B-747 landing at Sint Maarten

Try landing in Guam...lol
Big cliff in front of you...lol And it's close also........oh! man!

JRW

I did for 2 years when stationed at Andersen AFB.

JRW wrote in news:4158a$48c53d87$5ed0894b$21290
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
"turt" wrote in news:48c44603$0$4028
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This has to be photoshopped.



I have been to St. Maarten and no, it is not photoshopped.
The planes really do come in that low.




Try landing in Guam...lol

Big cliff in front of you...lol And it's close also........oh! man!



Try landing at Saba.

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

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.

"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

On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:49:34 -0500, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

JRW wrote in news:4158a$48c53d87$5ed0894b$21290
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
"turt" wrote in news:48c44603$0$4028
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This has to be photoshopped.



I have been to St. Maarten and no, it is not photoshopped.
The planes really do come in that low.




Try landing in Guam...lol

Big cliff in front of you...lol And it's close also........oh! man!



Try landing at Saba.

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

What are the Xs?
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A construction worker goes to the doctor and says, "Doc, I'm constipated."
The doctor examines him for a minute and then says, "Lean over the table."
The construction worker leans over the table, the doctor whacks him on the ass with a baseball bat, and then sends him into the bathroom.
He comes out a few minutes later and says, "Doc, I feel great. What should I do?"
The doctor says, "Stop wiping with cement bags."

"Peter Hucker" wrote in message
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What are the Xs?

The X means the runway is permanently closed. The airport is open though,
you need a waiver for permission to land. Like Herman said: WinAir is the
only airline operating scheduled flights to and from Saba, from SXM.

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

"Herman" wrote in
b.home.nl:


"Wickiup" schreef in bericht
. 21...
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!

On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 21:07:50 +0200, "Ron" wrote:


"Peter Hucker" wrote in message
.. .

What are the Xs?

The X means the runway is permanently closed. The airport is open though,
you need a waiver for permission to land. Like Herman said: WinAir is the
only airline operating scheduled flights to and from Saba, from SXM.

I'd have used bigger Xs.

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

Does that mean don't **** in the air conditioning unit?
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If you lived as a child in the 70's or the 80's, looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have........ As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.(Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No mobile phones. Unthinkable.

We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learn to get over it.(And mammies never got involved!)

We ate bread and butter, and drank sugary pop but we were never overweight.........we were always outside playing. We shared one bottle of lemonade with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this?

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games and all 99 channels on Sky Digital TV, video tape movies, surround sound personal mobile phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms........ we had friends. We went outside and found them.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it?

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to.

And you're one of them.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please pass this on to others that have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good?