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@Wendoverproductions4 жыл бұрын
If you want to learn more about the fascinating, isolated island of St Helena, listen to our podcast Extremities. We spent a whole season covering how St Helena works--its economy, its people, its government, and much more: extremitiespodcast.com
@NotHPotter4 жыл бұрын
Tell Nebula to get that Android app out already! Please ensure it can run the audio in the background a la KZbin Premium! Please and thank you!
@Wendoverproductions4 жыл бұрын
An Android app is in development! No ETA yet but I know it's pretty much top priority
@NotHPotter4 жыл бұрын
@@Wendoverproductions Lol, I'm aware it's in the works, I'm just bugging at every opportunity because it's the only thing holding me back from subscribing. I get 80-90% of my content through my phone, so it's the make or break point for me.
@tahaazeem62314 жыл бұрын
Hello wendover. Happy new year, how much time left in this decade for you? 9:43pm at time of writing for me
@arjunanjali1144 жыл бұрын
@ynwa forever sadly not
@Wendoverproductions4 жыл бұрын
If you start this video at 11:38:21 pm, the clock will strike midnight exactly when the first commercial plane lands on St Helena
@aaalavi944 жыл бұрын
You rock wendover
@chloroclymor83884 жыл бұрын
21:39 for people too lazy to do the math
@jacobw7034 жыл бұрын
What timezone?
@dajon6614 жыл бұрын
whats the time zone?
@skeetrix55774 жыл бұрын
hell ya buddy. just gonna watch it now though cause you rock
@gerwyngeorge12584 жыл бұрын
As someone from St Helena, it's nice to see someone setting the record straight. Wonderful documentry.
@raylopez994 жыл бұрын
Didn't watch the whole thing but it seems the HLE airport was a fail, for the same reason that bridge in Tacoma Narrows, OR, USA fell, namely, the wind. Here in America we also subsidize farmers to live in out of the way places so we're no different.
@gerwyngeorge12584 жыл бұрын
@@raylopez99 You should finish it, alot of the key benifits are explained in the closing minutes of the documentry. From a personal view, though it hasn't had the most brilliant of starts, I'm directly benifiting from the airport being there. I was able to see my family in 2 days stay two weeks and head back, which would have been impossible before, I'm not alone alot of St Helenians have been able to go home for the first time in years as it is now less of a time requirement to get home. A failure wouldn't deliver that.
@raylopez994 жыл бұрын
@@gerwyngeorge1258 Well that's nice, glad to hear that. I guess some folks in the UK don't mind subsidizing your travel anymore than my country folk mind subsidizing farmers. Still an economic failure however, but so is most of Amtrak (public trains) in the USA.
@gerwyngeorge12584 жыл бұрын
@@raylopez99 its abit more complicated than that and I don't think this documentry really goes much into enough depth about the islands economics if I'm honest. St Helena has always been a dependency, so has relied heavily to be subsidised by the UK. It had a short period in the 1950s, where it was making a surplus due to the flax industry but that was short lived with the introduction of synthetic fibres, but regardless the island needs to continue to exist its a British terratory, and it needs to be sustained. Making St Helena a more self sustaining terratory has always been a key aim of the local government and its people, but ultimately with the logistics of the islands location and what economic opportunities was available to it, it was always difficult. The airport in conjunction with the introduction of tourism seemed the best long term solution to establish a path towards self sufficienty and improving the livelihoods of local people. It not intended to be a massive short term return like striking oil in the desert, but a gradual catalyst for development. I understand from the perspective of a developed nation (i reside in the UK now) its difficult to imagine these challenges, but I'd say increased visitors is a positive sign.
@G4m3G3ni34 жыл бұрын
@@raylopez99 Coming from Vienna/Austria, a city in a socialist democracy, literally everybody and everything in my everyday life is "Subsidized" but yet Vienna consistently ranks No.1 internationally on quality-of-life indicators. I might lack the necessary capitalist understanding but I have the urge to ask: Why does financial substitution and lack of Monetary profit of a public institution with the goal of increasing Quality of live for their people (Speaking of the airport,The airline operates in the green AFAIK) make it a failure?
@joeyxcx3 жыл бұрын
16:11 I never thought I'd ever hear a British-Australian-Chinese-Indian-Texan accent
@RealUlrichLeland3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a bit of South African and Jamaican in there too
@hanoianboy95622 жыл бұрын
@@RealUlrichLeland that accent is so cursed
@truetechchannel2 жыл бұрын
She said "people doesn't want to see". That's a bit of poor English too.
@y-yyy2 жыл бұрын
I think that's just called speaking English as a second language? lol. she kinda sounds normal to me
@higginsisaac2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think English is her second language…
@cadensauerbrey90052 жыл бұрын
I love how proud they are of their little airport!! It's not the aesthetic marvel that most Airports are, but these people are so proud of what they have accomplished, and for good reason. I personally have dreamed of going to St. Helena for no other reason than it is an interesting an inconspicuous place. Now I can. I love seeing how happy these people are with their accomplishment. Thank you Wendover for making this awesome Documentary.
@arturomarion95432 жыл бұрын
this is exactly what it’s happening to me
@DensetsuVII4 жыл бұрын
A 45 minute 2 years in the making documentary? Seems like Wendover's really soaring to new heights here... And with such nebulous causes too...
@johnnychang42334 жыл бұрын
40X as interesting ;)
@mikaxms4 жыл бұрын
Nah, not enough people are signing up to Nebula; they are trying to boost that. Though, it is a nice documentary.
@handlemonium4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully this becomes his most-watched video! Good luck!
@MotorStorm664 жыл бұрын
Just wondering, which 'nebulous causes' are you talking about? Thanks
@ChineseCookingDemystified4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a few of Wendovers old videos a number of year back (a few of the ____'s geography problem videos) and thinking 'eh, seems sort of like a simple take on things' and went on my way. Finally circled back and watched some of his newer videos and... holy shit. They're so good. This video here definitely earned my subscription.
@wozza34524 жыл бұрын
I love how official but friendly that behind the scenes tour is
That right hand man to the CEO has such David Brent energy
@snezzijezzi90372 жыл бұрын
hes such a simp but we still like him
@Sukkulents_2 жыл бұрын
*a wild evan edinger appears*
@BeckyMakesStuffs9 ай бұрын
Why am I getting emotional watching an airport documentary?
@_Yoan_Ай бұрын
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WITH NOWHERE TO GO AND THEIR ONLY WAY IS KINDA F______D lol sorry for the CAPS
@madgoblin4644 жыл бұрын
This airport still made more progress than the Berlin one.
@Bregott074 жыл бұрын
So true.
@locacharliewong4 жыл бұрын
Almost forget. Lol Hope theres a change in this 20s.
@brianlau1724 жыл бұрын
And the Paramaribo one.
@brianlau1724 жыл бұрын
Suriname’s airports are truly third world, even more third world than Rwanda’s.
@adamolsson37284 жыл бұрын
@@brianlau172 Rwanda has one of the best airports in Africa?
@VaraNiN4 жыл бұрын
A 50 minute wendover video? What a way to start off the new decade
@pkramer9624 жыл бұрын
And it's about planes, too! Could it get any better?
@Mechagears4 жыл бұрын
i didnt see it was 50 minutes, oh no but oh yes
@elijah41684 жыл бұрын
Well, end it off for me
@QuarioQuario543214 жыл бұрын
It's still 2019 here.
@pdfrchieve4 жыл бұрын
@@QuarioQuario54321 hello, we are talking to you from the future
@beeb6809 Жыл бұрын
42:22 "The Christmas 2019 season is bringing something promising - sold out flights." Yeah, well, just wait another few months before you get your hopes up too high.
@PrimeEpoch Жыл бұрын
When I saw the thumbnail I was like "I swear to god if this is about anchorage again"
@LikeAF0x4 жыл бұрын
This was REALLY good. I didn’t realize how invested I was until they showed the tabloid headlines calling it the most useless airport and I got really sad and defensive.
@LikeAF0x4 жыл бұрын
dustisdeadbodies85 Well said!
@nuansakautsar56874 жыл бұрын
Agreed, i loved this documentary.
@epapa7374 жыл бұрын
You got sad I wished to escalate the violence
@EugeneAyindolmah4 жыл бұрын
That's why people call the media "fake news"
@gunjeetsingh904 жыл бұрын
I felt sad too. Sam is a great narrator. The video title is perfect
@HillandACD4 жыл бұрын
RMS St Helena: business in the front, party in the back?
@ellinar14 жыл бұрын
The RMS Mullet
@ugosmith75294 жыл бұрын
@@ellinar1 or perhaps in this instance RMS stands for Royal Mullet Ship
@kevind8144 жыл бұрын
Couldn't tell from video if RMS still offered passenger service. Also, whether the airport is used for cargo delivery.
@nifferwilko4 жыл бұрын
Kevin D I know RMS Saint Helena was decommissioned in 2018, but I don't know whether another ship serves the island for cargo. I agree, that wasn't clear.
@paolocanali33614 жыл бұрын
RMS St Helena was the last ocean-going Royal Mail Ship and is one of only two remaining passenger-cargo liners in the world. It has been sold in 2018 and renamed MNG Tahiti by the new owner, a security firm that will use this vessel as floating armoury for anti-piracy services. You can track the current position on the maritime traffic web site by entering the name or the IMO number 8716306
@AndreyRez3 жыл бұрын
24:07 the guy standing in a hallway for the past half an hour "Hello Bill"
@archlab0073 жыл бұрын
When I worked in Nigeria & Angola, I often needed to travel to Brazil. However, there was only 1 Airline that seemed to go directly & that was TAAG out of Angola...not the best & very difficult to get flights onto. One could go to S.Africa, however, that was always at least an additional 10-12 hours. Flying from Nigeria (& indeed, probably the rest of West Africa), the only ways to Brazil were through Europe...& once through Abu Dhabi (40+ hours, 16 of which went the wrong way). Perhaps St. Helena could play a role in linking up Africa & Brazil. The question about the commercial viability to Recife seems like something that could be overcome by perhaps going a longer route to Sao Paulo or Rio. The type of targeted passengers might be someone like me - a contract worker who rotates in & out of Africa every few weeks. Additionally, there are a lot of Brazilians that go to Angola, Mozambique & S. Africa. Maybe St. Helena can play a role in improving ways to link the 2 continents.
@mrebholz2 жыл бұрын
Most definitely, they should stop concentrating on tourism (not entirely neglecting though). Business is key. Brazil - South Africa could become a strong link with St. Helena as a frequent touch down. To make South Americans feel welcome, you need to improve your Portuguese language skills. Start to put signs up in Portuguese, offer bread & breakfast in Portuguese. Angola by the way is also a Portuguese speaking country, so yes, teach your kids at school.
@jacklogansmith764611 ай бұрын
They'd almost be doing their own small scale imitation of an Icelandair or Aer Lingus if they did that - operating from the middle of an ocean corridor to bridge the lands on either side.
