I can't believe this is allowed to happen:

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More photos at:

http://www.mdolla.com/2008/06/when-you-have-to-belive-in-pilot-18.html

Think it's fake? Watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo

[Bennyboy]

1. You have got to be shitting me.....

Deregulation is great!

[KitchenWitch]

2. Whoa, that is freaky man.

Note to self, no trips to St Maartens.

[Radio_Lady]

8. When you land in Honolulu, you come in over a lot of water... and then industrial buildings.

Boston? You could fly in over Boston Harbor -- lots of water -- and then over "THE WALL" (where a WorldJet crashed in the 1970s while I was on the air as a talk host...)

But you know what the pilots say?

"The biggest danger we face every day is ... driving to the airport!"

[KitchenWitch]

10. I was thinking that I would not want to be on that beach in St Maarten

:scared:

I am sure the pilots are safe, but that just seems a bit close for comfort.

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15. Did it crash into the buildings?

[Radio_Lady]

24. Um... no... you fly over the buildings and land without incident.

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25. Then what did the WorldJet crash into when you were on the air?

[Radio_Lady]

30. Here's the description of that 1982 accident:

Incidents and accidents

World Airways Flight 30: On January 23, 1982, a World Airways DC-10 landing at Boston's Logan International Airport under icy conditions and limited visibility slid off the end of the runway and plunged into Boston Harbor, separating the cockpit section from the rest of the aircraft and killing two people. The main cause of this accident was the Boston Port Authority's failure to provide adequate runway braking reports to the crew although previous aircraft had reported little to no braking action prior to World's landing.

Runway photo and other information is at: http://www.celebrateboston.com/disasters/aviation/crash1982.htm

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32. That's amazing that only 2 people died, considering a plane full of people plunged into ice water!

210 of the 212 people survived and that seems miraculous to me - thanks for the info.

[Radio_Lady]

33. It's a long time ago...

They searched for the people... but never found them as I recall.

Go to: http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/wa30/photo.shtml -- they have four photos of the accident scene.

[Kutjara]

12. I was there last September.

My hotel was one of the buildings in the background of the photo. Believe me, watching the planes land is even freakier in real life.

[sammythecat]

3. That would make your day at the beach interesting, wouldn't it?

[Initech]

4. Only beach in the entire world where you can be injured or killed by jet blast.

Check out airliners.net for some really crazy pictures.

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13. I can't believe people are even allowed to be there. Of course, I also can't believe

a lot of things people do, like


Hiking up Mt. Huashan in China


or even hiking up Half Dome in Yosemite, then


dangling your feet over a 4,737-foot vertical drop from the top


or driving the infamous Death Highway in Bolivia


or "highlining" (Dean Potter has highlined the "Lost Arrow" with no net and no safety rope or gear)


or even climbing "Angel's Landing" for that matter. (Note hikers at right edge of photo.)

[Radio_Lady]

22. Whoa! Those photos are amazing...

Thanks for posting!

I like terra firma.

Two feet on the ground.

We're going to a 9,500 ft. ski resort for a vacation in August 2008 -- Breckenridge, Colorado.

I guess we'll do some hiking there, but novice or intermediate trails only. I didn't hike when I was younger (Florida is hot and flat, guys).

I'm probably never going to take it up in earnest in my 70th year.

RL in OR

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29. I think in August your main worries are going to be heat and dehydration, rather than falling.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Wow! What airport IS that? I guess I should know, but I don't...

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6. Princess Juliana Airport on the island of St. Maarten

[Radio_Lady]

7. Thanks, Bob. Gives new meaning to "end of the runway..."

I thought the ones from the old Hong Kong airport were freaky... jets coming down in the middle of apartment buildings.

Posted a long time ago here on the DU....

[Forkboy]

9. That's the damndest volleyball net I've ever seen.

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14. Hee hee.... People should get points for hitting it with a frisbee.

[Forkboy]

19. NTSB Findings report cause of crash as beachball in the engine.

:)

[Radio_Lady]

23. LOL! Or low flying sea gulls???

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26. Or a wig

[grasswire]

11. the landing at Washington National seems almost that close from the ground

I doubt that a person can still go there, but it used to be a favorite place to go and park, get out of the car and sit on the bluff. Planes would come in right over your head for landing. We used to laugh that we could tickle the pilot if we had a yardstick. The parking lot was always jammed with rubberneckers. Some even had radios to listen to the tower.

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16. when i was but a young sprout...

we would park a car just outside the airport fence, lay on our backs on the hood smoking a big old bowl, and wait for the jets to fly over on landing. yelling "WHOOO!" when they went over. but we always had to watch out for the police.

but hell, doing that on a public beach? bigger jets, even lower than i ever experienced?

WHOOO!

i'm off to priceline to book my next vacation...

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Yeah, it looks hairy

But there are no accidents at Princess Juliana Airport (SXM) in the Aviation Safety Network database.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=SXM



Me, I'd fucking love to be on that beach. :bounce:

[Radio_Lady]

20. Here's the Boston accident I recalled... wrong decade... 1980s (not the 1970s).

Incidents and accidents

World Airways Flight 30: On January 23, 1982, a World Airways DC-10 landing at Boston's Logan International Airport under icy conditions and limited visibility slid off the end of the runway and plunged into Boston Harbor, separating the cockpit section from the rest of the aircraft and killing two people. The main cause of this accident was the Boston Port Authority's failure to provide adequate runway braking reports to the crew although previous aircraft had reported little to no braking action prior to World's landing.

[JVS]

18. I can't believe that people stay on that beach

[Radio_Lady]

21. I used to be terrified of landing... even in good weather. But I stayed at a Marriott Hotel

at the airport in Atlanta for several days during a company meeting. My room faced the main runways.

Watching the Delta planes land one after another... just routine landings... no alarms... nothing to fear.

That gave me more confidence than I ever thought I would have about the nature of flying.

[DS1]

34. sometimes they don't

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WdUVHaZGDcY&feature=related

:rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Reminds me of driving past the Fort Lauderdale Airport on I-95

Incoming airplanes are no higher than about 100 feet at most and fly right over the highway.

[Radio_Lady]

31. In the 1950s, we used to go out to Miami Airport to a lover's lane place...

We watched the planes landing, which was interspersed with "necking and petting" --- does anyone remember that terminology???

[hobbit709]

28. I don't care how crowded the beach is

You wouldn't find me within a hundred yards either side of that flightpath.

[underpants]

35. THAT is whacked

:wow:

[SidneyCarton]

36. Check out Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The city grew around it, and there are skyscrapers all around it, the city rises up around you when you land. A plane crashed there last year, skidded across an avenue and wrecked a building, killing over 300 people.

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37. And we're all worried about terrorism?

It seems like the airlines and airports are more of a danger than the terrorists... thanks for the info.

[Duppers]

38. oh crap, that's much worse than this...

Ck. out the first vid at the 32 sec. mark.
I've been in the position of that car many times when an F15 or F22 was coming in at ~100' above me. You could scream at the top of your voice and not hear yourself; they were so loud.

F-22 Raptor Demo Landing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KpGK03XwA


And for anyone who marvels at aircraft maneuvers, ck this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q6Vb9xJM0

it's such a thrill to see this up close....when it first goes into that vertical climb, it's breath-taking.


But I would not be comfortable on that beach with the planes coming in like that. Some how, I've more confidence in our military pilots, especially since I've known many of them.

[Shell Beau]

39. That looks really safe!

:wtf: