- Alright. I got in yesterday after an 18 hour flight,
the longest flight in the world yesterday to New York.
And I thought I felt alright yesterday.
Wasn't doing too bad.
And then today I am just no good at all.
My body doesn't know like what day it is,
let alone what time zone it's on.
So yeah, today's sponsored by caffeine.
Today though, it's time to get out over New York
and to do that,
we're gonna be flying on New York's newest airline.
So the airline I'm flying on today,
nobody I've spoken to here in New York
seems to have heard of them before.
Which is yeah, a little bit interesting.
But they fly from here, right in downtown Manhattan.
And if I'm right,
it's not too far from here, where I am now.
So let's go and see if we can find the mysterious place
I've got to go to to get on this mystery airline.
So this looks about right.
Tailwind Air, that's the name of the airline we're on.
So let's head inside.
- Mr. Noel Philips. Hello, how are you?
- [Noel] Hello, you all right?
- I'm good, I'm good.
- [Noel] You recognize me?
- Yes, yes.
If I could just get a weight on the backpack, please?
- [Noel] Absolutely, yeah.
- [Matt] Please make yourself comfortable.
We have some waters, sodas and seltzers in the fridge
and you'll have some snacks in there.
- [Noel] Awesome. Thank you very much.
- [Matt] You're welcome.
- [Matt] Alright guys, Boston and Provincetown,
we're gonna head out. Turn off your phones please.
You're welcome. You're welcome. You're welcome.
- [Noel] Thank you. - [Matt] Sure.
- [Noel] After a few minutes waiting in the lounge
it was time to head out to the plane
that was going to take me up to Boston.
Tailwind Air operate these cool Cessna caravans
on scheduled routes all up the northeast coast of America
right from downtown locations.
My ride today was this three year old
Cessna Grand Caravan EX.
Compared to the original Cessna Caravan,
it's four feet longer and has a more powerful engine,
adding 11 knots to the plane's speed.
- Alright guys, there you are.
- [Noel] Awesome. Thank you very much.
- It was a pleasure meeting you, yes.
- [Noel] Nice to meet you, yes.
- Enjoy the flight guys, we'll see you next time.
- [Noel] See you next time, thanks very much. See you.
- [Attendant] Bye everyone, have a great flight.
- [Noel] How you doing, alright?
- Good, how are you?
- [Noel] Yeah, good, thank you.
Hello there. Where do you want me sitting then?
- [Pilot] You can sit anywhere you like.
- [Noel] Okay.
- [Pilot] Please be careful.
- [Noel] Yeah.
- [Pilot] And you're gonna go behind this seat.
- [Noel] Yeah. Okay.
- [Pilot] And grab onto the back right there.
- [Noel] Yep. Okay.
And I'll slide it forward in front if that's alright.
Thank you.
Is there really any question
of which seat is the best on a plane like this?
Right at the front behind the co-pilot, of course.
I took my seat and it wasn't long
before the engine fired up and we were on our way.
We taxied out along the East River
and after a great view of another caravan taking off,
we were ready to go.
Alright there. Welcome on board Tailwind Air,
who fly a fleet of these Cessna caravans
from Manhattan up the coast of Boston
and other places in New England as well.
And we are riding today up to Boston
so that's gonna be a fun flight.
Looking forward to it.
The views after taking off from the river
are absolutely breathtaking.
For me, this alone makes this a far cooler experience
than driving out to the airport
and taking a packed A320 up to Boston.
After a flight right past downtown Manhattan,
I thought the coolest part of the flight was over.
That was until we turned on track to LaGuardia Airport
and flew right over the top.
This flight really was turning into an Avgeek's dream.
After one of the most spectacular takeoffs I've ever had,
We turned on track towards Boston.
The rest of our route took us along the coast of New York
towards Providence, Rhode Island.
From there we started our approach into Boston Harbor,
touching down after a flight time
of one hour and seven minutes, cruising at 7,500 feet.
Alright then, so airborne from Manhattan
on board the Tailwind Air Cessna caravan.
How flipping cool is this?
And that departure from New York was absolutely stunning.
Wow. Don't get much cooler than that, does it?
So Tailwind, they're operating these Cessna caravans,
with services in between Manhattan and Boston
and then onto other destinations in New England.
This one's going on to Provincetown, which is on Cape Cod
and that's where most of these passengers are going.
I think I'm the only person
who's actually getting off in Boston,
given that it's a Friday
and most people are heading to New England
for their weekends away.
- [Automated Announcer] Two miles.
- Just an absolutely incredible experience.
So yeah, that's today's fun anyway.
So we're gonna head up to Boston.
We're gonna land there in the harbor at Boston.
And yeah, see what it's like flying on Tailwind,
and already it's an absolutely incredible experience.
I mean, look at that.
Helicopter there. Wow. He's close.
As far as Cessna caravans go, this one's actually fitted out
really, really smartly inside.
It's got these lovely comfortable leather seats.
It's sort of in a corporate configuration,
which is really nice.
And it means that the flight's really, really comfy,
even though you are on quite a noisy little Cessna caravan.
It's still a really comfy plane to fly on.
Hello.
- What in the world are you wearing?
- I'm a Lord now. I'm Lord Noel Phillips.
- [Rachel] Well, you've been a Lord
for a long time, ain't that... not that kind.
- Not, not that kind of Lord.
No, thanks to Established Titles,
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that makes me a Lord.
So now you can refer to me please as my Lord.
Lord Noel Philips.
- Right. Well can you move? 'Cause like,
I need to come in.
- Actually it should be, can you move, my Lord?
- [Rachel] Can you move? Or I'm gonna knee you in the nut.
- Okay, I'm moving.
- [Rachel] Thank you.
- Established Titles use an ancient Scottish law
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What this means is, is that you can buy
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can be a Lord just like me.
And so yeah, so Tailwind here
have been in touch with me quite a lot actually
trying to get me to go and fly on their sea plane.
They've been giving out free seats
to reporters and influencers
and content creators and all sorts.
But as you know, I don't take free flights from any airline.
So I've actually paid for this myself
entirely out of my own pocket so that
I can do a really sort of unbiased review.
And I'll be honest,
it is very expensive to fly on these.
I paid $350 for my ticket, which apparently was cheap.
Usually it's six, 700 for flights up to Boston.
The day I looked at booking as well,
I also looked at flying up to Provincetown,
which basically this flight stops at Boston,
then goes on to Provincetown.
Provincetown is less than half the distance
of New York to Boston
and yet they charge an extra $400 or so for that leg.
It's crazy, crazy money to fly on Tailwind there.
But that said, they still seem to be filling these things.
The guy down on the ground was telling me
that they have up to three flights a day
between New York and Boston
and they're almost always full.
So they must be doing something right
to be able to charge that much money.
And I think, if I'm honest,
it's probably the convenience factor there,
of being able to just jump on a sea plane
right in downtown Manhattan.
No security, no TSA, no nothing.
You can just rock up
20 minutes before the flight in downtown
and you're on a plane.
By the time you get to Boston,
you'd have probably only just been getting to JFK
or LaGuardia if you were to drive it out.
So I can certainly see the convenience of that
but jeez, it's a lot of money to pay for this flight.
Alright, they're starting our descent down to Boston.
Super, super cool, isn't it?
After just under an hour's flying time,
we started our approach into Boston Harbor.
I thought the takeoff from Manhattan was spectacular,
but I had no idea just how cool
the landing into Boston would be.
The seaplanes land right alongside the runways
of Boston's Logan Airport,
meaning you fly right through the final approach path
just before you touch down.
The fun doesn't end when you touch down in Boston
as the plane pulls up to this tiny dock
in the middle of the harbor.
This is where things got even cooler.
Boston.
- [Attendant] Boston? All right.
- [Noel] Thank you.
- [Airline Radio] Put you back over the place over there.
- [Attendant] Hello. - [Noel] Hi.
- Which is your bag?
- [Noel] Just this one.
- Just that one? That's perfect.
- [Noel] Just the one, yeah.
I'll see if I can do this gracefully.
There we go. - [Attendant] Well done.
- [Noel] Straight up there. There we go. Thank you.
Oh, I think this is me.
So I dunno if I'm just dumped here now
in the middle of the harbor,
but I think, I think hopefully this boat... is a boat...
I've not got to swim the rest of the way, have I?
- [Evan] Mr. Philips?
- Yeah, I am, yeah.
- [Evan] Evan Philips.
- Oh.
- Nice to meet you, I saw your bag check.
- Two Philips. Oh, yeah.
Oh, even a boat to the harbor.
Look at this, look.
- [Evan] Hello.
- [Attendant] Hello.
- [Noel] Hi. How you doing?