@gw66674 ай бұрын
I guess y'all weren't paying attention about the limitations of plane size due to wind shear issues causing operational profitability issues for airlines
@ldkellandshaw4 ай бұрын
@@gw6667 Yep. The max range of a 737 MAX is about 3500 miles too, less than ideal for a 4000 mile round trip to Receife, especially if it cannot land in St Helena.
@leelicayan21803 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I spent 46 minutes watching a documentary about an obscure airport. I can't believe how much fun I had watching it as well
@pawanpoudel12 жыл бұрын
Same bro
@MeloFloww2 жыл бұрын
Same
@olegmamontov56922 жыл бұрын
And i get to get up in 4 hours for work
@djrivera23012 жыл бұрын
@@MeloFloww ndtnm
@manueldouglas51802 жыл бұрын
Same
@GamalKevin4 жыл бұрын
Wendover, thank you for labelling the airport as the most useful airport in the world, contrary to what big medias & tabloids said. This is heartwarming.
@drone_video98494 жыл бұрын
That one life saved 37:35 makes this whole airport worth it... not to mention every other potential one in the future. Id like to visit this place, I'm going t check the cost of flights and see if I can add it to a trip I wanted to do in Africa anyways. I just hope they let me fly my drone there and its not too windy for drone flying... I can imagine there is some incredible views here!
@jwadaow4 жыл бұрын
@@drone_video9849 That would value the human population as greater than the GDP of the planet...
@drone_video98494 жыл бұрын
Unsubtle Major Dictator it could be seen that way. But since they didn’t build it to save one kid, and was already built - I think it’s okay with that lens to look through to say it makes the airport worth it. I know what you mean, I hope what I meant also comes across.
@erichkaufmann52844 жыл бұрын
Unsubtle Major Dictator the USA 🇺🇸 has the largest GDP, it also has the most billionaires and millionaires and top 4 richest men in the world and has the only company worth 1 trillion dollars ( Apple Inc)
@erichkaufmann52844 жыл бұрын
Unsubtle Major Dictator true first billionaire in the world was also American, he’s rather famous as well his name was Rockefeller. The United States of America 🇺🇸 is also the easiest country to get rich in. You could talk about China 🇨🇳 accept China has 10x the amount of people the USA does literally meaning that the average American makes 6.5 times as much as the average Chinese. The USA 🇺🇸 still has a larger economy than China at 22 trillion ( 2019) and china’s 2nd at 15 trillion ( 2019). The USA 🇺🇸 still makes 7 trillion dollars a year more than China. Russia’s GDP is 1.8 trillion a year that means that the Americans makes 19.7 trillion a year more than Russia 🇷🇺 the Americans do spend the most on their military at 740 billion( 2020) but they use just 2 percent of their GDP Russia spends 43 billion a year but they spend 3.3 percent of their GDP if the Americans also spent 3.3 percent they would be spending 1.2 trillion a year on their military.
@dr.marvin4816 Жыл бұрын
I worked on embraers from 2017-2019 and during that found out about this flight. I was impressed over the route being so remote. Thanks for the finer details about how it came to be.
@davidwebb0913702 жыл бұрын
thanks for uploading this! This is a very well-done documentary! I learned a lot about the island of Saint Helena! Best of luck to its people, its airport and its tourism and economy!
@otterno.11284 жыл бұрын
Every single person on this island appears to have a different accent lol
@waqqashanafi4 жыл бұрын
It's everything from pseudo-American to Kiwi with hints of Pirates of the Caribbean.
@texanfournow4 жыл бұрын
@@waqqashanafi And subtle nutty notes with a dry texture...
@tanmaysingal21794 жыл бұрын
Centuries of inbreeding
@iyamaxx4 жыл бұрын
@@tanmaysingal2179 then they would look similar and they still had ways of getting off the island too.
@jordanjones36204 жыл бұрын
Does Wendover delete comments?
@bobjohn20004 жыл бұрын
I bet this video just gave the islands tourist economy a boost
@Destragond4 жыл бұрын
Almost like this was the intended purpose.
@warbler19844 жыл бұрын
Well...no...he outlines the lack of impact a once weekly flight of 90 people has on the island
@chiliang90694 жыл бұрын
Eye wanted to go as soon as he showed where it was
@Raptor7474 жыл бұрын
I hope so!
@spacedoge35084 жыл бұрын
@@warbler1984 Everything has to start from somewhere
@arihirsch576110 ай бұрын
I've taken that flight over to Sain Helena, it's such a nice place but since you have to stay there for a week, it gets a little boring but I don't regret going, not even for one second.
@mlsaulnier2 ай бұрын
How is tourism doing now that the pandemic is over?
@metalhead25508 ай бұрын
I can't believe that the wind analysis wasn't undertaken before building a runway like this!
@candicealton58434 жыл бұрын
I was born on Saint Helena and have sadly never been back. After 27 years though my mum was able to visit her parents and prior to that my granddads life was saved thanks to a medivac. Thank you for a fair documentary 💚
@BrilliantDesignOnline4 жыл бұрын
excellent comment!
@waynefernandes94554 жыл бұрын
Start a go fund me, we will all contribute
@prepperjonpnw64824 жыл бұрын
A medivac from where? At Helena?
@contrapasta24544 жыл бұрын
This airport seems like a good setting for an office sitcom.
@e11235813213455891444 жыл бұрын
I would definitely watch that
@romiarkan4504 жыл бұрын
And the whole island could be a good setting for a TV drama.
