Why does London have so many airports?

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[@ryshow9118]

The Heathrow wait made me irrationally uncomfortable.

[@AstoundingAmelia]

I thought he was going to say something like luton

[@simplepixel5617]

I thought it was only me ... it drove me nuts

[@joegeary8036]

Just like when you're actually waiting at Heathrow

[@yenio5814]

Loool I was watching it on double speed and it still drove me crazy

[@CTcuber4K]

You know the one i mean it's this one the one we all know this is what it is im going to say it now here it comes yes, its the one you think it is youve guessed it the jewel of west london here it comes this is what it is it's this everyones favourite airport you know the one its what you've all been waiting for here it comes now

[@grail68]

He shoots his videos like an old-school BBC documentary presenter. Both he and the camera are in motion. On KZbin, that actually feels pretty fresh and dynamic.

[@violetblue1924]

I agree! Love his format. Very professional and fun to watch. Like a real program.

[@dalton-at-work]

it's educational Monty Python

[@samstone8591]

osriodore Only better

[@tommyhansen7600]

Perhaps because he was a staff on top gear?

[@Anon54387]

Now he needs to answer why Atlanta has so few. It's a real pain to fly through that city especially between 4 PM and 6 PM. They really need a 2nd airport.

[@FLUFFMANDUFF]

4:51 "The street names here acknowledge the areas' aviation heritage, such as aviation drive... and heritage avenue" Gold

[@pigasusr2]

For car enthusiasts, the great thing about unused Aerodromes is they can easily be used as race tracks or drag strips. The top gear track is at an aerodrome. Both the top gear test track (aka Dunsfold Aerodrome) and Goodwood were on the map for WW2 aerodromes.

[@matthewbrotman2907]

Also Sebring in Florida.

[@chrisoddy8744]

Brooklands in Surrey was also a racetrack and an airfield - it was also home to an aircraft factory in WW2

[@JhyunCho]

Silverstone was also an RAF base is I remember correctly.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Gimli airport in Manitoba was also converted into a drag racing strip.

[@paulsengupta971]

It would be nice if the runways were kept open. Silverstone destroyed their last remaining runway a few years ago. Thruxton and Goodwood retain the airfield inside their race-track. Pembrey has the race track separate and still retains an airfield. There are quite a few other ex-aerodromes used for car racing - Bedford, Snetterton, Poddington (Santa Pod drag strip), Llandow, Castle Combe, Croft, Wymeswold, and maybe the aforementioned Dunsfold at least for the time being. I may have missed some. They also have car days on Bruntingthorpe and Elvington, and they occasionally run cars on Sywell, Turweston, Kemble, North Weald and maybe others.

[@shadowslashful]

The "used by wankers" thing caught me so off guard lmao

[@deanbooker6137]

I spat milk all over a fellow aerodrome user.

[@elias9746]

Round two got me

[@buchananclanfamily9248]

Dean Booker I was drinking apple juice at the time 😂

[@bradyneil]

lol had to play back that one too!!! think he means Bankers :)

[@winclouduk]

I had to replay it just to make sure I hadn’t misheard him lol

[@nemesis962074]

“Acknowledging aviation heritage, Such as Aviation drive or Heritage Avenue” You deliver these lines with such a tone that I can’t discern if they’re jokes or not but I’m still floored

[@JayForeman]

Look them up. Those streets are real.

[@harshbansal7982]

Jay Foreman I applaud the fact u still answer comments on your old videos . Keep it up

[@natehill8069]

@@harshbansal7982 Its why he hasnt aged in 10 years. You look as young as the oldest video you support.

[@mtghd1432]

Jay Foreman they are, I live about 20 minutes away from them 👍🏾

[@samuelkelly112]

@@JayForeman You missed Aerodrome road which has to be the most famous and is pretty big.

[@dootsouls]

5:20 when you need to hit a word requirement for an essay

[@jeykiesalt]

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[@Caroleonus]

3:32 Ah yes the most crucial aspect of the war effort, "The Top Gear Test Track"

[@GameplayReviewUK]

Using Sim City 2000 to show why it's hard to expand Croydon airport was genius.

[@georgiagreenfield]

at 3:48

[@1bgrant]

Jan 2044 New Fucked Up City

[@SuperDeadknife]

cindybin2001 what the *FUCK* is wrong with profanity. It's the Internet

[@Junieper]

cindybin2001 Chill. Swearing is fucking fine. Stop being a child.

