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paul101
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This apparent disaster-waiting-to-happen is on the Island of St. Maarten. The airport has a particularly short runway that ends just 40 feet from beach, leaving large planes just barely enough room to land. So they have to come in low, directly over the beach, making it a prime destination for an afternoon of quiet, relaxing sunbathing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo
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xell
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These are cool vids of St. Maarten: Views from the cockpit,
Take Off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRxppaWTdc
Landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmDuXO_k6E |
DickySnapples
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2006 called..they want their thread back!
old old old !
and has been discussed on here before
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fatreg
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I think the old thread came to the conclusion that Hong Kong airport was also as bad with all the sky scrapers being about...
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gaming_guy
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On 2008-08-24 15:30:07, paul101 wrote:
making it a prime destination for an afternoon of quiet, relaxing sunbathing....
....and planespotting 
On 2008-08-24 17:27:25, fatreg wrote:
I think the old thread came to the conclusion that Hong Kong airport was also as bad with all the sky scrapers being about...
and what with the mountain at the old airport causing the aircraft to bank round and land
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arien617
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How is that possible without everyone on the beach being thrown about?
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gaming_guy
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On 2008-08-24 17:54:29, arien617 wrote:
How is that possible without everyone on the beach being thrown about?
see this
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arien617
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Turkish net censorship, canny access YouTube. :/
I'll have a look when I'm back.
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paul101
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On 2008-08-24 18:54:35, arien617 wrote:
Turkish net censorship, canny access YouTube. :/
I'll have a look when I'm back.
use a proxy  
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QVGA
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wow that is genuinely cool
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Posted: 2008-08-24 15:30