- [Attendant] Whole plane to yourself? Awesome.
- [Noel] Oh yeah, well, no, there's a...
Think they're all staying on there.
I've got the boat to myself though, so that's good.
- [Attendant] There you go. Yeah.
Whole boat to yourself, too. Exactly.
- [Noel] As always, a massive thank you to my patrons
for helping to make these videos possible.
You can join them at the link on the screen now
for access to my WhatsApp group,
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I feel like James Bond.
Planted on the harbor in Boston on a seaplane,
taking my own private speedboat to the mainland.
Oh, this is incredible, isn't it?
Absolutely love that.
Lovely. Thank you so much.
Have a good evening.
Thank you.
- [Attendant] We'll see you next time.
- [Noel] Cheers. Yeah.
Hi, how you doing?
- [Attendant] There you go.
- [Noel] Thank you very much.
Awesome, thank you. Yeah, that was really cool.
Thank you.
- [Attendant] Thank you so much.
- [Noel] Thank you. See you later.
- [Filipe] How was everything?
- [Noel] Fantastic, thank you, yeah.
Had a great flight up. Yeah, it was awesome.
Well, thank you very much. I'm gonna head off to my hotel.
- So are we having you back
from Boston to New York anytime now?
- [Noel] No, no, no.
I'm going back on the train tomorrow, so.
- You know what? We got something for you.
- [Noel] Oh, okay.
- Are you documenting this for your channel?
- [Noel] I will be, yeah.
- Oh, that's amazing. We're big fans of your work.
- [Noel] Oh, are you? Thank you.
- Yeah, we're all avgeeks in here.
- [Noel] Thank you.
That's really kind of you. Thank you.
- Absolutely.
- I think I might see if I've got a key chain for you.
Just one second.
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you can find them in the merch store at noelphillips.com
where we now offer free shipping throughout the US
on most products.
Hello, you. There we go. - Ooh, that is awesome!
One 'Remove Before Flight' Key Chain.
- This is awesome.
I'm gonna put it in my bag right away. Thank you.
- Even the crew on the plane didn't get that. There you go.
- Thank you so much.
- I've got another sea plane one there, look.
- Well that's, that's very nice.
- That's who I flew with last time
over in Vancouver, so yeah.
- If anytime you're around town...
- Yeah, awesome.
- You can let us know.
- Thank you very much, Felipe.
See you later. Bye-bye.
Ah, here we go. Thank you Tailwind.
And to all your guys. Felipe, Matt down in New York,
everybody at Tailwind.
That was fantastic. Fantastic experience.
Right, I'm gonna try head to my hotel now,
which is here in downtown Boston.
I've not been to downtown Boston before
so this is gonna be fun, isn't it?
I say we're gonna have a look around.
Bit pretty though.
And you know, the incredible thing about that is
it's literally an hour since we left Manhattan.
And if I was gonna be flying up with say, JetBlue or United
or somebody from LaGuardia up to Boston
I probably wouldn't even be at LaGuardia airport
by now in an hour.
Not on Friday night rush hour.
And yet here I am already, in downtown Boston,
ready to start my weekend.
It's just, that's the reason why it's so expensive.
I've just sort of figured it out,
because it's so much more convenient.
So yeah, love it.
Fantastic. Right, let's go and find my hotel.
- [Street Performer] Okay. Okay. Alright, alright, alright.
- Okay, alright, alright, alright.
- [Street Performer] Okay. Okay. Alright, alright, alright.
Alright, then. Welcome to Boston.
Never do that accent again, Noel, that was terrible.
But this is my hotel room here in Boston,
the Aloft hotel room.
It's a little bit small and pokey
but it'll do for one night that I'm here.
Got that there.
We got a, what have I got in here.
I have a bathroom, I think?
There we go. Bit of a bathroom.
Eh...
It'll do. It's alright.
Right, I'm gonna go and get some food, I think.
So thank you so much for watching.
I hope you've enjoyed this video with Tailwind.
Let me know what you thought of Tailwind
down in the comments.
And would you pay the extra to fly direct to,
from city center to city center here in America?
I mean, to be honest, that's a no-brainer for me.
That was such an amazing experience.
And yeah, to be able to get from downtown to downtown
in just one hour, absolutely incredible.
So yeah, but let me know what you thought of it
down in the comments.
But in the meantime, as always
thank you so much for watching.
Take care and I'll see you on the next one.
Bye for now.