[@SuperDeadknife]

cindybin2001 let's sort this out like civilised people. Why do you think swearing is such a bad thing

[@nomercyformayhem4774]

I have watched this video at least 5 times by now and just realized that he used the same picture 3 times at 3:07

[@sealdew5348]

LMAO

[@ratherryan]

Nyancat7 Never even noticed until you mentioned that.

[@dantefreeman7849]

Nyancat7 😂😂

[@abracadabra8501]

Wow, me neither, watching it a second time! Now I know!

[@angheritagecebu1121]

He did it again in 4:00

[@kurosujiomake]

60 miles away for a airport doesn't seem that far Living in the US has distorted my sense of distance by quite a bit

[@emilebichelberger7590]

Yes the US is quite large.

[@SuitedConnectors]

AN airport

[@mercifulzeus01]

@@SuitedConnectors An pedant...

[@oktayyildirim2911]

@@mercifulzeus01 Without grammar nazis, we'd be descending into indecipherable nonsense.

[@Rob-vy6zx]

I just don't understand the criteria, if we count every airport within 60 miles of NYC we'd get more than 6. Even if we ignore the smaller general aviation airports. EWR, JFK, LGA, HPN, TEB, ISP, SWF, TTN are all within 60 miles.

[@rubeusignis1293]

Thanks Jay, this video got me context marks on my A Level English exam (Text B was an aviation text from 1928 and I mentioned how in the olden days only posh people could fly).

[@JayForeman]

Glad to be of service! :)

[@profiterolo]

oh my god! me too

[@LashanR]

"Not just any place possessed the appropriate properties-to-be-propelled-into-a-proper-popular-passenger-port-for-people" **gold medal drop** aaaaaand subscribed.

[@ChicoValenciaTv]

Lashan exactly!!! Top top 🙌🏽

[@viajero288]

Lashan agreed! This man’s a genius!!!

[@mincos_outon]

Look into the DVD extras to see the extended cut including "propeller propelled planes"

[@sheevone4359]

7:00

[@Chronometry707]

Bof!

[@CenarosNL]

"In a rare act of extreme forward planning" haha xD

[@Albimar17]

yup, brexcrap comes to mind :)))

[@yourname7176]

@@Albimar17 brexshit is right there...

[@vice.nor.virtue]

As a Londoner I can say that the diagram at the beginning at 0:10 is _absolutely_ spot on. Christ I might as well just get a taxi to Munich if I have to go all the way to stanstead to get a flight.

[@russellmiles8783]

How on earth can half of these be classed as "London" airports?

[@firstofficerrose1588]

The extremely long "here it is" bit leading up to Heathrow followed by an ad break delaying actually saying "Heathrow" was very funny.

[@sebastianrivera-tirado4309]

I was disappointed that I didn’t get an ad before he talked about Heathrow. I would have laughed even harder than I already was!

[@FairyCRat]

5:18 and this, ladies and gentlemen, is how you reach the famous 10-minute mark.

[@gFamWeb]

He spends about 20 seconds saying it. This video is 10 minutes 19 seconds long. Coincidence? I think not!

[@Hans_R._Wahl]

Indeed.😀👍

[@oktayyildirim2911]

I think this video was made before the "10-minute meta" existed.

[@starryyuri5392]

I usually land at London Tokyo and take a short 6,000 mile connection by rail to Paddington

[@e1123581321345589144]

I usually use the London Auckland airport. It's a bit less crowded.

[@AlonsoRules]

how much would a taxi cost

[@pitaya4151]

@@AlonsoRules About $5500

[@Jnstin]

Anthony Kernich just uber

[@haroldinho9930]

e1123581321345589144 you can’t drive to London from there

[@vice.nor.virtue]

omg these sheer amount of production that went into this is giving me a headache. You did _such_ a great job of making this! PS I flew from City for the first time last January. It's the first airport I've been to where you don't have to take your iPad out of your bag at security. It's amazing!

[@GabTheKing]

I didn’t even have to empty my water bottle, which is crazy to me lol

[@user-kx7ls8ds9j]

I was very surprised this video is 9 years old

[@ric112]

You know who flies from City airport?

[@vice.nor.virtue]

@@ric112 absolute wankers! But I had a daddy in the UK who paid for the flight so I wasn't exactly going to insist on an easyjet flight to Gatwick. Please believe me I'm not rich in any capacity. I'm glad I have very incompetent landlords who don't seem to realize I pay the rent a week late every month (here in Berlin).

