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Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:20 am
by FlyingPerson
Flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Princess Juliana Intl. A little story, just for the heck of it..
My wife had bought me my dream vacation - a vacation in St. Maarten.

Flying out of FLL.

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Cruising REALLY high above the Caribbean (at least for an A319) at 41.000 feet. Speed around 270 knots.

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Short final, coming in over Maho Beach. (Just in time.. miscalculated my fuel need so I had 3 % left of fuel when I landed :-[)
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I was greeted by broken clouds and some light rain. Hope this gets better soon or there won't be too much spotting.

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My next flight (back) will be coming soon (I hope).. and i've already planned it. I have chosen an.. unusual aircraft. Any guesses?

Also, there will be a little problem.. see my next post (coming soon) for details and the rest of the story.

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:39 pm
by skoker
Saw this plane almost crash the other day.

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:55 pm
by Brando14100
I like the 2nd and last shots the best, although the last could have been cropped a little. The first is good, but could use some traffic, and the 3rd has very blurry ground scenery. Overall these are good shots though.

8-)

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:01 pm
by FlyingPerson
Brando, yea, my AI has been severely reduced for some reason. Looking at the third one, I agree I could have waited a little longer for the textures to load.

Thanks for the comments. Hopefully the next set will be better.

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:58 pm
by jrom
I love that sign on the beach!  ;D

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:34 am
by lunitic_8
Great shots. but you really need to mix up your camera angles, the repetitive shots get boring

Re: Cactus 5100 (A319-100)

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 11:25 am
by Brando14100
Great shots. but you really need to mix up your camera angles, the repetitive shots get boring


I thought that at first too, but it makes it seem like it's from a passenger's perspective of the flight.

8-)