Tremendous respect for these pilots. They do on a daily basis what is probably one the most dangerous airline job, without the glory and the pay of the big jet boys. Loved your comments too. Not annoying for one bit which is pretty rare these days. Thanks for uploading.

This should be a sporting event and he should be the commentator! Good job!

Eventhough this video is 4 years old, it's absolutely my favorite Lukla airport video! Love the play by play! Henry from the USA 🇺🇸

ROTF That was like listening to a sporting event! What a crazy runway!!!

Excellent job narrating. You really capture how serious this business is.

This is amazing! The commentary makes it 11/10.. it's like watching an intense soccer match

I had the opportunity to fly successfully in and out of Lukla in 2009 when I did the Everest Base Camp trekk. It is truly a dangerous airport with landings and take offs best described as being as dangerous as landing/taking off of an actual carrier. The terrain and location make any attempt at a "go around" should the pilot have to abort near impossible. Hats off to the pilots who brave this flight every day. When we did the trip, the pilots left the cockpit door open so we could get a glimpse of what they saw. I thought they needed to serve drinks to the passengers before they boarded.

I never heard airplane landing and take-off play-by-play before! It's actually kind of cool!

"Rotate, please". Couldn't be more accurate. Lovely video, thanks for sharing.

My word I enjoyed that, great commentary. Half expected "the batsmans Holding the bowlers Willey"

I have met several Nepalise and every Tuesday there is a market at Aldershot with many there. The elderly ladies wear the clothes they do in Nepal, they are reseved but sometimes a smile gets returned. What I have seen in another video was that the pilots were quite young Nepalise. They make excellent soldiers (one got 3 VC medals) and pilots. A lovely country with lovely people. Thank you for the video, very well done.

All 3 aircraft in small turboprop segment together: Dorneir Do-228 (Germany/ India), DHC-6 (Twin Otter, Canada) and L-410UVP-E (Czech Republik).

Pilots who fly in and out of Lukla: pure greatness!

Excellent vid!!! You sound like a cricket commentator! Lol.

These videos of Lukla are just as fascinating as the ones of big airliners landing in various airports. You got to have real guts to both be a pilot and passenger in those planes flying in/out of Lukla.

I've done this runway on a simulator, and quite honestly have never nailed it like these guys do... Amazing.

Excellent!Great commentary by someone who knows his stuff👍!

Fabulous. Your commentary was fantastic. What an stunning place. Many thanks.

oh, boy, I could watch and hear it forever! Thanx for vid and great comments!

Superb visuals, complemented by beautiful audio (commentary); perhaps the best video on HTAL (VNLK); Loved it, thanks a lot Mr. Gilroy!

Absolutely awesome job filming & commentating!!

No undershoot, no evershoot, no abort take off, no go around. Everything must be precise. Nice video..

This airport is so high up that performance is affected. The downhill takeoff actually helps with getting the extra speed through gravity. If the runway was flat, it would have to be twice as long.

You have to hand it to those guys,that`s proper flying. Total respect to them.

One of the rare videos where I enjoyed the commentary just as much as the visuals. 👍

well done you cricket commentator. thats some wild action at that airport..those pilots are something!

I've watched a lot of livery videos.The narrating here is spectacular.

The scenery is outrageously magnificent.... maching your commentating skills :D

What a superb piece of commentary - I dare say you could describe a man getting into a car and driving off and still make it sound exciting!

I finally understand what the big deal is with that airport. Great job on a great video. New subscriber too!

Loved the play-by-play. Way more exciting than most professional sports commentators!

It was a grass slope when I was there 1977. Flew in in a Pilatus Porter (single engine) and out eith a Twin Otter. My memory is that the Twin Otter didn’t need all the strip to take off.

Flew that very flight on 9N-AKE a few days back .... the only disconcerting thing was watching them fix it for 3 hours while we waited in the departure "lounge"!

Wow! You are the David Attenborough of Aviation...

Interesting how all the aircraft, though of different makes, are highwing turbine twins, a case of convergent evolution. Thanks for the wonderful vid. I have flown into Katmandu, and within Nepal to visit Tiger Tops, in the late 1970s. I was 13 ... But I remember that we got to travel in a DC-3! It was a gracious, comfortable airliner. Imagine! A radial piston twin! A tail dragger! I wish I could do it again. Kudos to you, to have the stones to fly into Lukla as a passenger.

Great Vlog have a save trip

Great video , sound and your commentary, it really takes us all there!! Thank you for sharing it!!! From Washington DC.

Sir ! The way you announce makes me feel like I am watching a soccer match

Love the play by play! Thanks for a great video!

9:18 - rotate, please!

Rush hour that’s twenty minutes ...👍 enjoyed watching that .Some flying skill on show .

Amazing landing n take off on a difficult airport strip. Nice commentary making the video more interesting.....

I can tell that you are a pilot (or else an aviation enthusiast) by your commentary. hehe I am, too! Very enjoyable!