[@Simon-rc5sf]

@@vice.nor.virtue wow, you can be proud of yourself

[@tonyb9735]

You really are extremely talented. The writing and the presentation of this - and indeed all your vids - is excellent. You deserve a much bigger audience - and much more money. BBC take note. Especially about the money part.

[@sontieu]

"To this day it's only used by wankers" - cut scene - Amazing.

[@wendi2819]

Hey, I just asked if he said wankers! Isn't that bad... isn't a wanker like an idiot? Yes, as soon as we can come over again, I'm asking for a ticket for the Wanker Aeroport. Lol 😂😂 😁

[@timothymclean]

American here. Is there some stereotype about the airport and/or the type of people who use it that makes that line funny, or is it just absurdist humor?

[@phildman132]

@@timothymclean It's in the middle of the London financial district, so the stereotype is that it is pretty much only used by bankers(wankers). I've used it once when I found a cheap last minute flight to Rome, but pretty much all the other passangers appeared to be businesspeople so the stereotype holds.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

@@timothymclean Just to echo phildman132's explanation, the City (capital C) is a metonym for the high-finance sector in the UK so it's like having an airport called New York Wall Street. I agree that it's used by wankers and I'm the sort of wanker who uses words like 'metonym'.

[@timbeaton5045]

@@notdaveschannel9843 Where you will find the Official Collective Noun for Bankers... A Wunch, as in "a Wunch of Bankers." PS, I'll let you off just this once for the use of the term, 'metonym". Just don't do it again.

[@paveladamek3502]

The presenting skills combined with acting, writing and editing skills? Fantastic.

[@chocolatcats]

and cute........

[@trollface1994]

euwwww. seriousy ?@@chocolatcats

[@Petelecaster]

I feel like I am watching a Monty Python skit

[@sean6948]

You’re joking aren’t you?? It’s the reason I turned it off he is so irritating it’s untrue

[@publius4631]

This the first time I've come across Jay and find his presenting informative, entertaining and funny, so I'll be checking out more of what he,s offered on KZbin.

[@JudyCZ]

I was watching the video for like a millionth time and suddenly realized that the Top Gear test track is a former airport close to London and must be somewhere in the video. And sure enough - 3:32. For like 0.3 of a second. I appreciate your hard work, Jay!

[@webchimp]

Only just noticed that myself.

[@evancosta]

Thought I was having a stroke at 5:35

[@cheydinal5401]

I always land at London-Moscow Airport near London

[@CraigFisherman]

Wtf are you talking about

[@rodrigodetriano8273]

Absolute class, had me laughing out loud

[@cheydinal5401]

@@rodrigodetriano8273 Thank you :D

[@sanookmakmak]

Just walk to the nearest airport in new Zealand if your are in London.

[@80amnesia]

lol 😄

[@voolt]

this channel has such a monty python feel and i'm not even mad about it.

[@sherondalewis8053]

I'm waiting for the "I don't like Spam!" reference!

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

We all need more Monty Python in our lives.

[@JeremyForTheWin]

why would you be mad about it

[@Tomoyo_Sayomura]

Oh my god thank you!

[@global8198]

Monty python is great!

[@RipRat]

5:23 how to increase the number of words in an essay

[@jeykiesalt]

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[@Halfpipesaur]

2:31- I've just noticed Jay was waiting for the booing sound again and was disappointed when it didn't happen.

[@TheCreditShifu]

London City airport "To this day it's only used by wankers!" My sides literally split.

[@1barnet1]

Well London city makes a ton of sense when flying from Holland. Little airport congestion in both airports drastically cuts down travel time. Also it's a lot more relaxed clearing wanker security then the Luton prison camp.

[@djlondon7956]

Yeah am guilty of being an LCY wanker occasionally but it's really great and cute. However the sandwiches and drinks are megawankingly expensive

[@1barnet1]

@@djlondon7956 Well the tube stops in front of it. I can wait 10 minutes for a cheap drink.

[@AaronLowe1]

I just spat my coffee out in the office - wasn't expecting that - quality! LOL

[@Xamarin491]

It's just like 'oh... :\ '

[@GonzoTehGreat]

I love the no nonsense presentation, clever use of video footage, photos and diagrams and of course, the quintessential, deadpan British humour. KZbin needs more channels and content like this. Subbed!

[@ChristopherPoitras]

"no nonsense presentation" did we watch the same video?

