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Close shave.
Posted: 10 Dec 2006, 20:13
by VEGAS
Just been practising approach and landing at TNCM (Princess Juliana) and may have generated a few complaints from holidaymakers! :dance:
I think perhaps a little too low on this occasion..! :redface: :shock:
Anyone ever gotten lower? :think:
Posted: 10 Dec 2006, 20:13
by jonesey2k
I crashed. Does that count?
Posted: 10 Dec 2006, 20:46
by Garry Russell
I have only every landed ther once in a Bahamasair One-Eleven
RRW I got there and the weather was awful
Low cloud rain but undetered I was going to make a good visual manual approach
In buffeting winds I held her firm..battled the glidescope.drifted here, drifted there but got the light back on que :dance:
Concentrating hard I approach the beach.......low, very low, but not too low.........perfect.
Over the piano keys hold her level and flare, down she went...infact she went down lower than I expected.
Just then I ralised I'd not put the wheels down :shock: :redface:
Fulll throttle.crunch tinkle tinkle :huf: too late
Garry
Posted: 10 Dec 2006, 22:15
by DaveB
Any lower and you'd have had those girlies swimsuits off with the propwash
.... or was that the intention :think:
Nice shots matey
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 03:53
by Tom Clayton
DaveB wrote:Any lower and you'd have had those girlies swimsuits off with the propwash
.... or was that the intention :think:
Nice shots matey
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Speaking of which, I took this pic, cropped, sized, and formatted it into my current FS splashscreen.
http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/0857486/L/
Pay attentention to the bottom of the "sign!"
TNCM is a fun approach in the Sim - I need to get back there some time!
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 11:48
by DaveB
'Topless women drink free' certainly works for me!!
Smashing shot that one. I like the way the rear underside is sea coloured and the front half is beech coloured
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:02
by Garry Russell
DaveB wrote:
'Topless women drink free' certainly works for me!!
Smashing shot that one. I like the way the rear underside is sea coloured and the front half is beech coloured
ATB
DaveB :tab:
So the sign is already up then Dave
Garry
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:16
by DaveB
Err.. no matey unfortunately. The 'build quality' of the natives isn't up to that sort of offer
More your 'Madonna' video over on E&S :tuttut:
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:21
by Jetset
Wow, low approach but fun, guess it could be a new chat up line, "kiss my dunlops baby!"
I know I will get my coat.............
Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:35
by Nigel H-J
Over the piano keys hold her level and flare, down she went...infact she went down lower than I expected.
Just then I ralised I'd not put the wheels down
Fulll throttle.crunch tinkle tinkle too late
Garry, that's made me very happy to know that I am not the only one to suffer m-m--m-memory problems!!
Though honestly I think Vegas must have had his reasons for such a low approach!! :tuttut:
