)

[@homerohomero5563]

14:21 Love the catchy music, what's it called? Love the video, thank you for sharing these experiences, keep it up!!

[@sushimmukul6656]

If you had bumped into Mr Bald, you wouldn't be thinking about ways to spend the two hours.

[@beakytzw]

Those Soviet Mosaics!

[@steve-marsh]

Love the ice on the inside of the windows! What a great experience, awesome vid Noel :)

[@conormcgeehan7104]

Fantastic video as always!

[@djorgen]

Dude you gotta buy some proper winter clothes when you go to Russia in the winter! ;-) Thanks for the vid, loved it! And what a beautiful plane!

[@noelphilips]

Haha yep I’ll remember next time :)

[@danieleregoli812]

Wow. What an amazing trip report. Really excellent! Well done!!!

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Daniele!

[@JM-hl2gy]

Engines sound Good unlike others that sound like my riding mower. Nice video 👍

[@ryangstohl856]

They love the cold weather

[@ParallaxRS]

From a simple google... Izhevsk is literally like a third of the way between Moscow and what most would call Siberia... Nice video though - really like your style.

[@nebulousGemini]

Well, Izhevsk is actually 4/5 of the way to the western border of Siberia - the Ural mountains.

[@joannharrington2279]

Looking at your smile as you looked out the window shows your love of flying. Maybe some day you will come back as a bird. Free to soar forever.

[@alonb4902]

I love your videos.. the magic is your true love for aviation and exotic planes. A true avgeek vlog. Looking forward to more videos

[@noelphilips]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate your comment, means a lot and helps inspire me to do more! Thank you 😊

[@LTDFierce]

How did i watch trip reports for a billion years without being aware of this channel? This ist top of the class, keep it up!

[@noelphilips]

Thanks so much! Welcome on board :)

[@LunarJim69]

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

[@bobthompson4918]

Great video mate! 😃👍 Well put together and informative. Thanks

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Brian!

[@Landie110]

Absolutely awesome - thanks so much for posting and taking the trouble to film this! So funny you mentioned the seats- those Russian folks seem to appreciate uncomfortable seats! As a love of Russian cars and an owner of a 2015 lada niva the seats win too marks for comfort- NOT!

[@derkov]

Russians say that comfort was invented by weaklings :)

[@tsr207]

Another excellent high quality production - well done !

[@noelphilips]

Thanks John!

[@christosstavrou7526]

Love to see how aviation is happening also on places I usually don’t think about. Very interesting!!!

[@toasterchad5836]

Great video!👍

[@johnlander4635]

I flew on the Il-18 to Romania with Tarom in 1984 to Mamia. I was amazed that such a thing could exist. Even in 1984. Talk about asking the rear gunner for the meal. But today I would happily pay for such an opportunity today. Spent the flight looking at the props hoping they still keep spinning and the flight deck was a visible through a curtain. Love another go today.

[@voxley19]

Its always a pleasure when there's a new Inflight Video vlog, and this one was outstanding! I'm glad you got to fly on a YAK aircraft at last. The sausage on the first flight looked raw to me. Loved the Moscow airport hotel room.

[@noelphilips]

Thank you! Yep it tasted gross! Thanks for watching :)

[@erentuner6645]

I love so much your russian airlines movies bro 👍

[@noelphilips]

Thank you :)

[@Steamtramman719]

My daughter is amused at your Siberian adventures. My wife was stationed in Berlin as a cipher officer for some years and pre the Wall used to meet Russian officers for a chat and coffee. For these reasons she was fluent in Russian but when she met her chum in Siberia said chum had to translate as the locals spoke another language. The rest of us gave up anyway, so your problems were understood.

[@ryanairy6480]

Nice tripreport!

[@carlcram1717]

Great channel, love it with lots of info which is a must to know if you travel a lot, keep up the good work my friend

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Carl! Appreciate it :)

[@dipkunda2633]

Your background music 🎵 choice is excellent ❤️

[@zahrans]

I feel like I am in a Dolph Lundgren action movie....

[@XraySpectacles]

The town looks amazing

[@peterthomas-whitehead6808]

Brilliant great video loved it

[@petemichel8011]

What a view, what a sound..it must be amazing! Ilove these older planes, flying this in sim;-)

[@noelphilips]

It’s a great experience!

[@christopherking8888]

BRAVE MAN GETTING ON THAT.

[@tomek1811]

Brave man! :) great video

[@noelphilips]

Haha thanks Tomasz :)

[@edwardsbarbara25]

How magical

[@tonybanjo]

I really enjoyed this video, thanks

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Tony!

[@floridadave224]

Fascinating from beginning to end, I want to go there!

[@noelphilips]

Thanks dude - it’s an awesome experience :)

[@FDAviation]

8:38 Awesome sound!!!

[@Robostomp]

At first I was wondering why the retrowave music played on the background... but then I realized why when Noel said "back in time" about the cabin. That rear door looks scary in the flight. I remember flying Yak-42D in my childhood from LED to MMK and we boarded from the rear door. Quite unusual. But don't remember shutting down the 1st and the 3rd engines during the landing roll! :D Great video, by the way, nice content, thanks!

[@Catherine_Kate]

Well done Noel!!! Inspiring 🔥👍 PS. “Traditional cuisine” 🤣🤣 🍗

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Cath :)

[@deathrooster14]

What a nice little plane!

[@kamransyed8205]

Very Nice Video, Also nice background music at end 👍

[@swapsplat]

You want to see amazing ice sculptures. Come to Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota in the winter and check out the ice castles. They'll blow your mind.

[@williambrown4090]

Great sound

[@porusky]

The sweet serenade of the engine on Yak 42

[@brethammett9549]

Good for very cold Snow and ice beautiful cool.

[@johnparrott4689]

Thanks for sharing your flight. Watched a -42 land at Gothenburg once, probably the closest I’ll get to flying in one. Always liked Yak trijets 😊

[@Drdee1]

Hey Noel thanks for reminding me of my times in Russia in 2006-2008 flying on Yak's from Moscow to Saratov and staying in that hotel before getting a BA flight home. I should have asked for danger money!

[@olentangy74]

An ice playground, that is amazing.

[@victorkoval3783]

Built in 1995 at the Saratov aircraft factory. The first owner is China General Aviation. Landing distance of 1670 m - engines not equipped with reverse. Thanks for the video.

[@GabrielChaserOfficial]

Fantastic!

[@rail_roadgaming677]

The Yak-42 is a great Aircraft to be on. The sound too Amazing!

[@noelphilips]

It’s a fantastic aircraft!

[@anels9]

Very nice review of the airline and aircraft experience. Being from australia ill most likely never step on any sort of the type so i really appreciate these honest reviews :)

[@noelphilips]

Thank you :) You still have your fair share of interesting flights there though :)

[@petechristian6990]

Love the subtle commentary - must use the same caterers as British Airways? Well done - for taking us places we'd not normally get too.

[@gatewayz75]

Amazing, looked freezing. I probably would have paid a bit extra to be in business but I have no idea how much extra it would have been and I guess we would have missed seeing the engines. Thanks so much for posting.

[@rosemarybleackley208]

How amazing on that take off you can see the curve of the earth.

[@chrishart1599]

Rosemary Bleackley that’s just the lens on the go pro 😂😂😂

[@petermorison6653]

Flew Yak 42 Sudan Airways, Khartoum to Kano in 1999. Up through the back stairs. Canvas 'camping' seats. Very bumpy noisy ride. Honestly didn't expect to get off in one piece so decided to sleep to avoid the nerves. Worked fine!

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

I see you were lucky to fly on a rather warm day :)

[@leonpapadopoulos9798]

Good grief, Mr Philips! The sausage you have to eat and the ice on the windows that you endure, just so that we don't have to! Thank you for your phenomenal travel videos and super commentary, happy new year 2020 to you and your family!

[@noelphilips]

Haha thank you! Happy New Year!

[@smonclark2270]

Very interesting video the interior of those yak 42 looked very 1970's still very interesting .

[@noelphilips]

Yep like stepping back in time!

[@joe91IM]

An outstanding video! Thanks a lot from Russia. I flow Yak40 several times, but never Yak42. Unfortunately not to many soviet-built planes are in service((( Sorry for the policeman near Domodedovo airport. They are fearing video cameras as always)) Best wishes from Vnukovo( 3rd Moscow airport))

[@daleparkes1570]

At least they gave you a meal.

[@omarkadiatti5766]

Nice!!! That's the plane i used to fly in Cuba when i was a kid Great material

[@davidca96]

YaK-42's are beautiful, it makes me sad that trijets have gone extinct for the most part for passenger flight they are my favorite (727, DC-10 and L-101). They had an extra oomph and would take off really quickly.