[@NimhLabs]

Did you misspell "every bit of nonsense presentation"

[@GonzoTehGreat]

@​Christopher Poitras @@NimhLabs Perhaps I should've written "no frills" instead. Regardless, aside from the typically British humour, his videos are indeed refreshingly "straight to the point", without a fancy intro accompanied by an annoying sound clip and no longwinded preamble.

[@jannadrielcervo7753]

KZbin needs to be more British.

[@Mogamishu]

No nonsense? It was full of bland, tasteless, juvenile, cringy comedy and nonsense.

[@Bossbosh]

I love you man. You videos are some of humanities finest creations. I would pay handsomely to bare witness to these feats of video excellence. Such outrageous, quirky, informative and fun content. Please do not deprive us of your publications. No matter how long it takes we must see more! Godspeed Jay Foreman

[@meggiemoo931]

9:05 me, an American: oh 60 miles isn’t that bad I mean, yeah, yeah no that’s ridiculous!

[@samm44_]

5:40 love how he used a green screen just to make the background blue

[@g.j.k.b.2324]

It's a blue screen I think

[@samm44_]

@@g.j.k.b.2324 the top of his head has a green tint so i think it’s a green screen lmao

[@g.j.k.b.2324]

@@samm44_ lmao you're right. Didn't catch that

[@plumjet0930]

He should’ve used a blue screen to make it green

[@tarastrong6875]

"...it's only used by wankers" Line of the video.

[@samrufflecoles]

I'm creasing up 😂

[@CalmCaterpillar]

And I was like "Oy! Last time I've been to London, I flew home from London City and I'm not a wanker! That's at least what I thought when I was waiting in the Bloomberg section at the seats with free wifi and charging stations after eating my croissant from Pret-A-Manger..."

[@JimmySand9]

Teterboro here in the States is pretty much the same thing, if not wankier.

[@affanharahaps]

I didn't see that coming

[@BrewersTV]

Jimmy Sanders That was where Cactus 1549 was instructed to go to by atc isn't it?

[@christinakottmann]

Hi, thank you for these videos. This one made me smile on a day I wasn't feeling very well. I like the humor mixed in with the information, it reminds me a lot of the Horrible Histories newscaster style. Thank you. - new subscriber

[@Farleigh1050]

I like how Jay explains things in detail, but funnily rather than boring boringness

[@sebs381]

"aviation heritage such as aviation drive and heritage avenue" hahaha honestly I love the kind of dry humour and editing in your videos, keep up the great work!

[@gaius100bc]

Britain just loves making every little thing "fiddly and complicated". That should be UK's national motto: "United Kingdom - Fiddly and Complicated."

[@Minihood31770]

The United Kingdom of Fiddly and Complicated would never work. Fiddly has had a long running feud with Complicated since the flitch of bacon was stolen in 1883. They'd never agree to share space on the name of the country.

[@XaviMacBash]

"we got there first and now we're the worst"

[@Mi-202]

@@XaviMacBash I don't think we are the worst yet...

[@XaviMacBash]

@@Mi-202 wot

[@Mi-202]

@@XaviMacBash Well in London especially we are at least trying to fix the mistakes and improve our transport, so I don't think that we are necessarily 'the worst'.

[@U20E0]

The “Royal Flying Core” killed me ( 1:19 )

[@Reletr]

Literally been rewatching Unfinished London for ages now (I love this series), and I just noticed that you just flipped the images for Heston, Norholt and Biggin Hill

[@kwanlinus6999]

London Stansted: Exists Ryanair: Its free real estate

[@just-a-subscriber]

FRRR

[@Unknown______.]

Lol

[@michaelnewbold214]

That joke wasn't included on the ticket, extra £40 for the laughter...

[@Hans_R._Wahl]

@@michaelnewbold214 😀👍

[@fl570]

@@just-a-subscriber Haha, Ryanair's flight number denomination and the acronym of "for real"... nice one!

[@semanticsamuel936]

'Who wouldn't let us in for filming'. Gotta wonder why. I used to work in a small niche-interest museum (Booth Museum in Hove) and we'd have been delighted to have an enthusiastic KZbinr come in to raise the profile of the collections and exhibits. It's not as if you're causing problems or saying the museum is shit - you're doing the opposite by generating interest in a subject a lot of people hadn't realised they were interested in!

[@semanticsamuel936]

Also, '...only used by wankers' has had me laughing for about five minutes!

[@nutfield0013]

Jay said on twitter that the permission denied for filming part was intended as a joke and that there wasn’t anything interesting enough to be put into video

[@mg_claymore8611]

Cus he looks like a channal 4 type...

