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FulcrumPilot · 05:20 PM

. A340. love the clouds in that bluesky as well. Enjoy!

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d4nth3m4n · Nov 24, 2004, 09:53 PM

picture, where?

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 24, 2004, 10:00 PM

My lord is that real?

Why doesn't the plane have a motion blur?

Zimphire · Nov 24, 2004, 10:03 PM

If it's a Photoshop, whoever did the shadows did a killer job.

My guess, real.

Albert Pujols · Nov 24, 2004, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
If it's a Photoshop, whoever did the shadows did a killer job.

My guess, real.

Its real, there are also videos of airplanes landing at that resort, which are really funny since all the people at the beach get blown away.

FulcrumPilot · Nov 24, 2004, 10:06 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
My lord is that real?

I believe it is, look at the shadow. Was posted in airliners.net

Shot using Canon EOS 20D.

Albert Pujols · Nov 24, 2004, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by FulcrumPilot:
I believe it is, look at the shadow. Was posted in airliners.net

Shot using Canon EOS 20D.

Sweet website! I love airplanes.

ThinkInsane · Nov 24, 2004, 10:20 PM

That's the real deal. It's Maho Beach in St. Marteen. Here's another shot.

CreepingDeth · Nov 24, 2004, 10:26 PM

Little close to the airport, huh?

Can't imagine how anyone gets sleep there.

FulcrumPilot · 10:44 PM

Originally posted by CreepingDeth:
Little close to the airport, huh?

Can't imagine how anyone gets sleep there.

Actually it's not as bad as it used to be. For e.g. the
737-200 (with turbojets) are awful especially during takeoffs and during reverse thrust after landing.
The new generation airplanes with turbofans are much much quieter. Here is a wiki.

ThinkInsane · Nov 24, 2004, 10:31 PM

I think I have some of my own pics of planes landing at the airport. I'll have to see if I can find them and get them scanned.

AKcrab · Nov 24, 2004, 11:04 PM

This is so strange.
People really get knocked down by jetwash?

FulcrumPilot · Nov 24, 2004, 11:10 PM

Originally posted by FulcrumPilot:
The new generation airplanes with turbofans

a Rolls Royce Trent 800 in B777ER.

Komisar · Nov 24, 2004, 11:11 PM

Yeah this is really weird who would stay at a hotel with a airbus landing next door....

ironknee · Nov 24, 2004, 11:50 PM

that is so cool

mdc · Nov 25, 2004, 12:05 AM

and i thought the planes flying over the highway in tampa were low.

ThinkInsane · Nov 25, 2004, 02:03 AM

Originally posted by Komisar:
Yeah this is really weird who would stay at a hotel with a airbus landing next door....

That wasn't nearly as disturbing as finding out that Ron Jeremy was staying two rooms down from us. EWWWWW.

Zimphire · Nov 25, 2004, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
That wasn't nearly as disturbing as finding out that Ron Jeremy was staying two rooms down from us. EWWWWW.

How did you know? Was there a hair trail?

ThinkInsane · Nov 25, 2004, 02:21 AM

Yeah, unfortunately it was all back hair

Zimphire · Nov 25, 2004, 02:58 AM

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 25, 2004, 03:00 AM

Why do I have the feeling that something like this would not be anywhere close to legal in most of the rest of the world?

Rolling Bones · Nov 25, 2004, 03:41 AM

Haha cool. People on the beach are actually waving to the passengers on the plane.

I don't Imagine this would be constant would it? Maybe every few hours or so?

It's only a small island...but I know it's popular.

UNTeMac · Nov 25, 2004, 05:09 AM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
That wasn't nearly as disturbing as finding out that Ron Jeremy was staying two rooms down from us. EWWWWW.

Bet he had a problem sunbathing face up on that beach.

voodoo · 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
My lord is that real?

Why doesn't the plane have a motion blur?

Plane is flying slow in very bright surroundings. == no motion blur.

I looove airliners.net, I can spend hours browsing through their photos.

It has brought me to the conclusion that arabs and orientals shouldn't get pilot licences!

*That's a tail strike btw*

This B777 made a big thing out of a normal take off! Tail Strike! Really bad one! After 40min of fuel dumping over the "Schwarzwald" it made an emergency landing on RWY14 with all the firetrucks, etc.... The flight MA9 to Kuala Lumpur got cancelled after 6h standing at the Gate E56 on the Dock Middfield.

edit: changed hosts for photo

exca1ibur · Nov 25, 2004, 06:19 AM

Originally posted by AKcrab:
This is so strange.
People really get knocked down by jetwash?

The min safe distance 300 feet from an idle engine. I work at the airport and I see crazy stuff daily. We had our 767-300 warp a few beltloaders and bend the frame that were about 400 feet away as it powered out. A powered out jetwash can fling a van or truck like a rag doll if too close.

Spheric Harlot · Nov 25, 2004, 06:58 AM

Originally posted by voodoo:
Plane is flying slow in very bright surroundings. == no motion blur.

I looove airliners.net, I can spend hours browsing through their photos.

It has brought me to the conclusion that arabs and orientals shouldn't get pilot licences!

*That's a tail strike btw*

This B777 made a big thing out of a normal take off! Tail Strike! Really bad one! After 40min of fuel dumping over the "Schwarzwald" it made an emergency landing on RWY14 with all the firetrucks, etc.... The flight MA9 to Kuala Lumpur got cancelled after 6h standing at the Gate E56 on the Dock Middfield.

Ouch.

(Session timed out, btw. Search for civilian accident photos, Boeing 777, Switzerland, key word "tail strike" to get directly to the entry.)

tooki · Nov 25, 2004, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Why doesn't the plane have a motion blur?

Because in photography you can use very fast shutter speeds to "freeze" motion. Sports photographers, for example, rely on this.

And yes, because it's very bright there, fast shutter speeds are easily done.

tooki

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 25, 2004, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by voodoo:

It has brought me to the conclusion that arabs and orientals shouldn't get pilot licences!

so all arabs and orientals make the absolute worst pilots and a crash occurs everytime they fly?

wdlove · Nov 25, 2004, 12:27 PM

That is a really awesome cool picture.

Sherwin · Nov 25, 2004, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by exca1ibur:
The min safe distance 300 feet from an idle engine. I work at the airport and I see crazy stuff daily. We had our 767-300 warp a few beltloaders and bend the frame that were about 400 feet away as it powered out. A powered out jetwash can fling a van or truck like a rag doll if too close.

Of course... ...if it's powerful enough to push a huge plane forwards, it's gotta be powerful enough to push something equally huge backwards. There's a vid of a jet vs (remote controlled) truck test out there somewhere. Very amusing.

I read somewhere that they've recently closed the beach in the above photo.

voodoo · Nov 25, 2004, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
so all arabs and orientals make the absolute worst pilots and a crash occurs everytime they fly?

Nah, but no airline has a worse track record than Korean for instance and the silly ass incidents arabs do with 747s are unbelievable.

stevesnj · Nov 25, 2004, 01:06 PM

Heres a video of it and some wild landings too Link

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 25, 2004, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by voodoo:
Nah, but no airline has a worse track record than Korean for instance and the silly ass incidents arabs do with 747s are unbelievable.

Oh okay, so you're just lumping all arabs into the terrorist category and ridiculing Koreans for accidents when the US has had their fair share of incidents over recent history as well.

We can easily say "incidents with white kids with weapons in schools are unbelievable" or "incidents with black men and drug dealing are unbelievable".

Your statements are loaded.

mrtew · Nov 25, 2004, 02:27 PM

Originally posted by Komisar:
Yeah this is really weird who would stay at a hotel with a airbus landing next door....

That's one of our dreams... to stay and that hotel and watch the planes land all day. You have to be kind of into Commercial Airliners to undertand I guess. (Like the guy in the TV commercial who can identify cars approaching by the sound of the engine.)

Avenir · Nov 25, 2004, 03:53 PM

initially I'd have said fake, just because the landing gear doesn't look like it's all they way down, and I thought it was usually fully extende before the plane got this close to landing. but yeah, now that I know it's real, that's pretty dope

FulcrumPilot · Nov 25, 2004, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
(Like the guy in the TV commercial who can identify cars approaching by the sound of the engine.)

When I was a teen I could identify the sound of an IAE V2500 engine from all the rest. The r33rds K version of course is easy as well!! (wink wink).

