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Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:36 am
by deadkennedy
Here are some pictures I took during my holiday at the beginning of this year.

It was the first time I went plane spotting and allthough my camera wasn't really suited for the job (Canon S70),  the pictures came out pretty well.

First pictures are from St.Maarten (TNCM).

Fokker 50: this plane used to fly in Europe for KLM Cityhopper and VLM. It came very close to the fence for take-off.

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The famous surfboard at the Sunset Beach Bar, with the arrival times of the big birds. On the bottom it says "topless women drink for free". My girlfriend preferred to pay for her drinks.  ;D

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747 coming in.

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AA 757: f/o giving us a wave.

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Corsair 747: ready for departure to Paris.

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More in part 2.

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:38 am
by Ecko
Very cool! Nice shots. :)

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:56 am
by Hai Perso Coyone?
It's my dream to visit TNCM someday...Great pics...and my...that little Fokker is really close to the fence :o

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:26 pm
by Willit Run
Great Shots!!!! :)

  Would love to get sometime!!

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:15 pm
by deadkennedy
It's my dream to visit TNCM someday...Great pics...and my...that little Fokker is really close to the fence :o


If you ever get the chance, don't hesitate, visit TNCM. I just can't describe the feeling of a big jumbo, flying just meters over your head. The smell, the noise, ...

Here is a picture of me I found on airliners.net. I'm standing under the main gear (white t-shirt, beige baseballcap backwards).

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1014591/L/

That's how close they get.

Is it ok to post some movies here? I've got a couple of short movies I made there. Can I post the putfile link?

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:40 pm
by pepper_airborne
One day, i'll fly my own plane to that airport, one day.

Excellent pictures there one of my favorite airports to!

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:49 pm
by Fly2e
I will be in St Maarten in April!
It will be my 1st time there and looking very forward to it!!
I can finally use my Nikon D-70 to get some "real" pictures!

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:39 pm
by Jimbo
[quote]I will be in St Maarten in April!
It will be my 1st time there and looking very forward to it!!
I can finally use my Nikon D-70 to get some "real" pictures!

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:42 am
by deadkennedy
[quote]I will be in St Maarten in April!
It will be my 1st time there and looking very forward to it!!
I can finally use my Nikon D-70 to get some "real" pictures!

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:40 pm
by Katahu
What? No half-naked women with wiped cream? ;D

Re: Caribbean holiday (part 1)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:16 am
by Fly2e
The Caribbean is lovely Dave.

I went all around the Caribbean in January 2006, a truly fantastic place.

Hope you enjoy it..!

PS: Great photos!


LOL, so have I, just not St. Maarten yet!  ;)