@AristoCat2214 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of Dwight when he said right arm of the CEO hahahahaha ♡♡♡
@ourladyofmountcarmelparish23594 жыл бұрын
How about "Come fly with me 2"? :-)
@notquitemytempo13534 жыл бұрын
@@AristoCat221 Assistant *to* the CEO :p
@critterfestsanctuary24462 жыл бұрын
I want to thank you sooooo much. I woke up sick this morning and dealing with anxiety. I scrolled through you tube and Everything just made me feel worse. I came across this video. The last video I would normally ever watch. As I watched and listened to the whole video, the story along with your voice and the great way you tell the story has calmed me down and now I'm feeling alot better. This Island and its people sound amazing. Thank you again. Peace.
@SirKenNorth3 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure of visiting St Helena last year, it's an absolutely amazing place. It's far away from EU and the US, but if you live in South Africa for example, this is a place you definitely should go visit.
@lance29412 жыл бұрын
I'm a Capetonian, planning to visit some time next year
@MrRamyon744 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that this documentary will help the tourism situation.
@gurusson4 жыл бұрын
Are you trying to tell me that this wasn't partially paid for by St. Helena to boost tourism?
@tomsko8634 жыл бұрын
It is trending #18 right now
@joshuaoffman47924 жыл бұрын
Tom Sko 11 now
@Prutswerk4 жыл бұрын
Don't bet on it.
@MrRamyon744 жыл бұрын
@gurusson, No and why does it even matter??
@blizzardl4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. I can't believe it. Can we all take a moment to appreciate the generosity of this channel for offering such insanely good educational quality content for free
@tsczar04 жыл бұрын
So happy I didn’t have to pay for nebula
@speedy012474 жыл бұрын
well they are actually being paid. (ads/nebula/youtube premium/sponsors/patreon/other)
@jyskib4 жыл бұрын
speedy01247 obviously but this is easily subscription level content
@sike30004 жыл бұрын
fake account, prolly bot likes too
@swissbreeze4 жыл бұрын
Shut up man
@emilygordon2752 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for years, always enjoying them, and I clicked on this somewhat randomly to watch while eating. However, I almost screamed when i realized it was about st Helena! My mother's family is from the island, and myself being from the US it's so rare for anyone to know what/where the island is, let alone to go and make a documentary about it! Back in 2005 i took the RMS to the island to go visit family, and it was an experience I'll never forget. It's truly one of the most isolated places in the entire world and getting an airport was something a lot of saints never thought would happen. Thank you for doing this documentary, Sam- and huge props for actually pronouncing the name of the island correctly!
@kaostical3 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting an documentary about an airport to be this interesting and touching. I laughed, cried and smiled.
@jmgallo993 жыл бұрын
"The next couple years for St Helena are crucial." Pandemic: Allow us to introduce ourselves
@dubuyajay99643 жыл бұрын
Oof.
@michaelgreen15153 жыл бұрын
They have the power to not to take his calling card!
@chokstachan86353 жыл бұрын
Just checked flights. Non for the next 6days
@dubuyajay99643 жыл бұрын
@@chokstachan8635 Damn.
@Boss11863 жыл бұрын
Corona pulling up on the scene rubbing hands like Birdman
@ELS-tone4 жыл бұрын
“The most useless airport in the world” Berlin: am I not a joke to you
@kenbealy4 жыл бұрын
its the most useful airport 🤣
@martiferrer43544 жыл бұрын
Airport of Castellón (Valencia, Spain), which has not had a single flight for about 4 years due to being built by a company "friend of the government" that earned a solid amount of money collected via taxes: Am I a joke to you?
@elcisitiak1727 ай бұрын
“christmas 2019 is promising” my partner and i simultaneously: “oh no”
@flyingdutchmanforge57953 жыл бұрын
You do such awesome work! I’m subscribed to you on several accounts over many devices for business reasons! So happy you did a full length documentary! It was awesome! Beautiful work!! Thank you for all you do and all it takes to do what you do! Bravo!
@Donnerjkks4 жыл бұрын
This could also be a documentary about integrity in journalism
@zachfakelastname4 жыл бұрын
Calling them journalism is too much of a compliment
@hallquiche4 жыл бұрын
This sounds ike something I'd say if i had to write a long-ass paper for school and needed an all-in-one source.
@AquaMelodyZz4 жыл бұрын
Integrity in journalism? Ha, that doesn't exist and will never exist
@BrilliantDesignOnline4 жыл бұрын
Journalists who cover aviation should have to pass a certification to demonstrate they actually know something about aviation and aircraft.
@hamos47444 жыл бұрын
I'm not clear what you mean by that.
@taylorlewis96924 жыл бұрын
I knew there was a catch when he hasn’t talked about aviation in the past few episodes
@LawsCrown4 жыл бұрын
He was saving up his energy
@IceSpoon4 жыл бұрын
He had to begin the new decade with the right leg. Or wing.
@Laremy4 жыл бұрын
Your point?
@priatalat3 жыл бұрын
Dude I freaking love everyone's different accents, even more so knowing all these people live along side each other on the island.
@biggusdickus65372 жыл бұрын
It seems so cozy. I was just looking at it on google maps, and there are so many nice little cottage houses with a ton of land nicely tucked away along the tree lines. It would be so comfy waking up, seeing the forest and the mountains, but knowing that you’re still surrounded on all sides by thousands of miles of ocean.
@brucejunior1813 Жыл бұрын
Well... how is the airport now, after covid? I live in the "south American city of Recife" and there is no flights arriving here from Santa Helena.
