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Title: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: czechwonder on April 13, 2008, 04:52:50 PM
on saint martin there are only two airports, one is Princess Juliana international, voted to be one of the hardest airports to land at...the strip is 2,180 metres/7,152 ft so large planes have to fly really low right over a beach, the pictures are insane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:American_757_on_final_approach_at_St_Maarten_Airport.jpg

also look for some videos there are great ones, but some are fake
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: fulanito on April 13, 2008, 05:10:19 PM
amazing picture
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: aevins on April 13, 2008, 05:47:26 PM
Famous approach, there are great photos of 747's in that location. I would not want to sit out on that beach  :-D
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on April 13, 2008, 05:58:57 PM
where can u find more pictures on that site?  i can only see the one of the american 757?
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: dave on April 13, 2008, 08:27:36 PM
Airliners.net and many other sites have pictures from Princess Juliana Airport.

Here is one I took in 2002...that beach is quite amazing.

-dave

Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: czechwonder on April 14, 2008, 01:23:06 PM
look at some videos on youtube, people literally get thrown in to the water from the  beach
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on April 14, 2008, 10:29:51 PM
haha ya,  i love those videos!   the air france video is my favorite!!
Title: Re: You must see these pictures (Princess Juliana airport)
Post by: kobe6377 on April 15, 2008, 10:55:44 PM
i wanna thaw into shadow...it will be great