[@heatherstub]

Did you mean the L-1011? I miss them, too. I flew in the TriStar from New York to Atlanta, Georgia coming back to the U.S. on July 4, 1976. It was just grand. That airplane was one of my favorites. I also miss the DC-8.

[@ogalief]

At least we still have the Dassault Falcon. Though it sucks that there aren’t many opportunities to fly on one

[@5iveoceanshells]

03:04 same bright suitcase as me haha, first time I've seen someone else with it :D

[@TheFS10show]

I flew it from Nizhnekamsk to Simferopol last summer, I had the RA-42384

[@noelphilips]

Nice! How was your flight?

[@Ruslanurie]

Glad you have visited my born city 😀

[@osamehammadi9167]

I love the too👍🛩 good video

[@stylophobia]

Have to boast that I flew on a Yak 40 in Cuba 2001 (Santiago-Havana). Got on through the tail .Still remember that distinctive high pitched rythmically thrumming whine of the engines.

[@terryeiss8469]

Used to fly Athens to Mykonos on these in the early 70's with Olympic after the runway was extended. Prior to the YAK, the equipment was Skyvan and helicopter before that.

[@derkov]

The best sound of russian tubofan is Solovievs D-30 on Tu-154M.... When Tu-154 was taking off it was a music symphony

[@N145PM]

Another amazing vid! To be honest, I was surprised to hear how quiet it seemed. Wonder why that main boarding door is so small ?

[@davidgunnar8569]

Should try and do a video on a Tu-154. I flew on Aeroflot Moscow to Kathmandu in 1993, it was a really great plane. Coming into the stop at Sharjah we did tight 360s at what looked like only 5,000ft or so (i can judge height well as a hang glider pilot). Never known that on any other commercial flight. From the tarmac as we exited the plane the size of that beast was so impressive. The anhedral also makes it look really novel.

[@MrUnbelievableAbs]

Living the dream!

[@noelphilips]

Absolutely!

[@TOBLEROWAN123]

Wow when that thing touched down and throttled bk it sounded like a harrier

[@user-2b64c9c6]

This is a great luck to experience flight on the Yak-42! Currently Izhavia has plans to upgrade aircraft park to planes with more fuel-efficient.

[@EinkOLED]

Great voice over Noel.

[@noelphilips]

Thank you :)

[@RybakovVitaliy]

very good video !!!

[@noelphilips]

Thank you 😊

[@pieterbossers7543]

Used to fly regularly on a Yak 40. There was a service that connected Abidjan-Ivory coast with Freetown in Sierra Leone with a stop over in Monrovia, Liberia. Plane no wsy as "luxury" as the one you flew. No chairs, but twin seats with double back rest. Plane was extremely slow.

[@southjerseysound7340]

The 40's had a straight wing and were slow but designed to land on anything except water.

[@bigwinboard]

You're a brave man 😬

[@lordofsales77]

Летал 1 раз этой авиакомпанией в прошлом году. Винтаж, ретро. Пора Ижавия переходить на самолеты поновее.

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

A beautiful bird!

[@civagiarn]

Incredible video!! Much more interesting than seeing common flight reports. Please try and catch a TU-134 if you can! That is probably the noisiest aircraft around and the TU-154 the most unique sounding and loudest reverse thrust!

[@noelphilips]

Thanks Antony! As far as I am aware there is just one Tu134 in service still in Russia, over on Yakutsk. I’m hoping to get to DPRK next year if another aviation tour runs - I believe they have a Tu134 too.

[@december1to31]

So glad I found this channel from the 72 hours economy video.

[@noelphilips]

Thanks for watching!

[@coburna5]

Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant is the pinnacle of kalashnikov manufacturing. They are now called “kalashnikov concern”. If you get a chance to get back to Izhevsk, I would love a factory tour!!

[@coburna5]

I just realized you talked about the kalashnikovs after my post 👊🏼

[@alley28]

Such a cool trip video. Russia is such a nice place to visit, but this looked COLD :)

[@FlyersAviation]

Cool Video! Liked

[@noelphilips]

Thanks :)

[@TheAnnoyingVulture]

You're the best!

[@tomzeta267]

oh yes mate, beuatiful plane. I flew on one of these over in Cuba with Cubana Aviacion (habana- canacun) The've retired the yak 42 since though.... Cool plane...