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 A visitor from United States posted Wed February 8, 2012:Lowest I've ever seen at TNCM | |
 A visitor from Netherlands posted Mon January 30, 2012:Well if the danger zone is really 1175 ft (= c.350 meters!)for an A330 at t/o power, then I should have been smoked countless of times, And I never got anywhere near SXM. Sure you can't go stand right behind 'em, but whatever anyone might want to prove with this shot, I think Airbus is 'exaggerating', or perhaps better, overestimating. | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Sun January 1, 2012: Reminder!i wonder why the guy on the fence is still standing. | |
 A visitor from - posted Wed November 16, 2011:Must be a very short runway! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon November 14, 2011: Oh wow, any time a KLM jet comes anywhere near SXM, it makes for an iconic photo. | |
| A visitor from - posted Mon August 29, 2011: Let's see the Antonov 225 land there lol. | |
 A visitor from Mauritius posted Fri July 15, 2011:Airbus states that the danger zone for the exhaust of the A330 at takeoff power is 1175ft. At that distance the airflow is more than 50MPH. The temperatures there will be about 100degF. These people stand right underneath the aircraft????? BTW, the danger zone for the A380 is 1800ft | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue July 12, 2011: St-maarten is definitely one of the most spectacular airports in the world | |
 A visitor from Brazil posted Sat July 9, 2011:Way tooo high !!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat July 9, 2011: Absolutely amazing! not anyone makes a shot like that. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu June 16, 2011: Awesome photo...Hats off to Pilots.. | |
| A visitor from - posted Thu June 16, 2011: Just 1 word to describe this photo ... AWESOME!! | |
| A visitor from - posted Fri May 27, 2011: How Low Can you Go? doubleC MW | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Wed March 30, 2011: That's why the aircraft on the day is PH-BFG, the Big Friendly Giant | |
 A visitor from United Arab Emirates posted Mon March 21, 2011:Great Timing! Kudos | |
 A visitor from Australia posted Mon March 14, 2011:Ok so there is another photo taken by Chris Starnes of this event. Captured mabey a second after this it shows that the wheels have not yet touched down after the first Chevron on the threshold. A visitor from Australia posted Thu June 4, 2009: "Look on youtube at the video posted by sergejbojic [which shows this landing]..." If you did this you would be able to hear the pilot increase power twice. The first is about 5 seconds before reaching the threshold, the second is just as the nose passes over the beach and it sounds like their ramming it to well above 60%. I'm no 747 pilot, but I doubt this is a case of being "brave"or "gutsy"nor do I think it is a private competition. Other people have said this and I would agree ... suddenly lost altitude on approach due to the forces of nature. Very cool and very, very infrequent shot. | |
 A visitor from Malaysia posted Mon February 21, 2011:Stunning view ! | |
 A visitor from Canada posted Sat February 19, 2011:Well, that is one way to get dry after taking a dip in the ocean! Nice photo! | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu February 17, 2011: Nice | |
 A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat February 12, 2011:Must be a hell of a feeling to stand down on that beach ! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu February 3, 2011: Awesome shot! I wonder if the aircraft landed on the threshold, the aircraft's descent rate seems like the 747's rear wheels were going to! | |
 A visitor from Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The posted Thu January 13, 2011:WONDERFULL shot! the guys lying on the fence are very lucky! | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue December 14, 2010: It is not a photo one sees everyday, it truly is unusual, i have seen many taken a this location. | |
 A visitor from India posted Fri December 10, 2010:Very good picture. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon November 22, 2010: Agreed. It's private pilot level knowledge that displaced thresholds are not to be landed on. If I was acting PIC, I'd only make a PIC decision to use it in the event of a no-flap landing or stuck throttle. Stay in your lane and comment about the picture, not the piloting unless you actually know what you are talking about. This is a prime example of a failed go-around/failed proficiency check | |
| A visitor from - posted Sat October 9, 2010: Excellent | |
 A visitor from Belgium posted Sun October 3, 2010:Great pic indeed but this is NOT a textbook landing at all. See the yellow chevron markings on the runway ? They indicate a pre-threshold which is an area where aircraft should NOT land (in general pavement strength is not sufficient). | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu September 30, 2010: I AGREE THIS IS WAY TO LOW. | |
| A visitor from - posted Fri September 24, 2010: To the smart canadian guy who laughs at people who think this is irresponsable. This pilot has been ask to report at head office KLM. Not a textbook landing. He was too low. | |
 A visitor from Finland posted Sat September 11, 2010:Awesome shot! How long is that runway? | |
| A visitor from - posted Wed August 25, 2010: Great pic! was there last summer with the kids! they loved it! bit scary when it come right over you tho! photo is real! check out youtube for videos of it!!! | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Wed August 18, 2010: Best sxm pic ever.and yes that man at the fence is an lucky cookie | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Sat July 31, 2010: The queen arrives.pure royal this a/c. | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu July 22, 2010: Joke's on you Joop, this is legitimate. Must go there someday. | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu July 15, 2010: Around the outline of the airplane are artifects visible that are normally appear when a background has been replaced in a photo. I have been restoring damaged photos for many years, it is easy for me to recognize digital manipulation. Joop | |
 A visitor from Germany posted Tue July 6, 2010:Wow, that is low! | |
| A visitor from Finland posted Mon July 5, 2010: Look like the tail is going to hit the ground :D I really hope those ppl have some sort of earplug and spare underpants. | |
| A visitor from - posted Mon June 28, 2010: Spectacular! I wanna go :D | |
| A visitor from Belgium posted Tue June 22, 2010: Good screen | |
 A visitor from Austria posted Wed May 26, 2010:Awesome | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sun May 9, 2010: I laugh at people that say it is irresponsable of the pilot for coming in at such a low approach.First of all ... planes of all kinds need to get low to land ... duh. And secondly,if you are not a pilot and if you have never landed a 747 or any other type of aircraft at this particular airstrip you shoulden't say the pilot is being irresponsable in his/her approach. This is a text book landing and it is nothing less than perfect. If anyone is irresponsable it's the people who decided to keep a public beach so close to a busy runway ,but as usual nothing will be done about it until a disaster happens. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Thu May 6, 2010: Great! | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue April 27, 2010: Really incredible altitude on the final approach huh!!! | |
 A visitor from France posted Thu April 22, 2010:Can you imagine one of the biggest plane of the world just about 10 metres above your head ! That should be wonderful! I wonder how these guys were not blown away by the 747's wind ! Incredible and of course 5 stars . | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun April 18, 2010: A majestic airplane to fly and had some power. Passengers (in that day) just loved it. Those good feelings were felt around the globe as evidenced by the nonchalance of the inhabitants of "Eiland van dove mensen". | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri April 16, 2010: Extremly nice | |
| A visitor from - posted Sat April 10, 2010: Amazing | |
 A visitor from Italy posted Mon April 5, 2010:Id like to see the prize for the shortest, but I think I can imagine what they bet about down there in the cockpit ;-) | |
 A visitor from Russian Federation posted Fri March 26, 2010:Best pilot | |
| A visitor from - posted Fri March 12, 2010: Funny and close lol lol lol | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue March 2, 2010: Nice cant be better...... | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun February 14, 2010: Great shot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu February 11, 2010: Dam thats close to those people | |
| A visitor from - posted Wed February 3, 2010: Nice shoot | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue February 2, 2010: Gear touches tarmac.. passengers at the very rear are still hovering above the beach haha | |
| A visitor from Mauritius posted Mon January 18, 2010: I think this is the scariest landing both for crew and passengers , not to forget the onlookers. Great photo. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue January 5, 2010: Excellent photo. Who cares about touching the plane, think of the thrust generated by the engines. The guy at the fence is pretty lucky in my book. | |
| A visitor from - posted Fri December 25, 2009: Absolutely perfect timing on the shot and I would love to sit on that beach all day just to watch the landings. But let's not forget one thing: What a beautiful plane the 747 is! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat December 19, 2009: Captured the shot with superb clarity. I went to St. Maarten last year and failed to see a 747 landing, so sad... perhaps next time! | |
 A visitor from Venezuela posted Tue December 15, 2009:Absolutely impresive and exciting to see the skill needed to land such an aircraft in this particular runway.I | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue October 27, 2009: Great job Trent! By the way in one of your pictures, there is a man looking out the window. It is an A330, US Airways. The man looking out the window is probably my father because he may have been flying on that day to FRA! | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Thu September 17, 2009: One of the strangest pics i ever saw | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun September 13, 2009: A little lower... And that guy would be dead. I'm sure he is deaf, though, after that. Fantastic!! | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Tue September 8, 2009: I spent a week there and was at the airport many times. I watched many landings and the visitor from the Netherland Antilles is right. On pictures it lookes way lower than it really is.But it still is really awesome:) | |