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 25, 2004, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Avenir:
initially I'd have said fake, just because the landing gear doesn't look like it's all they way down, and I thought it was usually fully extende before the plane got this close to landing. but yeah, now that I know it's real, that's pretty dope

They are fully extended in that pic and yes they extend them quite a while before landing (in case they don't extend fully they know in advance). The angle the back wheels on is normal.

exca1ibur · 04:36 AM

If you want to see some wild action search for Kai Tak International Airport in China. This airport was closed due to engine strikes and crashes due to the design of the airport. What is crazy is during this turn in some shots you can see people in hotels looking almost eye level at the plane as its turning. Just to give you an idea of how low they are. They have to make a 180 to avoid the mountain at the end of the runway and then land. Most didn't make it, and thats why it was closed.

Approach 1

Approach 2

Approach 3

Engine Strike 1

Engine Strike 2

Engine Strike 3

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 25, 2004, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by exca1ibur:
If you want to see some wild action search for Kai Tak International Airport in China. This airport was closed due to engine strikes and crashes due to the design of the airport. What is crazy is during this turn in some shots you can see people in hotels looking almost eye level at the plane as its turning. Just to give you an idea of how low they are. They have to make a 180 to avoid the mountain at the end of the runway and then land. Most didn't make it, and thats why it was closed.

Approach 1

Approach 2

Approach 3

Engine Strike 1

Engine Strike 2

Engine Strike 3

408 - Request Timeout

exca1ibur · Nov 25, 2004, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
408 - Request Timeout

Oh should be fine now. My fault. Oops

FulcrumPilot · Nov 25, 2004, 04:44 PM

Talking about close-calls, see this one.

"EC-HKN (cn 1347) Too low!!!! I was shooting a/c on rwy 20 when I realised that this 320 was approaching way too low and turned the camera to capture it. Fortunately the truck driver hit the brakes before passing below! As you can see, you can get really close to the action here. (As of mid-June 2001 this road has been closed and deviated) Aircraft was re-registred EC-HUL in July 2001"

more info

voodoo · Nov 25, 2004, 04:59 PM

Yup, there is already a term in the aviation industry because of that airport. A Kai-Tak landing.

You don't necessarily want to take part in one of those. 747s were not meant for extreme manoeuvres like that

(hence the frequent engine strikes)

Here is a video of a typical St. Maarten landing (B747): (RealPlayer)
http://cgi-bin.simradar.com/video_de..._Stmaarten.ram

Here is a video of people on the beach being blown away by a B747 departing from St. Maarten

http://cgi-bin.simradar.com/video_de...7_jetblast.ram

Here is a video of a typical Kai-Tak approach (B747): (RealPlayer)
http://cgi-bin.simradar.com/video_de...ckerboard2.ram
(notice how the wings bend upwards in that sharp turn!

)

...and finally a *typical* Kai-Tak landing (in a bit of a crosswind):
http://cgi-bin.simradar.com/video_de...747_kaitak.ram

!!!

Thank God they closed that airport. Icky.

exca1ibur · Nov 25, 2004, 05:10 PM

Yeah, Kai Tak was a wild one. one thing I love about workign at an airport is the stories most the people miss. I was there one night when the nose gear was pulled off an American Airlines MD-80 when being towed to the gate. LOL I'll have to see if I can find the picks we took of that one. Imagine an airplane sitting on its landing gear..... without the post. I'm seen lavatory trucks and tugs hit planes. The famous one for use was the guy towing the airplane.... with the catering truck still attached. LOL Oopsy.

3gg3 · Nov 25, 2004, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by FulcrumPilot:
Enjoy!

I'd hit it!!

Jim Paradise · Nov 25, 2004, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by 3gg3:
I'd hit it!!

Perhaps with a rock?

SamuraiDL · Nov 25, 2004, 11:58 PM

sweet

bells0 · Nov 26, 2004, 11:50 AM

awesome!!

Mister Elf · Nov 27, 2004, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by mdc:
and i thought the planes flying over the highway in tampa were low.

They are, but try going north a couple hundred miles to Destin/Eglin AFB...B-52s are friggin' LOUD!

rozwado1 · Nov 27, 2004, 06:49 PM

I've landed at that St. Maarten airport a few times for a refuel on my way to Aruba. If you're not paying attention, you think that the plane is landing in the water, then at the last second you can see the beach. Scary.