How high...

[Jakemaster]

...are planes when they come over maho beach at tncm.  I was flying a dash 8 today, and the altitude callout said 100 when I flew over the beach, and I touched down right palst the number.

[OTTOL]

I used to fly in there on a regular basis. One day when we fueled up there, we were asking the line guy if he'd ever seen any accidents at the approach end (when you turn around to position for takeoff, you can see touchdown marks all the way to the fence!), he said that the Air France 747 clipped the fence two weeks prior, and dragged it down the runway!
Most of the time though, you're right on, about 50-100 feet.
I tried to drag it in a few times and still ended up at least 50' above the ground, crossing the fence.  
Of course, in my airplane, the mains are only about 8 feet below me in the flare. In the 74', the mains are about 60' below the cockpit and quite a few feet behind.  :o

[Jakemaster]

what plane did you fly?

[jrpilot]

Do you still fly it?

[Mr. Bones]

I used to fly in there on a regular basis. One day when we fueled up there, we were asking the line guy if he'd ever seen any accidents at the approach end (when you turn around to position for takeoff, you can see touchdown marks all the way to the fence!), he said that the Air France 747 clipped the fence two weeks prior, and dragged it down the runway!

I thought that was an Airbus A340. Anyways, since then, they call them Air Fence.  ;)

[OTTOL]

what plane did you fly?

Lear 25 and 35. [quote]

[jrpilot]

[quote] I don't recall the airbus flying into St. Maarten.

[DC-3]

Yeh.  http://www.airliners.net/open.file/880724/L/

WOW! I would love to be on that beach while planes are landing!

[jrpilot]

Well you better get there soon since they have made plans to make the runway longer and destroy the beach.

[OTTOL]

[quote]

Yeh.

[Mr. Bones]

[quote]Well you better get there soon since they have made plans to make the runway longer and destroy the beach.