Silverhawk
New Member
Re: St. Maarten - Water Landing
Compliments of Airliners.net..
What to avoid when flying into the Bahama's
Water Landing
Compliments of Airliners.net..
What to avoid when flying into the Bahama's
Water Landing
St. Maarten
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kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Yep. They shut it down for "security reasons." Some local plane watchers tried to fight it, but no dice. Personally, I think it was political backscratching so they can expand the toll road right there at a later date. The whole "security" holds no water for me. There's a B-52 in a public park ON airport property closer to the runway. If you WERE going to fire a shoulder fired rocket, you could just fake a flat tire on the toll road. They didn't shut that down. I can read tail numbers from my balcony, but they didn't move all the residents out of the four apartment complexes in the landing pattern. That's just the north side of the airport. The plane watchers didn't help there cause any when the Orlando Sentinel interviewed them. Saying "Yeah, the planes are so close you can almost hit them with a rock" is a nail in the coffin......
triple7
Well-Known Member
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There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
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Yep. They shut it down for "security reasons." Some local plane watchers tried to fight it, but no dice. Personally, I think it was political backscratching so they can expand the toll road right there at a later date. The whole "security" holds no water for me. There's a B-52 in a public park ON airport property closer to the runway. If you WERE going to fire a shoulder fired rocket, you could just fake a flat tire on the toll road. They didn't shut that down. I can read tail numbers from my balcony, but they didn't move all the residents out of the four apartment complexes in the landing pattern. That's just the north side of the airport. The plane watchers didn't help there cause any when the Orlando Sentinel interviewed them. Saying "Yeah, the planes are so close you can almost hit them with a rock" is a nail in the coffin......
[/ QUOTE ]that SUCKS! I really used to like going there to watch the planes during rush hour!
Yep. They shut it down for "security reasons." Some local plane watchers tried to fight it, but no dice. Personally, I think it was political backscratching so they can expand the toll road right there at a later date. The whole "security" holds no water for me. There's a B-52 in a public park ON airport property closer to the runway. If you WERE going to fire a shoulder fired rocket, you could just fake a flat tire on the toll road. They didn't shut that down. I can read tail numbers from my balcony, but they didn't move all the residents out of the four apartment complexes in the landing pattern. That's just the north side of the airport. The plane watchers didn't help there cause any when the Orlando Sentinel interviewed them. Saying "Yeah, the planes are so close you can almost hit them with a rock" is a nail in the coffin......
[/ QUOTE ]that SUCKS! I really used to like going there to watch the planes during rush hour!
Kingairer
'Tiger Team' Member
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There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
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nope not sure at all, i was kinda busy and going kinda fast!
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There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
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nope not sure at all, i was kinda busy and going kinda fast!
triple7
Well-Known Member
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There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
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nope not sure at all, i was kinda busy and going kinda fast!
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hehe.....ok, ill excuse it this time. when they depart rwy 1, if we are at a stoppage we have to pause b/c you cant hear sh**. my favorite place in teh world to go hang out in teh evening...grab my scanner and my chair..
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There is a soccer field on shortfinal for 19 at DCA. I bet those kids get a good show too! I saw an MD80 take off on runway 1 with about 500-1000 feet remaining and probably left a few soccer playes deaf!
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YOU SURE IT WASNT RUGBY? that is our home field for the northern va mens rugby club.
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nope not sure at all, i was kinda busy and going kinda fast!
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hehe.....ok, ill excuse it this time. when they depart rwy 1, if we are at a stoppage we have to pause b/c you cant hear sh**. my favorite place in teh world to go hang out in teh evening...grab my scanner and my chair..