In winter1980 I hiked in from Lamasungu about 80 miles away from Lukla. After viewing Everest from Kala Patur I hiked back down to Lukla for the flight back to Kathmandu. The landing area was just a grass field with grazing Yaks.

Great vid Nicholas! Great vid. Your commentary was excellent. I can feel your love of flight through your words and as you describe the go/no-go points only a pilot could express that as you do. Great stuff!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!! You should become an announcer!! lol

Best of all the Lukla videos - thanks!

Brilliant video Nicholas..!!! I love how everything work so fast

Perfect three point landing with a loaded aircraft. Three cheers for the pilot.

Brilliant commentary... and aviation version of a cricket match...👍😎

I love the video and this is the first avaiation video I have ever seen I used to watch this video daily 4-5 years ago aprox 4 years ago i think

Amazing pilot skill to land and take off there. Good Video !

😊Extra good work👍Thumbs up, my friend👍Like 9890

Yeah... I totally agree that you do sound like a sports commentator... that really made me smile.

Public comments. Amazing flight skills and great landing.thanks so much for sharing your wonderful video..pilots did amazing job .

10 times better than watching football..

Wow imagine beautiful moments thnku so much bro I love Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

I just subscribed to your channel because it was a great video, well narrated and straight to the point. No rubbish about what you had for breakfast or anything like that. Great job.

great job calling it ..in a one -way in and out very secluded limited and dangerous Katmandú valley airport......

Woooooow what a view!😍😍😍

Hehehe... Oh Gilroy you sound like a Football commentator with the drama of a Hollywood director! Thank the Lord you did not put daft music in the background! Nice footage though... thanks.

Tragically, the 3rd plane here (9N-AKY) crashed just short of the runway on 5/27/17, killing 2 of 3 crew... Excellent video!

Back in about 1976, both sides of the runway were littered with crashed aircraft. I think there was only one or two arrivals a day.

I stumbled across this airport on MS Flight Simulator by accident.. I thought the runway was just mapped wrong! I managed to land there once but it wasn't that pretty! An incredible airport!

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!

Man I love your video.. You are like the pilots.... Very precise and enjoyable. Txs Gilroy

that's why nepalese pilots are world's best pilots . .

Not to take away from this very neat video but I had downloaded Lukla scenery for FSX and I thought the runway was bad at the top due to the bump and the ground was arched on the runway incorrectly or poorly. I see this and it turns out the scenery itself is spot on and the runway in the simulation looks exact ! It is a challenge in the simulator, props (

Super pilotes et magnifiques avions ! 👏 🤞Merci pour la vidéo et le commentaire !👍🏽

The commentary was amazing. Almost like a soccer match

IFR all the way with VFR at fingertip ready. Great landing!

Not helicopters but airplanes ladies and gentlemen! That is both impressive and insane!

Great Job... I just landed in Paro 2 weeks ago, was nice... but Lukla seems to be awesome

Your footage was great- Your commentary was epic.... I loved seeing what other country's specialize in aviation... Fantastic job....

best aviation video wit perfect commentator!

3 in & 1 out bound approaches with single clear video take 👏💐 wow !!!

I thought that this is a aircraft racing event ....its was really rare and interesting....never seen before what did you do sir....what a nice effort

Great to see your video man! although being a Nepalese , I've never been there and I've heard that is the dangerous airport with the shortest runway in whole world.

Next time your there make a 2 hour video, we all enjoyed your commentary and we're all subscribing....Great, great video.

That was great! Video & commentary. God bless those pilots.

Excellent review. Thanks for NO MUSIC.

My #1 video of the day, the commentary nailed it for me.

This guy is awesome. He sounds like an F1 announcer. Great commentary mate!!!

Cool! I've flown into Lukla many times... In a flight sim! It's short, that's for sure. Can make it with a 737, but nothing larger.

Woooooowww beautiful video!!!!

this was more exciting than most sports i see on the tele...

This is a very fun to watch video and audio:) Nicholas, man you are good!..

Everything I wanna say is written below. Cheers from the USA mate !!

Thats what I call busy ! great vid many thanks.

Really enjoyed watching and your professional commentary. Thanks!!

What a beautiful airport and amazing narrations 🎙👍🏾🏔🛫🛬🏔👏🏽👏🏽 u should do your own radio shows

Dornier DO-228 min 4:43 De Havilland Canada DHC6 Twin Otter min 6:19 LET L-410 Turbolet

Great commentating... I feel like I watching a golfing event. I’m like what’s next. Edit: I just read comments seams all said the same thing.... brilliant!!

These pilots are pros. They fly in and out like walking in a park.

We need more aviation commentators!

Looks a lovely place. Was you out there commentating on the golf or the cricket?

Finally proper sports commentating on the airfield. It feels so right. I need wings and a beer.

Being narated by Sean Bean, it's amazing! :)

“ STOL flight service “ have never forgotten this abbreviation from my memory , as we had to learn from my mini single text book of English during my very youth of Gov. school. Can any one answer of it , I wonder ? Note - Now capable of knowing 5 languages with eloquence, including Dutch . Humm. ! Namaste.

Awesome video 👍🏻