@terryaltherr24814 жыл бұрын
In hindsight, postponing that ceremony with Prince Andrew turned out fine.
@user-xh6rg2nu3r4 жыл бұрын
He would of turned into a legend of the royal who touched up 90% of all the kids on an island
@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming4 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of Pitcairn Islands?
@rickyfreeman884 жыл бұрын
lollll
@heli-crewhgs52854 жыл бұрын
I was so pleased when the postponement of PA's visit was mentioned. I wonder how many buildings, projects, venues etc., that were officially opened by him, have taken down, or covered up their commemorative plaques?
@rogerwilco24 жыл бұрын
Heheheh.
@kimjonglongdong31583 жыл бұрын
"the British tabloids got hold of it". Oh god. The words you never want to hear.
@KennyHazy973 жыл бұрын
A horror story in seven words.
@VhenRaTheRaptor3 жыл бұрын
British Tabloids are cancer and should be all arrested. They are still going on about Diana decades on her from death in full on shit like "SECRETS EXPOSED".
@StarkRG3 жыл бұрын
The word "tabloid" in the UK doesn't have the same connotation that it does in the US. It just describes the printing format, which tend to just be a single fold and distinguished from the "broadsheet" format. That said, there _are_ definitely "tabloid journalism" papers which focus on more sensationalist stories with what we might, today, consider "clickbait" headlines.
@evaluateanalysis79743 жыл бұрын
@@StarkRG In the UK the literal meaning of "tabloid" refers to the format, but is generally used disparagingly about the content. Some quality papers now use this smaller format too though. I've no idea what it means in the USA.
@lilmane10702 жыл бұрын
@@evaluateanalysis7974 here in the US it means the same thing as the figurative sense you described for the UK: sensationalist, trivial, and bullshit content
@merycastro26083 жыл бұрын
I love this video. I am a aircraft enthusiast . I am so glad for the people of St. Helena , but i hope one day, they are able to attract more tourism and therefore more flights into the island bringing economic growth to the island. I hope one day I can visit this island and contribute a bit to their economy ! Great documentary !
@sardoggy2 жыл бұрын
I don't know who wrote that closing statement but, wow, what an inspiring message to close with and at the same time carried a tone on power and confidence. Great job by the way. This is the kind of stuff people should be wanting to watch. Its a unique story and is informative about a mode of travel we all use giving us more details using this micro example and it also covers economies in growth. And seeing a populous that is its it own way frozen in time, in the best ways, makes this whole documentary easy and enjoyable to watch. Thanks for making it guys and gals, and thank you curiosity stream for paying for it.
@FilipSkobic4 жыл бұрын
This didn't feel like 46 minutes at all. It felt like a slightly longer Wendover video. Well done! :)
@markhewitt21074 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I wanted to hear more, to see more of the island, just more!
@colincopland36654 жыл бұрын
23:22 “Assistant to the regional manager”
@pyralmao67294 жыл бұрын
Colin Copland “assistant regional manager” 😂
@blockblus12334 жыл бұрын
he will soon become manager
@turbofan4504 жыл бұрын
The Devil Wears Prada
@redstoyotarunnerwithstri-hp9gm4 жыл бұрын
From time to time I send Dwight faxes...from himself...from the future...
@poopadoopalis4 жыл бұрын
The security room was probably beer and pizza and they just didn’t want him joining in
@caw70073 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the history and introduction to Saint Helena. Looking forward to the full documentary. Charming and magical place that I hope doesn’t get spoiled by tourism. I love the Observation Deck crowd!
@hrg34832 жыл бұрын
Thanks to this Channel. Its so fabulous of them to bring such lesser known yet interesting and informative series to the door step of millions across the World. Thankyou Wendover Productions.
@6z04 жыл бұрын
Being from Saint Helena, this video is pretty cool to watch.
@whuzzzup4 жыл бұрын
You live there? What are the internet prices right now? Do you have a undersea cable or pure sat?
@SkateSka4 жыл бұрын
@@whuzzzup I'll go out on a limb and suggest they didn't run an undersea cable for ~4500 people.
@6z04 жыл бұрын
whuzzzup theyre pretty expensive
@LindelweJNcube4 жыл бұрын
Elon Musk's starlink will be up soon
@Android4804 жыл бұрын
I wonder just how many tourists Wendover will be individually responsible for sending over. I imagine a few hundred at least
@Robo-kz3nr4 жыл бұрын
Plane: *wiggles News media: BREAKING NEWS, PLANE NEARLY BLOWS UP
@BrilliantDesignOnline4 жыл бұрын
I know, right...
@TripleTSingt4 жыл бұрын
I'm in the roller coaster enthusiast community. We know this shit. *Ride stops for safety reasons or because some guest on it is ill or has his phone out. Media: "Rollercoaster gets stuck!! EVACUATION!! Are roller coasters safe?!?"
@anhduc09134 жыл бұрын
@@TripleTSingt remember the time they use tape on an aircraft and people goes nut like its gonna fall apart like lego? Turns out they used industrial aircraft duct tape. Who would have thought right? Gosh dang news channels just want to land some title.
@scythal4 жыл бұрын
@@anhduc0913 They want viewership and money, that's why
@JoseRodriguez-lp7rs4 жыл бұрын
Plane: *wiggles* Media: EMBRAER BOEING A330 ABORTS LANDING, THREATENS TO DESTROY AUSTRALIA
@xander10522 жыл бұрын
20:39 talking about Jo-burg, shows the entry flight towards the southern runway at Heathrow :P Great video Wendover though! Informative as always!