[@adeadgirl13]

It's run by wankers.

[@GonzoTehGreat]

The RAF museum might consider themselves above a lowly KZbin channel and more deserving of the likes of the Beeb. If so, they can go fly themselves!

[@johnhalliday3019]

9:16 let's gooo Ashford!!😂

[@namenamename390]

3:32 I just now noticed that one of the airports is labeled "The Top Gear Test Track"

[@nintendiehard]

SOMEONE give this guy a job at the BBC. He's already better than a lot of TV personalities.

[@MrWhite-pn7ui]

He'll be the same as the rest of them. BBC is a propaganda machine.

[@cancerfour69er]

Brad Strong Anything except BBC...

[@miauaslano]

Even if not - he's good at presenting documentaries/TV

[@Drew_42]

What he's doing here on KZbin is _much much_ better than TV.

[@jh-kj8zr]

BBC sucks. Rip off outdated TV licence needed. KZbin is free. Anyway he is doing well enough on KZbin.

[@iantate01]

Haha the use of Sim City 2000 made me soooooo happy

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Yeah I chuckled at that as well, that SC2000 Explosion. KABOOM!

[@syntheticfox_real]

YESSSSSSSSSS.

[@mikegaskin5542]

Unexpected SC2K slayed me. 10/10

[@anthonybeervor2265]

I used to spend too many hours on that game when I was a kid. It was already a old game when I played it in the late '90s on an old mackintosh, but it was the game I probably spent most time on between the ages of 8-11.

[@LeonCoretz]

Hell yes! I came down here to say the same. Oh man love the game...

[@alexchernavsky7717]

I don't remember enjoying any 'educational' vid that much. This is so...British and fun. Bravo.

[@gkampen5367]

I expected informative but this has been way more funny then I expected. I love your editing and presenting Jay Foreman!

[@rvc067]

1:41 "Was _harder_ than you might think" *Starts stroking propellers up and down*

[@nolongerusing7430]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Wait, no.

[@salvadorperez2997]

Cue Arctic Monkeys' "my propeller ".

[@diggasinparis]

🤨

[@INHeadKay]

"to this day its only used by wankers" - CLASSIC!!!

[@Hamza52199]

Can already tell it’s city airport without watching the video😂

[@mudrakumar]

5:18 when you are out of ideas but the essay has a minimum word limit.

[@quisby]

WE NEED MORE UNFINISHED LONDON

[@jamesgreenwood986]

8:07 The Top Gear Test Track

[@Chromia1]

I saw that!

[@HSMiyamoto]

Just noticed that now.

[@HSMiyamoto]

RAF Dunsfold, to give it its proper name.

[@EdVonPelt]

At 3:32 as well

[@randall96]

"In a RARE act of extreme forward planning"...very true

[@alaskawashington]

I love how much traction these old videos are still getting

[@kategaringer789]

This came up in my recommendations and I clicked because I was curious about the answer, but wasn't expecting it to be delivered in such a riotously funny way! I'm looking forward to checking out more of your channel :)

[@HAA0603]

7:04 "into a proper popular passenger port for people." That had me so dead🤣🤣🤣

[@j.s.7335]

I was way too impressed when the medal dropped down over his head perfectly. That was incredible.

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

Fabulous stuff Jay - I loved the "only used by W**" line but also thoroughly appreciated "It became London's no 2 airport, a title it still has to this day"....brilliant stuff.....

[@Crooked60]

I always love how the videos are made on this channel, they give me a sort of nostalgic 2000s British TV feeling.

[@vickywitton1008]

Started watching this and thought Jay looks really fresh faced and noticed it was nine years ago! Jay has been making these amazing documentaries for 10 years, with nowhere near the views he deserves, they are so good!

[@lol-ro2kl]

why does he remind me of that guy off horrible histories

[@jetenginee.]

I was thinking the same thing, I see you are a person of culture

[@tomney4460]

lol like 100

[@theresabradley4716]

lol “Over to Bob Hale”. “ Thank you, Sam!”

[@t4yyib_iq]

@@theresabradley4716 Bob proceeds to have a spasm consisting of history.

[@smash873]

5:18 When you dont hit ten minutes for that extra add revenue

[@stevie365365]

Alex Kokkonen i

[@JayForeman]

Actually, since you ask, back when we made this video, we had no idea you get more money if your video's longer than 10 mins. Also, it wasn't monetised at all. (But anyway, it is now, so, cha-ching! :) )

[@hellamaxine]

Jay Foreman please bring this series back :(

[@brokkrep]

I'm happy when good youtubers make money

[@romkedeboer7378]

I'm pretty sure it's a monty python reference

[@ParBoman-oi2gm]

Seen this several times over the years, still very enjoyable.

