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  1. 05-07-2007, 01:00 PM #1
    PhilDernerJr
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    Lowest SXM Airliner I've Ever Seen

    http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5970788&nseq=0

    That's a little too close. You look at that and you think that something bad is bound to happen.
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  2. 05-07-2007, 01:10 PM #2
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    Neat post, Phil. I've always wondered "how low can they go", and this is the lowest I've seen. That guy crouching behild the fence has to have some sort of hearing damage after that!
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  3. 05-07-2007, 01:19 PM #3
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    there's one of a falcon 20 that just barely cleared the fence...
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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  4. 05-07-2007, 01:21 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    there's one of a falcon 20 that just barely cleared the fence...
    I was just looking for that pic, that was amazing!
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  5. 05-07-2007, 01:48 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    there's one of a falcon 20 that just barely cleared the fence...
    Here are a few, second one is by Art Brett. Same jet, different days, looks like this guy just likes low approaches!

    http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5845722

    http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5779874

    http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5702643
    KC-135 - Passing gas & taking names!
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  6. 05-07-2007, 03:11 PM #6
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    So it that pilot a show off, or is he just pushing his luck?
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  7. 05-07-2007, 04:12 PM #7
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    Immediately after touch down, the guy standing behind the fence was seen running back to his hotel room to change his pants.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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  8. 05-07-2007, 04:14 PM #8
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    I'd call it pushing his luck, and hope that his boss doesn't see these pictures.
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  9. 05-07-2007, 06:36 PM #9
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    I was at SXM that day. I was having lunch at the hotel, and the plane came early, so i missed it. :evil:
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  10. 05-07-2007, 11:17 PM #10
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    This guy is defineately pushing his luck. At an airport with 7000 feet and a jet that only should need about 4500 feet to get it down and stopped there is no reason to touch down on the hashes
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  11. 05-08-2007, 08:08 PM #11
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    Sometime I think that cutting it close it cool, but this close, don't you think that one day they will hit the fence and cause a crash? Grab your camera, no obstructions!
    "lol retart"
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  12. 05-08-2007, 09:31 PM #12
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    And you know what will happen as soon as a crash happens... no more beach and no more planes. They will close the beach off to the public.
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  13. 05-08-2007, 10:02 PM #13
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    When I was in SXM in August the lowest landing was an American Eagle ATR-72.



    However this beauty wasn't so high herself...



    When you compare the KLM 747-400 landing shot that my father took vs. the KLM landing shot on jetphotos you can really tell how low that landing was!

    Air France and Corsair chose not to ride the fence that day. :(
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  14. 05-09-2007, 06:10 AM #14
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    That bizjet does that all the time apparently. I have a video of it landing on my computer at home. He apparently reaches the low altitude way out and coasts in at 15 feet off sea level.
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  15. 05-10-2007, 03:45 PM #15
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    the z44 just seems lower must be the size and the angle of the shot
    Overheard on JFK TOWER - S Turns are fine, U-Turns are bad....
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