@Praise_Jefferson Жыл бұрын
Keep it up Wendover.. Watching this in 2023 is really thrilling. Hello from Nigeria. I'm a big Fan
@Baxxter1013 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of this video was Bill walking in at the exact wrong time and then just freezing solid for like 15 seconds. 23:47 "Hello Bill."
@truetechchannel2 жыл бұрын
Did everyone say hello to bill?
@MinistryOfMagic_DoM2 жыл бұрын
@@truetechchannel they did
@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that was the same Bill as the one that got interviewed at 27:39
@matiaswagner98102 жыл бұрын
I thought I was watching "the office" for a minute. Whether comedically or naively, it was brilliant.
@codeisawesome3694 жыл бұрын
"Hello, Bill!" "Hello!" Delightful!
@kerrykrishna4 жыл бұрын
Bill wanted a minute to get on film, and the Exec did not indulge him. That was a bit sad. Someone do an interview with him! Bill! I want to know what you are all about my friend!
@carl___________3 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate how much effort was put into this. Absolute masterpiece! Amazing job🙏! May God bless you🙏❤️.
@prof.heinous1913 жыл бұрын
Great job - didn't expect content like this on YT! I would recommend people check out the amazing story of the mammoth engineering job that was the airport build. Go Saints!!
@PikarinePlays4 жыл бұрын
This was a bloody good documentary and you should be proud
@pocarski4 жыл бұрын
Door: "keep closed at all times" Wendover: *doesnt close it behind him*
@IceSpoon4 жыл бұрын
I knew it I wasn't the only one who noticed that.
@foxtrot.tango.whisky4 жыл бұрын
If you listen you'll hear the door close after camera passes through. There are such things as gimbles guys...
@overthecounterbeanie4 жыл бұрын
Such a badass!
@Shenaldrac4 жыл бұрын
If the door is meant to be closed at all times, doesn't that make it less of a door and more of a wall?
@sleeptyper4 жыл бұрын
Might have been a 3rd person trailing them who closed the door?
@frankygers Жыл бұрын
What a brilliant video. I’ve worked with Saints down the Falklands. Great people. So happy to see they now have a functional airport they’ve longed for for decades
@Emetris3 жыл бұрын
i love the fact the you make long analytic videos. makes it much more watchable for me!
@geethsan15674 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'll ever get so emotionally invested for an Island I just learned about 46 minutes ago. This was an amazing documentary. Period.
@SisterCallahan4 жыл бұрын
I'd definitely recommend listening to his podcast, Extremities, he has a lot more information on the history of the island, the episode on Napoleon's time on the island was my favorite personally
@Stewbob1124 жыл бұрын
Geeth San This🙌🏻. I was looking to comment something like this, but you said it perfectly.
@twc_zo4 жыл бұрын
You said period meaning you put two periods unless your on your period
@lauratiso3 жыл бұрын
Every time I see an Embraer airplane doing a so noble and significant job like connecting these people with the world, I feel so proud of Brazil's often underrated engineering.
@FMeister942 жыл бұрын
Yeah Embraer seem like great planes for smaller runways. Perfect for aerfields or small airports
@valhalla-tupiniquim2 жыл бұрын
Eu sou brasileiro também. Eu também senti o mesmo orgulho.
@brantisonfire2 жыл бұрын
E jets are probably the best regional jet used by U.S. carriers. I wish Delta would use the 190, but theyre supposed to be using the Cseries to our airport. JetBlue uses the 190, but we will see.
@ALOUD2 жыл бұрын
For some reason I thought Embraer was French but I was thinking about Dassault. Damn good for Brazil man
@shawnchurch3162 жыл бұрын
Building a airframe is one thing, where are the engines, controls and avionics all built.
@gretchenlittle6817 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Fascinating documentary for sure. I was reminded of my time as a prosecutor in an extremely remote US county. We only had court in session once a month - th judge would travel from a neighboring county. For that day, the courthouse resembled many others - lawyers, clients, sheriffs’ deputies, etc. The remainder of the month the courtroom sat empty, ready for the scene to report itself.
@akanzeki2 жыл бұрын
Loved every minute of it. Thanks for the great work
@leodahvee4 жыл бұрын
You released this just as the clock struck twelve in my country, bravo to you Sam. Edit: grammatical error (stroke instead of struck)
@xenor50474 жыл бұрын
Lol im still in 2019
@jedrzejjakielski12584 жыл бұрын
What's 2020 like?
@lorcan10114 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, its 20 minute late here.
@lepicos4 жыл бұрын
I still have to wait 4 hours.
@jordanianstudios4 жыл бұрын
Lucky. It's noon where I am.
@maaltagabriel4 жыл бұрын
I'm brazilian and this makes me so happy, seeing one of our Embraer aircraft be of such good service to these folks.
@sanniepstein48353 жыл бұрын
Embraer makes wonderful planes, on which flying is actually fun again.
@alhemmings85543 жыл бұрын
Flown on the E190 many times within Australia and it is a lovely aeroplane.
@dafiltafish3 жыл бұрын
The new ones that Alaska Airlines bought are both extremely pretty inside and out, and fun to fly on. Like a Dash-8 without the prop-drone.
@IrlandesLatino3 жыл бұрын
When I fly from London to Honduras I make a Stopover in Mexico City to change planes. The 2 hour flight on the Embraer from Mexico City to San Pedro Sula is always my favourite part of the trip.
@andresbastidas40023 жыл бұрын
A lot of positivity! God Bless!