[@RoseyTyler]

QUALITY CONTENT. I'm laughing so hard and learning so much. 5 stars, mate.

[@louis.gabriel]

For those curious: 00:32 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 01:14 The British Grenadiers (arr. Jacob Kappey) 01:42 Look at Me Now (from Laurel and Hardy, performed by the Beau Hunks) 02:07 Thunderbirds Theme Song by Barry Gray 02:35 Speakeasy by Ennio Morricone 03:47 Railroad Rap from Simcity 2000 04:19 The Old Spinning Wheel by Hank Snow & Chet Atkins 05:43 Calling All Workers by Eric Coates 06:29 Tijuana Taxi by Herb Alpert and the TJB 07:20 Uh! Oh! by The Nutty Squirrels 09:24 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury and the Blockheads 09:34 This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads

[@KrisMcCool]

Red Door Productions wow

[@tidmouthmilk12]

03:47 is from Simcity 2000. You can hear it on this video here at 13:10: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4SQd42Nn5tqbJI *Edit* It's called 'Railroad Rap' found the name on another video (also I think the one I linked is a cover)

[@nathandonnelly5994]

My man!

[@ezritheking2809]

Finally

[@worthlessdollar1]

Thank you!! ❤

[@ImAnderZEL]

Holy fuck good video :D Excellent British humor good execution of the facts and still funny to watch :)

[@QuantumTristan]

I live in Western Canada and this still kept me intrigued throughout the entire video. I agree, it was very well done. (P.S I'm a big fan of yours Anderz :D)

[@mrgebruiker13]

***** you browse reddit too my friend? :D

[@bentheguy101]

***** cen i habe p250 sand dune pls

[@Hazzarddu]

***** HELLLLOOO EVERYBODY IM ANDERZEL OF COURSE AND TODAY WE'RE PLAYING KZbin VIDEOS BECAUSE FUCK YOU THATS WHY

[@ATee-vx6dm]

ImAnderZEL Americans, please, for the love of God, stop pointing out when British humour is in a video. Containing British humour is in the nature of a humorous British video. This does not need to be pointed out on every KZbin video that is British ad contains humour. It is the case in all of them, by definition. It is good to see that you enjoy such videos, and saying that you do is, of course, going to be appreciated by the creator of the video and likely to be an opinion shared by other members of Yuutube who may like to discuss this with you. However, pointing out that a BMW video contains Bavarian cars, or that an irish dancing video contains irish dancing, is not very helpful to discussion.

[@BOB-wo2nb]

Just found this channel. Thought it was just going to be a poor quality documentary and perhaps kinda boring. Wow, was I wrong! Very professional, interesting, and quite hilarious! Better than anything on tv today. Love it! Keep 'em coming!

[@senseijulion]

0:07 I can literally see my house 😂😂

[@danelhinsh6455]

I was raised on Grahame Park (GP) and I like that fact you filmed the new builds and not actually on the estate it self . Fun fact : all the buildings on the estate are named after aeroplanes and are alphabetically ordered with aeroplanes staring with A at south end of Lanacre Avenue ( now Bristol Avenue due to all of GP being demolished due to the bad crime there)

[@Jaaammmbbbooo]

They demolished it due to the crime?

[@user-iq7hw2qf6e]

#9thstreet#GP all dayyyyy😂😂😂

[@tomh3627]

I grew up near the estate in the 90s and visited friends there often which always seemed to be a tense experience. Never had any trouble myself, so perhaps its reputation was way worse than the reality?

[@backwardslash]

BIG UP GRAHAM PARK @@Jaaammmbbbooo

[@Mishkafofer]

wow, so much production value. big like.

[@maqboolalam6718]

You just happened to be on my feed and I'm glad it did.. You are just awesome man. Keep it up 👍

[@sebastianrivera-tirado4309]

Chicago also has a few airports that name themselves after the city despite not being within the limits of the city. These two examples include Gary/Chicago International Airport, located in nearby Gary, Indiana, and Chicago Rockford International Airport, located in Rockford, Illinois. While Gary’s naming is understandable, as it is located extremely close to the city of Chicago, Rockford’s airport name does not, as it takes around an hour and a half drive west down I-90 to get to Chicago.

