View Full Version : St Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles, the famous place of the...


tayser
July 10th, 2005, 02:31 PM
extremely low flying plane over the beach shot ;)

all from airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?&countrysearch=-%20Philipsburg%20%2F%20St.%20Maarten%20-%20Princess%20Juliana%20%28SXM%20%2F%20TNCM%29&maxres=500&nr_of_rows=500&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=34&engine_version=6.0)

http://thehoddlegrid.net/dump/na1.jpg

http://thehoddlegrid.net/dump/na2.jpg

http://thehoddlegrid.net/dump/na4.jpg

http://thehoddlegrid.net/dump/na3.jpg

:eek2:

CULWULLA
July 10th, 2005, 02:44 PM
are these for real? llol if they are ,its bullshit. wouldnt you get burnt by the jet exhuast at that height?

uewepuep
July 10th, 2005, 02:52 PM
Hahah too cool :D

tayser
July 10th, 2005, 03:08 PM
it's definitely for real!

http://thehoddlegrid.net/dump/na5.jpg

CULWULLA
July 10th, 2005, 03:48 PM
faark. i reckon the spot would be full of plane spotters.

defec8R
July 10th, 2005, 04:48 PM
Awesome, gonna have to go there. A couple more...

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/misc/AirlinersNetPhotoID959381.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/misc/686219.jpg

very short video clip (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/misc/st_maarten_airport.wmv)

aussiescraperman
July 10th, 2005, 10:16 PM
check otu this one....
You could almsot jump and touch the belly of the jet...unbelievable!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/aussiehuskie/st20maarten.jpg

Saithkar
July 11th, 2005, 03:53 AM
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!

Imagine the noise, the pollution and the interuptions to your conversation. And I thought Sydney's airport was too close to houses and people....

JayT
July 11th, 2005, 08:14 AM
Does anyone remember that TV commercial they used to have a few years back - what was it for again, Google Travel or something? The happy family playing on the beach then all of a sudden a 747 shoots over. Was quite a funny add.

Wezza
July 12th, 2005, 11:13 AM
^ That commercial still on up here. Gotta love St Maarten, always classic pics coming from that place. As an aviation nut, i'll have to get there one day. :)

tayser
July 12th, 2005, 11:42 AM
very short video clip (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/misc/st_maarten_airport.wmv)

:guns1:

that's pretty damn cool. it's only over the top of you (on the beach) for less than a second!