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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 22:12:40 GMT 12
incredible........  Wouldn't want to be sunbathing beneath.... (It's that infamous St Maarten airport)  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 4, 2005 22:45:08 GMT 12
Wow, It's either really good photo-shopping, or they need a longer runway.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 5, 2005 17:39:10 GMT 12
No, its real alright. St Marteen is known for it's spectacular approaches... If you don't believe me, here's one of a DC-3 !!!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2005 18:31:16 GMT 12
Where is this place? Carribbean?
It just doesn't look right, especially that road! They definatey need a longer runway!
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Post by Bruce on Dec 5, 2005 20:18:37 GMT 12
Somewhere I've seen pics of an Air France 747 at a similar height over a similar beach - would that be St Marteen or is the runway too short for that? the DC3 pic reminds me of the story that in the 1950s a farmer neighbouring a busy RAF base complained that the local Gloster Javelins were low flying and shaking the house to pieces. the Adjutant expressed concern but couldnt do anything unless they could get the serial number. A few days later the farmer rang up again, and advised that although they couldnt get a number they could read "Trestle Here" -was that any help? !!!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2005 20:27:31 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2005 20:34:22 GMT 12
Good grief, no wonder they come in so damned low, look at the runway! I cannot believe a 747 can land there, near alone the DC3. How did they get planning permission? www.airliners.net/open.file/725829/M/ |
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 5, 2005 22:16:38 GMT 12
I love seeing these pics, even if they're not classic aircraft.. Here's an A340 comin' in REAL LOW !!!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2005 22:26:19 GMT 12
That looks seriously dangerous. All you need is one drunk idiot on the beach to kick the ball too high and BOOM, blown engine on finals. Imagine the noise too! I hope this place is for budget holidays only.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 5, 2005 22:28:14 GMT 12
I was thinking of a sudden downdraft consequences !!
Like what happened to that Mandarin Airlines MD-11.
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Post by Bruce on Dec 6, 2005 7:34:51 GMT 12
Looks almost as short as Wellington! I like the sign in the foreground of the A340 pic - "Blast can cause physical injury!" (and everyone is standing underneith the plane)
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 6, 2005 9:30:19 GMT 12
Somewhere on the 'net, I watched some video footage of idiots hanging onto the boundary fence behind jets that were taking off from this airport; and they were flapping around like grandmother's bloomers hanging on the clothesline in a breeze!
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Post by atcassidy_30hobby on Dec 8, 2005 19:55:09 GMT 12
woah! they were either brilliantly planned/staged or some guy has alot of time for photoshopping. although i am hoping the first suggestion is the correct one.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 8, 2005 19:58:28 GMT 12
Nope, not ps'd, just about all of the aircraft in the pictures I have seen have wicked low approaches like that.
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Post by Bruce on Dec 9, 2005 7:29:19 GMT 12
how about this one, off Avweb's Picture of the week. Taken at Corfu....  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 9, 2005 10:39:29 GMT 12
Hells bells! A good thing that bus was on a red light!
Where is that airfield on that car advert where it crosses a motorway?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 9, 2005 12:11:05 GMT 12
Gibraltar.
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Post by dpdouglas on Dec 18, 2005 22:09:21 GMT 12
Those are some very good shots and luckily for all nobody was hurt.
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Post by atcassidy_30hobby on Dec 19, 2005 13:52:01 GMT 12
woah those are some really low aproaches
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Post by dpdouglas on Dec 20, 2005 2:14:25 GMT 12
Ha ha i could get a photo of an aircraft which had a low flying time and ended in a crash.
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