[@AndyWWW]

One airline tried to sell Americans tickets to London Prestwick.... thats in Scotland if you didnt know

[@johannesbols57]

It's in Wales, you wanker. lol

[@jameslove1162]

@@johannesbols57 Hmm...

[@decodolly1535]

They'd have managed it too if it had been to the Americans who once stopped me outside Stratford tube station wanting directions to Shakespeare's house.

[@itze25]

@@johannesbols57 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport

[@leonfoxworthy]

pretty easy to get 'glasgow prestwick' and 'london gatwick' confused

[@TheSingingCelebrant]

I guess the 1,800 dislikes were by all the W4nker$ who use City LOL

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

Or perhaps folk annoyed by the bizarre claim that the still very much open and in regular use Biggin Hill Airport closed in 1994.

[@CousinBowling]

@@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 no. No one cares about that.

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

@@CousinBowling- No one cares about factual accuracy? What a sad reflection on mankind.

[@RonJohn63]

No, they're by people irritated by a video "full of bland, tasteless, juvenile, cringy comedy and nonsense."

[@jordan-sh927]

@@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 If you're getting annoyed by something like that and get satisfied by clicking a dislike button then oh my your life is pathetic

[@reggie18b]

The fact that you can get millions of views talking about airports is a testament to your skills as a writer and presenter. Great stuff!

[@starman1158]

Jay’s videos are infinitely rewatchable

[@KasabianFan44]

3:32 LOL “The Top Gear Test Track” 😂

[@TOTN17]

isnt dunsfold being turned intoa housing estate?

[@MrTommyc4321]

@@TOTN17 Sadly yes. After a long and protracted battle. However, it's been "being turned into a housing estate" for a solid decade, they just haven't got full permission, and it's still being used as an airport for the time being, albeit with restricted use.

[@ovaltineforlife4778]

Surrey or Sussex?

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I never noticed that! 😆😆😆😂😂😂

[@Roxor128]

The lead-up to introducing Heathrow sounds like you were paying homage to Monty Python. Seriously, I can just imagine it between a couple of their sketches.

[@TheOneLichemperor]

That was my thought exactly! It would fit in with one of Palin's news sketches nicely.

[@michaelbell4203]

Had a good giggle with the video! Specifically, Jay is paying homage to the (Miss) Anne Elk sketch with Graham Chapman and John Cleese. Loved it! (Both the homage and the original). Link to the Anne Elk one down below. Cheers! www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oh8ia

[@deafeningoctopus]

Jay's style of humour is SO damn good. It's honestly so refreshing to see someone with such a unique style. The delivery is always spot on, and the quality is always there no matter how far back in time you go!

[@danielleguillory6344]

I just found you and I immediately subscribed and began binge watching your videos. You videos are both informational and fun!

[@chasebohman7257]

As an American, I don't know why I'm so invested in this series

[@sorendont]

as a brazillian me neither

[@PouLS]

As a Pole i don't get why they srill use miles

[@screamsinrussian5773]

as a Russian, I watch because jay is funny and his videos are surprisingly interesting not to gain a clear advantage in our upcoming invasion though, don't worry :^)

[@poltronafrau]

As a cat person, I watch it for the commercials

[@paulohagan3309]

@@screamsinrussian5773 That reminds me.Tom Scott has a video on why the Russians used to have better maps of Britain than the British did.

[@seanchitson8287]

The building of Heathrow was a bit dodgy. The government wanted to build a long length runway for commercial flights when the war finished. So it bypassed planning laws with Emergency War Regulations under the pretence that the Americans needed an airbase that could accommodate the Superfortress. The only time one landed there was when Boeing wanted to test out the runways were long enough to accommodate the civilian airliner that was based on it.

[@artgreen6915]

Goodness. If they hadn't it would have been even less future proof. Not that I'm celebrating bending the rules.

[@jsuwheiwnwsa3570]

I flew from Southend airport once. It was really smooth and nice (unlike normal airport experiences) but unfortunately since covid it's been just sitting there unused because big airlines like easyjet aren't using it anymore

[@nahidulislam4899]

These are the contents that I signed up to see on KZbin! Holy moly this channel is so underrated!

[@martinlauzon1971]

I love that you filmed in front of a green screen only to insert a blue background. Meta FX humour!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

I flipping lost it when you used Sim City 2000 to illustrate why Croydon Airport had to close. You really need to tag these as NSFW!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Also, ffs, you have the same crappy monitor as you had in 2009? I hope you've replaced it since then!