 A visitor from Denmark posted Wed September 2, 2009:It is a super nice plane and it is very close to the public while landing. would like to have this picture as wall paper.very nice picture.kim hansen | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun August 30, 2009: Excellent photo. the plane have about 120 mph in landig moment y appear static | |
| A visitor from - posted Fri August 28, 2009: How close to touchdown it was | |
| A visitor from India posted Fri August 21, 2009: The picture speaks a thousand words.. amazing photo, amazing photographer, amazing place, amazing aircraft and an amazing pilot!! Stunning!!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed August 19, 2009: I've been to this beach and this pic captures the actual landing of KLM. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed August 5, 2009: Landing in the displaced threshold area and all. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue August 4, 2009: This is what makes airliners.net such a great forum for aviation enthustaists. Hope to be at SXM someday to contribute some of my own... | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Wed July 22, 2009: Goliath about to step down gently! Asolutely awsome picture. Moving the camera with the motion well done. | |
 A visitor from Antigua And Barbuda posted Mon July 20, 2009:Great photo... I to have to visit this airport one day before i die... and the airport closes before it gets to dark... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon July 20, 2009: Any lower, the guy crouching behind that fence would've been squished like a bug! Great photo!!! I gotta visit this airport someday before I die! | |
| A visitor from - posted Mon July 13, 2009: An amazing photo!!! It seems that KLM routinely makes the most spectacularly low (too low)approaches, but this one takes the cake! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon July 13, 2009: Where are the guiding lights? In the Ocean?? I have seen many photos about the landings at this airport, but seriously how do they land at night? | |
| A visitor from Denmark posted Mon June 22, 2009: The dream | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Wed June 10, 2009: Unbelievably cool! You have to see it to believe it! :) | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Tue June 9, 2009: Wow, it looks like he's going to touch down BEFORE the displaced treshold! | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Thu June 4, 2009: Wow, this photo really is amazing. Look on youtube at the video posted by sergejbojic (not me) and you will see it the actually video landing of this exact same landing. Right down to the little red car with the tyre on the back and the car behind it... even to the guy at the end of the video in the red shorts and white tshirt that you can see in the photo!! Very interesting!!! | |
 A visitor from Netherlands Antilles posted Mon June 1, 2009:It looks very low, but it really isn't. Go to youtube.com and search for klm 747 landing at princess juliana airport (or sxm) and see for yourself. I live in st.maarten i have seen klm land many times, by the angle of this picture is looks like the bird is very close to the ground but it really isn't. even if that guy jumped as high as he could he wouldn't even be close to the giant. I've been to this beach many times, as a matter of fact i once stayed the whole day just to watch planes land. And iv'e flown allot and trust me it isn't even close to the ground when it passes. | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon May 4, 2009: This has to be the best shot on the entire site. i am really thinking of getting a tattoo with this photo. just sensational! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri April 24, 2009: Wonder if the pilots were a bit nervous wondering where the wheels were? | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Tue April 14, 2009: KLM, please bring back this livery. Your current livery is too plain. | |
 A visitor from Thailand posted Sat April 4, 2009:WOW! it's unbelievable How do they do that!!!!!! it's a amazing moment just before the Langing Gear touch the ground....... I wish I can see the real sight while I'm walking in the sand | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed April 1, 2009: Wheels no more than 10ft off the tarmac and yet the tailcone is still over the sea. Incredible! Only at SXM! | |
| A visitor from Austria posted Wed April 1, 2009: Fascinating moment! much lower isn`t possible! | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue March 17, 2009: Outstanding piture! | |
 A visitor from Czech Republic posted Tue March 17, 2009:Very nice shot! I really like this airport in Princess Juliana which is very good located near the beach ;-) And with landing KLM 747 it´s simply fantastic! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed March 4, 2009: Another great shot of the planes landing over Maho! | |
| A visitor from France posted Wed March 4, 2009: Amazing ! The pilots perfectly knows the lenth of its plane (or where to put its weels !) | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed March 4, 2009: Wow! Look at that guy in white standing closest to the fence! To low!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat February 28, 2009: Great shot! I like how it looks when it's low to the ground and it looks as if it's going to crash but it's really not. It would be fun to be there at that time. | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Wed February 25, 2009: Great photo | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sun February 22, 2009: Awesome,almost like the pilot did this approach on purpose! | |