@GerardiAviation2 жыл бұрын
Love all of the airport and travel content... Keep it up!!!!
@wnhevenhuis75823 жыл бұрын
This video needs a follow up, with the effects of corona on its future path. And perhaps the viability of the electric revolution on the future of its flights as a new business model. And could Helena be a great test ground, for the future of travel to the moon and Mars?
@zetzo274 жыл бұрын
i was just crying once i realized the meaning of calling it "the most useful airport".. what a beautiful documentary
@BrilliantDesignOnline4 жыл бұрын
me too!
@sharefactor4 жыл бұрын
You two emo wimps should remember that this airport cost 100s millions of dollars. It is a wasteful vanity project, a obscene misallocation of taxpayers money!
@thelastcube.4 жыл бұрын
@@sharefactor nice copypasta
@jonathaninglis4 жыл бұрын
I cried.....I'm unstable I don't care haha
@JeffDvrx4 жыл бұрын
@@ae112 they don't mean it. That's why the other guy said "nice copypasta" :)
@youngkim59094 жыл бұрын
For those wondering, round trip flight from Johannesburg to St Helena is about £800 or about $1060.
@coolcoolercoolest2124 жыл бұрын
I did a search for round trip tickets from NY to London and it’s about 400$. Of course it’s a totally different thing, but still. Damn.
@Ibrahim105554 жыл бұрын
Because theres no first or business class which cheapens the normal seats in major routes
@jc-zb3nn4 жыл бұрын
From orlando it's about a 3 day trip with multiple multi hour layovers for a grand total of a little over 2000$
@MegaSnow1214 жыл бұрын
j c That’s actually less than I thought it would be, though long. Even if that’s one way, it is cheaper than I would have guessed.
@rexy85654 жыл бұрын
USD, CAD, or AUD?
@Biggihansalejandro2 жыл бұрын
Before this video I never actually listened to those curiosity stream and nebula ads of yours, just tried to skip over them. But after seeing such incredible level of content, far better than most documentaries you see on television or Netflix, I'm gonna get a subscription to curiosity stream and nebula. Bravo maestro.
@komarpineda41923 жыл бұрын
Great Documentary! It opened my interest completely to one day on my further life to visit that island and see for myself the changes the tool (airport) brought on future years to the island interests.
@redpilledbachelor77764 жыл бұрын
I've learned that Wendover production has been around for 4 years now. Damn even time flies with WP.
@metindemircan21314 жыл бұрын
Sılaym videosy
@ala02844 жыл бұрын
Lets just appreciate a free 46 minute high quality captivating documentary. What a great way to start the decade.🙌
@kavamemik3 жыл бұрын
This was a beautiful documentary. Loved it all.
@tennisiswonderful2 жыл бұрын
I am in awe of your researching skills, and being able to put everything together in such a coherent story. People do not realize the amount of smarts and vision and intelect it takes to put something like this together. Some of these are damn near NOVA quality.
@TheNikolaiwolf4 жыл бұрын
32:00 Imagine being so excited for an airplane to fly in. Wendover must have felt right at home.
@thefrub4 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, I usually don't really like the traditional documentary format. It can feel so slow and bloated. I was ready to hit that 1.5x as soon as I saw the length, but then I just got so sucked in. This is a REALLY quality film, the pacing is just as dense as a normal Wendover video
@lance29412 жыл бұрын
I am from Cape Town, I have just added this beautiful island to my bucket list. Ive heard about it, but never actually seen how it is and how the people there live. Great documentary
@valhalla-tupiniquim2 жыл бұрын
I loved the documentary. It showed all details of the history. It was clearly narrated. The interviews were very well done. The music perfect. In a nutshell: everything was great!
@jakobwert4 жыл бұрын
As a German, I truly love all the Berlin Airport references in this comment section.
@firehawk85213 жыл бұрын
What's up with that airport
@dubuyajay99643 жыл бұрын
@@firehawk8521 Precision German engineering! 🥁😂🤣🇩🇪
@dubuyajay99643 жыл бұрын
@@ryanmendes6520 No, because it's been stuck in development Hell and has been incomplete for decades.
@martijnspruit3 жыл бұрын
@@firehawk8521 The question is: what's _not_ up with that airport?
@Olliebobalong3 жыл бұрын
The Germans forgot to be German while building Berlin airport 🥴
@benoftheweek3 жыл бұрын
amazing content, i hope the community is doing well during covid and the effect it's had on the travel industry :(
@valentindegen3 жыл бұрын
With respect to covid: I was just visiting their gov homepage and it states „We wish to reassure you that at this time there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Island.“ stay safe everyone
@LeviForWaifu3 жыл бұрын
Hey, I hope Covid HELPS these isolated places by making things way more remote friendly. Remote personal assistants are in demand now, I know if I had kids or something paying $13 an hour to have all my appointments and odd jobs coordinated would be hella worth it.
@crazyrobots65653 жыл бұрын
As of now, they have had no cases.
@crazyrobots65653 жыл бұрын
@@LeviForWaifu well they don't have good internet. So working remotely in the way most in the developed world means would be impossible.
@LeviForWaifu3 жыл бұрын
@@crazyrobots6565 only because every Karen and boomer expects video calls constantly. You can do basically everything that comes with being a DPA with a 128k modem and a landline phone if nobody is a tard who expects zoom calls. And you need to spend money to make money.
@liamwood90032 жыл бұрын
Excellent production and documentary! Well done all involve!