[@aminkamara6060]

I love this guy so much 😭 His videos sparks me

[@firmtackle]

"To this day is only used by wankers" just made me spit my drink out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tisscience5693]

5:08 he: here it comes me: HEATHROW JUST SAY IT GODDAMNIT.

[@rayzan501]

He want his video to have an ad

[@subjecteleven637]

@@rayzan501 congratulations you win the grammar award

[@SiVlog1989]

did I hear right at 09:47 "... It is only used by wankers"?

[@r0z3d]

bus wankers!!

[@TalesOfWar]

Fucking bankers. I mean wankers.

[@teejgreen6591]

he definitely said wankers. and hes right

[@williamg209two]

i started laughing

[@mholtebeck]

Is there a story there? I didn't realize that City Airport was so new.

[@DanS044]

3:16 the sound of the bell 😂 This kind of stuff I really appreciate

[@dunke10]

I love the fact that he says that the Wright Brothers invented the plane but in the Portuguese subtitles it says Santos Dumont

[@y.shaked5152]

"Women with unconvincing fixed smiles used to catch beach balls while old men adjusted their glasses." I'm dead.

[@Antondencoole]

You most likely aren't

[@warbler1984]

@beanz are you sure...he may actually be deceased!

[@Antondencoole]

@beanz Oh I'm aware, I'm just a cynical little bitch who hates fun.

[@blagoevski336]

@@Antondencoole Why

[@Offical_RemyKWNicholls]

For those that don't know Biggin Hill closed in 1994 to commercial flights It still however survives today as a private airport

[@kets4443]

hol up private airports exist?

[@Offical_RemyKWNicholls]

@@kets4443 Yep

[@user-en6px3og2l]

@@Offical_RemyKWNichollsdamn, that’s quite impressive

[@dizo-jp2td]

f you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus Is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9

[@ThinkingWithTunneler]

@@dizo-jp2tdi like religion but this is not related in any way

[@SRFriso94]

I love how one of the airfields at 3:32 is labeled "The Top Gear Test Track". For those curious, it's called Dunsfold.

[@oliverqueen5883]

Jay's a genius! The Heathrow wait was to reach a 10 min long video so he could make more ad money.

[@JayForeman]

Actually, genuinely, back when we made this, I had no idea the ten minute thing was a thing. In fact, I’m pretty sure, back then it wasn’t a thing.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

@@JayForeman it was indeed not a thing

[@Edwardop]

Even if he didn’t do that, the video would still be 10 minutes long

[@oscyk]

why doesn't our irish government do this and then will have enough money to properly link Dublin to the airport

[@Nathan_A_RF]

Loving "The Top Gear Test Track 1942"

[@MrSupercar55]

The Top Gear Test Track is actually Dunsfold Aerodrome (EGTD). You'd know if you flew a VFR approach there. You'd be looking out for tyre marks, a hangar with the Top Gear logo on the roof, caravan debris, stacks of tyres, one of which might have a few bits of a Koenigsegg in it, and a white 747 which seems to be a permanent fixture.

[@frowlinian8175]

@@MrSupercar55 that is permanent isnt it? I know it's not cemented or anything but I was under the impression it was decommissioned and couldnt move... literally or legally so instead of tearing it apart they just said "meh, it looks good for the show" and kept it. On another note; isnt the track used exclusively by lotus now? I honestly dont know if TG is even still on and I know they designed the track (or atleast helped) and used it as a test track for the... evora I think it was. Though I was also under the impression it was completely shut down to all air traffic except in the most extreme of emergencies due to the tire walls and whatnot so I could be completely wrong on every account

[@Fraudemusic]

5:05 - 5:42 When KZbinrs in 2017 try to stretch the video out to 10 minutes 😂 Somehow he predicted it in 2014

[@zf705]

ikr

[@maddymaddyval]

Omggg exactly what i commented

[@karlpoppins]

I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Monty Python's Anne Elk and her theory on brontosauri.

[@samueljones7280]

@@karlpoppins I have a theory. And this is theory is mine, which is to say my theory

[@doxielain2231]

@@samueljones7280 that's a good theory

[@keatonhardy3297]

Your videos honestly make my day and you make me laugh Thanks

[@michaeld5888]

I remember a great day being at Stansted in 1983 when the Boeing 747 with the space shuttle on top landed there which was great fun. I remember a small commuter plane was coming in to land and went around probably wondering what was going on with the crowds.

[@mothball5425]

I saw it fly over Birmingham