 A visitor from Azerbaijan posted Sun January 25, 2009:Really its my Fav.photo more dangerous more Fun. Thanks for this great picture.Good Luck Nice Flight. | |
| A visitor from Azerbaijan posted Sun January 25, 2009: Is it Airport St.Marten? i think its so seriously landing ,but its Funny too hehh :)))))) | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri January 23, 2009: Just a perfect shot..... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon January 5, 2009: Awesome timing nice landing. I would love to sit down there and drink beer same time hearing bigboom over me! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon December 15, 2008: Unbelieveable. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be one the beach under this bird when it lands. | |
| A visitor from Finland posted Thu November 6, 2008: LOL what an experience the guy must have got! It must be quite loud hissing that just the wheels make that close.. then add the hissing from the rest of the plane.. plus sound of engines. Not to mention that you may think for a while that this is the time when it actually lands short... | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue October 28, 2008: That is CRAZY! | |
 A visitor from Switzerland posted Tue October 28, 2008:Nice shot! I believe it is totally irresponsible from the pilot for such an early landing with such a low approach. | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Tue October 28, 2008: A really Flying Dutchman... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu October 23, 2008: This pilot won the bragging rights of lowest of all low SXM approaches of all time! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun October 19, 2008: Great capture of the famous runway at Princess Juliana. You can almost see the rivets. | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Mon September 29, 2008: Perfect timing! The photo was taken right at the best moment. It is very well focused. | |
 A visitor from Turkey posted Sun September 28, 2008:Wonderful | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat September 27, 2008: Good | |
 A visitor from Mexico posted Fri September 19, 2008:A brave pilot! | |
| A visitor from France posted Mon August 11, 2008: As usual, SXM's the best spotting place and the shot's awesome too. But there's a limit to it. It's people lives we're talking about: minus one star for the stupid guy at the fence. People won't learn their lesson before someone actually has it's head burnt, or worse ripped off. | |
| A visitor from Mauritius posted Sat August 2, 2008: Wow...non-precision or not...what about the LDA calculations? Superb photo. | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Mon July 21, 2008: I´ve heard about low aproaches but this is too much. I bet the 747´s tires were 5 cm over the fence. T.B. | |
 A visitor from Ireland posted Mon July 7, 2008:Brilliant picture,looks like the main wheels will touchdown before the threshold,very low. | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue May 27, 2008: What a nice shot!!! great job | |
 A visitor from Panama posted Sun May 25, 2008:So wonderful | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun May 18, 2008: Great photo | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat May 17, 2008: That looks extremely perilous. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue April 29, 2008: I've never seen a plane approaching so low at SXM! It really must have been very awesome. Congratulations to this beautiful shot, this photo is perfect! So i just can say WOW! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon April 21, 2008: I bet they have to top up that beech regulary with sand! That is one amazing photograph. A brave guy below that fence! 5 stars well earned. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri April 11, 2008: Wow... Simply amazing. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue April 1, 2008: Perfect balance between exceptional and scary - amazing timing just before touchdown - nice NOT to see brake smoke. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat March 22, 2008: This photo is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Fri March 21, 2008: Its beatiful see the contracts between this giant of the air and the spectactor on teh beach watching the bird landing, but the must beatigul for me is can see the old KLM colors in his bird, the contrast between the two blue colors is amasing | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri March 21, 2008: Decapitation anyone??? I just love the "Danger!" sign in the bottom left of the shot. Great photo. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Tue March 18, 2008: Amazing | |
 A visitor from South Africa posted Thu March 6, 2008:Truely what makes aviation so special. One of the reasons people create and capture these marvels of engineering. Great photo!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed March 5, 2008: Incredible.....I wonder if they have a mortician on this island that specializes in restoring high speed de-capitations? Also couldn't the downdrafts/wake from this aircraft litterally dismember someone with the sheer force of the wind? At the very least send them tumbling? Awesome photo though! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed March 5, 2008: How low can you go. Nice Shot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon March 3, 2008: Right place right time but almost wrong place right time. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon December 31, 2007: I love this shot. We have been to Sunset Beach and the planes coming in so low is really something (and loud) | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat December 15, 2007: Wow that's cool | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed December 5, 2007: A fabulously dramatic photo based on the sheer size of the airplane and the absurdly low approach punctuated by the man ducking at the fence to keep from having his head knocked off by a tire moving at 150 mph. Since there is no precision approach guidance (ILS) the pilot has to "hand fly" the approach based on visual cues. He erred low as evidenced by actually landing on the displaced threshold (not technically the runway) which is a violation of regulations. Has the fence ever been knocked down? | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Mon December 3, 2007: In that moment, I wouldn't be one of this guys down there at the fence. One day, somebody dowmthere is going to taste some rubber. BTW nice shot | |
| A visitor from - posted Sun December 2, 2007: Driver of that car right under 747 was lucky not to get blown away! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed November 28, 2007: More unique compared to the others at this location. Especially with by-standers ducking. | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Tue November 27, 2007: This is the best shot I ever saw from an airliner which is on a super short final at SMX. This guy came in surely only centimeters above the fence. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue November 20, 2007: Sweet! | |
 A visitor from Sweden posted Sun November 18, 2007:Do you know the lyrics of Blur's "Song 2"? "I got my head checked By a jumbo jet" ;-) | |
 A visitor from Spain posted Fri November 16, 2007:That fence WILL be ripped out of its base one day. Almost seems like the KLM 747 pilots have a contest on who can pass over it with the least clearance... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri November 16, 2007: I was there in Febuary, but I didnt see the KLM fly in. The only long hauls that I saw were the Air France A 340 and the American B757. Anyway awesome picture. | |
 A visitor from Uruguay posted Fri November 2, 2007:This is impresionant,very good imagine | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun October 28, 2007: Wow! cool! | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Sun October 28, 2007: Hi a very special greeting from Tabasco, Mexico. This picture is impresinante, but when I like and landing aircraft near something that you believe or think will happen. There is another picture that I have been looking for aircraft landing on a bridge, even in movies to come out this picture, I gustari I eviasen this photograph is one of my favorites. They command a cordial greeting from Mexico to his entire team. Thanks. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sat October 27, 2007: Amazing piloting skills to be able to bring this beast down so close to the fence and on the Stopway. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun October 14, 2007: I feel the most impressive aspect of this photo is knowing that the tail of this phenomenal aircraft is literally feet off the ground and the anticipation or thought that it may drag on approach is titillating. | |
 A visitor from Slovakia posted Fri October 5, 2007:Incredible !! | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Tue September 18, 2007: Uuhaaaa! Holy cow! Perfect- thanks for sharing | |
| A visitor from Spain posted Wed September 12, 2007: OMG! It's amazing! Look at the person under the wheels! | |
| A visitor from Spain posted Wed September 12, 2007: An extreme landing in an extreme airport by a huge aircraft | |
| A visitor from - posted Mon September 10, 2007: I love the guy crouched down right beneath the plane. It looks like he is the only one that didn't run out of the way. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon September 10, 2007: Excellent tracking! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat September 8, 2007: I have a pilot friend who says this is extremely low. Apparently a downdraft hit him before he went over the road. In a video I have seen you can hear the KL pilot put more power in his engines to power him over the sand. Even so he only just makes it! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu September 6, 2007: This is definitely the lowest i've seen as well! Great moment Trent! Jeanny | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed September 5, 2007: This pilot is landing way short of the actual runway. The yellow arrows show that the threshhold for landing is further up. This section of the runway is for emergency overrun. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sat September 1, 2007: One of the most spectacular photos of Maho Beach, in my opinion. I can imagine the adrenaline rush the people on the beach felt, then. The plane almost landed on the fence... | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sat September 1, 2007: I never seen anything like this i can,t beleave it's real. That's just crazy | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu August 30, 2007: The timing of this shot and quality of this shot is incredible - considering the plane is moving fast and there is little camera shake evident. Most of my colleagues who who see this can't believe it is for real!! | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Tue August 28, 2007: I'll like this photo. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue August 28, 2007: Lower than usual... | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Mon August 27, 2007: Great photo of a KLM 747 landing over a bunch of people | |
