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Old September 10th 08, 02:23 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Wickiup
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Default B-747 landing at Sint Maarten

"Herman" wrote in
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"Wickiup" schreef in bericht
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Try landing at Saba.

As in "no margin for error".............

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What class of aircraft are you landing at Saba?
Looks neat and clean and, well, short.


Winair is the only airline flying there with Twin Otters.
The strip is approx. 200 m long with no possibility to extend. Before
a rock outcrop was blasted away the aircraft had to approach in a
lefthand curve too.
In reasonable weather there is no problem. The planes have approx. 25
m to spare.
You can buy T-shirts on Saba: "I survived the Saba landing".

Regards,
Herman



Thanks!