Noel Philips
Noel Philips is a British travel creator and pilot sharing airline reviews, unusual routes and journeys to remote communities, with rail and bus adventures along the way.
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Known for
- I Flew to the World's Least Visited Country (Visitor #13)2026 · Nauru travel film
YouTube - I Spent 5 DAYS on America's Longest Greyhound Bus. It Was HELL.2023 · Coast-to-coast bus journey
YouTube - How Can This Plane Still FLY?! African Airliners2021 · Tanzania flight report
YouTube - 71 HOURS IN ECONOMY! Flying on the World's Longest Flights Back to Back!2018 · Long-haul flight challenge
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Overview
- From
- Leicester, UK
- Based in
- Southern Texas, USA
- Work
- Aviation and travel creator; private pilot
- Early career
- IT security
- Full time since
- 2018
Mini bio
How it started.
Noel grew up in Leicester with a love of aviation. His official biography dates his flight and rail reporting to 2001. In an Authority Magazine interview, he recalled reading aviation magazines as a child and writing reports of his own trips for other enthusiasts.
Turning a hobby into work.
He began sharing flight footage online and started taking YouTube more seriously as an audience formed. By 2018, he said his YouTube and Facebook income exceeded his IT salary, and he moved into creating full time. His 71-hour economy-class challenge took him from the UK to New Zealand and back in three days.
Finding the people behind the routes.
His films range from premium cabins to small airlines serving remote places. In 2020 he described how meeting passengers in isolated communities shifted his interest from collecting aircraft types to understanding the lives connected by those flights. His Tanzania film later attracted attention in The Citizen, which reported more than 304,000 views in its first week.
Life between trips.
Noel is based in southern Texas with his wife Rachel and their two children. An instrument-rated private pilot, he also films his own flying for a second YouTube channel. Away from aviation, he still enjoys coding and building web applications.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel films
- 2026I Flew to the World's Least Visited Country (Visitor #13)Creator and presenter
- 2023I Spent 5 DAYS on America's Longest Greyhound Bus. It Was HELL.Creator and presenter
- 2021How Can This Plane Still FLY?! African AirlinersCreator and presenter
- 201871 HOURS IN ECONOMY! Flying on the World's Longest Flights Back to Back!Creator and presenter
Industry appearances
- 2021Travel Retail Consumer ForumConsumer in residence
- 2021Travel Retail AwardsBlogger/vlogger judging panel member
Awards
Quotes
Keep on creating. Don’t stop.Noel Philips, Authority Magazine
Advice to aspiring creators in his November 2020 interview.
Trivia
- He flies a Cessna Skylane in his own pilot videos.
- He enjoys coding and building web applications in his spare time.
- His five-day Greyhound journey ran from New York to Los Angeles.
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