| A visitor from India posted Mon August 27, 2007: Perfect and touch down! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon August 27, 2007: BFG could stand for two things here... Big Friendly Giant or Big Fence Grater... almost the latter and it's an accident waiting to happen... Amazing shot though. | |
 A visitor from Hong Kong posted Mon August 27, 2007:Wow... that really seemed low and close. Excellent picture in the right moment! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun August 26, 2007: I think I've found my favorite pic on a.net! "The Flying Dutchman" wins this limbo contest! | |
 A visitor from Chile posted Sun August 26, 2007:This is IMPOSIBLE!!! awesome shot... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat August 25, 2007: This is the best SXM shot I've ever seen | |
 A visitor from Pakistan posted Sat August 25, 2007:Awsome work! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri August 24, 2007: OMG!! I just can't wait to get there!! Now I understand why that fence is so low... | |
 A visitor from Argentina posted Fri August 24, 2007:Absolutely 5 Stars! Congratulations! Well, another spectacular landing at St. Maarten, but's too low! Ricardo Hermida. | |
 A visitor from Portugal posted Fri August 24, 2007:No words for the photo other than excellent flying and superb photographing combined... Congratulations | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Fri August 24, 2007: This photo realy shows how low can a jumbo aproach can be.Careful guys | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri August 24, 2007: Best photo on .net | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri August 24, 2007: Awesome. A truly remarkable image from a remarkable airport | |
| A visitor from India posted Fri August 24, 2007: The precision in time it was taken makes it the best | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri August 24, 2007: Imagine sitting at the very rear of the aircraft and seeing how close you were to the beach and the cars! | |
 A visitor from Norway posted Fri August 24, 2007:I rate this 3 stars for good combination of timing from both photographer and pilot! | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri August 24, 2007: Great picture. I'm sure the pilots earned a speaking too. :D | |
| A visitor from Finland posted Fri August 24, 2007: Someone should show KLM guys the difference between beach and threshold markings. All work and no play makes KLM a dull boy:/ | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Fri August 24, 2007: I think we have just found the next top of last 365 days! | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Fri August 24, 2007: Brilliant! Almost looks like that grey car should be on it's roof or in the sea by now :D | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Fri August 24, 2007: Once again, how low can you go | |
| A visitor from Sweden posted Fri August 24, 2007: Woha! That is low! Look at the water, looks like a wave blown back into the ocean. | |
| A visitor from Russian Federation posted Fri August 24, 2007: WOW! Op! Too low... but good point of view. | |
| A visitor from Switzerland posted Fri August 24, 2007: One of the most intense from SXM. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri August 24, 2007: Famous approach in the world! Thx for your shot! | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri August 24, 2007: Most dramatic of the three pictures capturing PH-BFG mad landing at SXM! KLM's crew should order this print and keep it framed to remind them! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri August 24, 2007: Unbelievable landing. See the guy lying on the sand and enjoy the plane crashing on him !!! See another guy so afraid that leaning on the fence. What if, what if, I would jump up and touch the wheels instead. Haaaaaaa..... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri August 24, 2007: Um... who forgot to tell the pilots that the limbo contest has moved from the airport to the bar.... | |
| A visitor from Portugal posted Fri August 24, 2007: Oh my god, that's insane, way to low! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri August 24, 2007: It captures the awesome spectacle of 300 tons of jumbo jet about to touch down on the very edge of runway 09 at Princess Juliana having just shaved the heads of the bathers on Maho beach. It also shows the skill and precision flying of the 747 pilot(Captain?)although it must be said, he would appear to have got just a little bit below the glideslope! However one must bear in mind that the approach here is 'Non Precision'! IE: VOR/DME! | |
| A visitor from Netherlands posted Fri August 24, 2007: How low can you get. Great Capture,Perfect Timing | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri August 24, 2007: They did it again! Except this one isn't as low as the first one. | |
| A visitor from Denmark posted Thu August 23, 2007: I have seen many shots from SXM, but this is truly fantastic! Looks like the pilots wanted to go to the beach right away... | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Thu August 23, 2007: Wow!!! This is a really low approach. I think there is less than one meter between wheels and man head. Excellent timing my friend. | |
| A visitor from Belgium posted Thu August 23, 2007: Holy s*** this is by far one of the lowest 744 landing in SXM I've seen so far thanx for sharing this great moment. And of course touching down on the runup part of the rwy... | |
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