@mmutas2 жыл бұрын
i'm watching this doc second time. it's really a good story of these isolated people in the middle of nowhere. i just can't imagine the disappointment of the locals after first test of the airliner.
@olympicwalnut324 жыл бұрын
At 34:42, my mind told me “yo he’s gonna hit you with that end-of-video advertisement again” but nope it’s a documentary so we good
@alexlandherr4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a “The Office” version at that airport. Seems so quaint and nice.
@empollack55214 жыл бұрын
"hello, Bill!"
@samcavanagh79934 жыл бұрын
A workplace sitcom at an airport sounds amazing, I would watch that for sure
@redparth4 жыл бұрын
You should watch borderline. It's an amazing british mocumentary show about a regional airport.
@kerryhess36414 жыл бұрын
@@samcavanagh7993 Might I be able to introduce you to Wings?
@samcavanagh79934 жыл бұрын
@@kerryhess3641 Oh wow, had no idea that existed
@jamessmith16522 жыл бұрын
British press shitting all over British people, some things never will change. What a great video you made to set the record straight, I'm sure the people of St. Helena are grateful for your accurate reporting of the story.
@iamjamieq Жыл бұрын
What a great documentary! I'm curious how St. Helena fared through the pandemic. Hopefully it was only a pause to their growth in tourism, and that things are getting back on track now.
@OkThisllbeMyName4 жыл бұрын
> The world's most useless airport Berlin Brandenburg would like to have a word with you
@fjellyo32614 жыл бұрын
At least trains are going there ;). But if we believe the officials it is going to open this year autumn 😂😂.
@illiiilli246014 жыл бұрын
@@fjellyo3261 [current year] autumn
@FirstLast-ve6jg4 жыл бұрын
Opening this year with no wind shear problems
@UltraMonkeyLP4 жыл бұрын
It will open like it was supposed to be in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, don't know if there was a date for 2019. But I highly doubt it will open this year, since it was delayed so often
@jamesedwardrichardson21314 жыл бұрын
Long live Tegel
@XxKINGatLIFExX4 жыл бұрын
21:50 guy in red baseball cap goes to put sunglasses on his head where there are already sunglasses
@autohmae4 жыл бұрын
Aren't those his normal glasses ? so not sunglasses ?
@lukeholehouse28154 жыл бұрын
HHahahaha when he realises as well, classs
@rogerwilco24 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@ZayBae694 жыл бұрын
How did you catch that
@AwesomeHairo4 жыл бұрын
Glasses-ception
@PatrickBijvoet9 ай бұрын
Wat a fascinating documentary. Just looked at the charts of St Helena and seemed that they renamed the runway to 01 and 19, what is not uncommon in the Aviation industry. I also looked at the site of the airport and see that sometimes they get a few flights more. Thank you for this amazing story.
@johnstewart26299 ай бұрын
This is a beautiful documentary about a beautiful place. I wish the best for all involved
@philtimmons7223 жыл бұрын
22:40 -- THIS Guy. Should be world famous. Give him his own show -- The Office, St. Helena Airport Edition.
@davidholland17503 жыл бұрын
‘Assistant TO the regional manager’
@basstrammel13223 жыл бұрын
"You guys, I'm super important. Many here would even say 'Crucial'".
@mtparkourartist3 жыл бұрын
I cant tell if hes trolling or being 100% serious which makes it that much funnier. I was cracked up when he was talking about the gym
@ESS2842 жыл бұрын
He's a TV character, it's uncanny... "HR, very important in a small but uh... compact airport...".
@drizzify78502 жыл бұрын
This dude like Dwight lol “I’m basically the CEO’s right hand man” and then 2 minutes later he’s like well I don’t have security even though I’m up there 😂😂
@uss_044 жыл бұрын
I envy Wendover. Seems like he’s doing the channel he’s always dreamed of. Not bad for just starting as a KZbinr
@alephkasai93844 жыл бұрын
Just starting? His channel is several years old
@tolga1cool4 жыл бұрын
@@alephkasai9384 He started as just another KZbinr tho. Maybe that's what he ment
@jordanmahrer12 жыл бұрын
I love that all they needed was an airstrip... Yet they blew 100 million and went full international. Makes sense.
@dimitrikemitsky2 жыл бұрын
Where would they go if not international? It's literally *further* to not go international, it's 4x further.
@OmegaBlack9995 ай бұрын
What a wonderful documentary.. Thanks so much for the great content.
@exunderscorejai4 жыл бұрын
Sorry have to point out an inaccuracy - you referred to the daily mail as "news"
@paperblackwriter3 жыл бұрын
BURN !!!
@grandrapids573 жыл бұрын
Top notch comment
@jonb64173 жыл бұрын
Silly comment. All papers have news, all papers have opinion, all papers twist and slant things. The Mail is no worse or better than any other. Sometimes it has excellent articles and sometimes it prints rubbish. There is no British newspaper that is 100% reliable.
@jonb64173 жыл бұрын
@Khandaker MURSHED ...and Guardian and "Independent" and Times.
@oshiemega38163 жыл бұрын
@@jonb6417 They are not tabloids. They don't do massive sensationalist headlines, they just do normal headlines. You might have a different opinion though, and you might fall somewhere else on the political spectrum, so I'm going to agree to disagree.
@Darren55664 жыл бұрын
"im going to open this door briefly, and then walk in" Real life David brent
@lifeintaiwan4 жыл бұрын
darren goddard absolutely thought the same!!
@maszlagma3 жыл бұрын
This was quite touching actually... I even welled up a bit and have never been there! Amazing content!❤️