Last week I've had a trip to St Maarten with a day to St Barths.
I stayed at the Sonesta Beach resort.
the route I have flown was crazy..:
AMS-CDG-SXM-SBH-SXM-PTP-CDG-FRA-AMS. (SXM-PTP-CDG-FRA due to the ash cloud..)
here it comes...
LOTS of pictures from Maho Beach, my hotel room, my seat in the aircraft, the airport terminal or from St barths..
1. Before my flight to CDG.. My airplane!
2. A380 @ CDG
not my best picture..
3. CDG-SXM during cruise!
4. In my head I heard the computer counting.. 100.. 50.. 30... haha.
5. My first aircraft at maho beach..
6. And then my first jetliner! What a sound.. and then after the cracking sound of the vortices spooking around!
7. From the corner of the resort property. Canjet Lining up Runway 10.
8. Spirit about to touch down..
9. woooow... DL 757 Touchdown.
10. Approaching in turns.. because of a backtracking DL 757 after landing.
11. Posing..
12. Air Caribes approaching lowwww!
13. Winnair and Air Caribes face to face.
14. Air France touching down!
15. Taken from my hotel room.. JetBlue departing Runway 28!!
16. A room with a view..
17. Air Caribes reversed departure!!!
18. shot 18 is at 18mm..
19. Again a room with a view!
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23. What airplane? (somewhere is a 737-200 departing 28!!)
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25. my only comment: wow..
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27. Again from my room!
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29. the SUN is setting..
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31. When a 747 decides to leave.... created by F-HSUN!
32. and now my hotshot of the week! Shorty going low and fast over the beach..
33. the Screamer!
34. A343 in your face.
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36. over the beach!
37. Check out that smoke vortex! AmeriJet 727!
38. nice sea reflection in her belly!
39. The big boy from home..
40. Mickey mouse.
41. NOOO let me explain it once more to you.. YOU are the pilot, I am the photographer
42. Twin otter sun-pass..
And now my trip to St Barths! We Booked a flight with Winnair. The seating was free so we just had to be in time at the airport.. to be the first one boarding. First I had seat 1C (right window seat on the front row!).
43. Cockpit view from 1C.
44. St barths runway visible!
43. Diving down the hill, crossing a roundabout..
44. What a beautifull scenery..
45. Huge bagage claim area!
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47. now that's low..
48. fully loaded Winnair showing the Twotter (Twin-Otter) STOL capabilities!
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50. my first captured landing at SBH!
After number 50 we took a rental car and toured around the island.. Beautifull. Just beautifull! And afterward we went to the beach.. And not just a beach, this beach:
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52. Winnair...
53. Departing runway 10!
54. You make fun of the photographer.. well here is your punishment. You're on the web!!
55. Panning shot from the ''terminal'' building.
56. Twotter cockpit on my journey back. Taken from Seat 1B.
57. Wingview..
58. Turning final..
59. now that's teamwork..
60. Cleared to land Runway 10!
61. Touchdown?
And then back at maho beach..!
62. Executive airliner.
63. Good old lady... Constructed in the 50's...
64. W-O-W!! This one worked out good!!
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66. haha, the man with the towel walked around like that the whole day untill he decided to stand behind a departing MD-83. his towel was far away in the ocean!
67. Dash-8 showing her wing lift. The wings generate so much lift at taxi speed that it's able to balance on one wheel.
68. thanks to the ocean this little guy had some nice belly lightning.
69. hahahahahahahaha.
70. The woman who was picturing her friends told me she was too scared to keep making photos haha.
71. Taken while having lunch.
72. The screamer from my balcony!
73. nice looking clouds. terrible looking aircraft..
74. Going down low low low..
75. Now that's beautifull. What a wonderfull aircraft.
76. FRAME FILLERRR! This one goes out to Olmo Müller. (Scramble member 757flyer). For giving me good tips about St Maarten spotting and is a good friend, and spotting friend for more than a year now! Hope you like this one Olmo!
77. Ugly Ugly Aircraft..
78. JB!
79. hello there sexy!
80. Lined up Runway 10. Awaiting T/O clearance.
81. Gear close up! Nice details..
82. Short final Runway 10.. Isn't the Captain supposed to be concentrated? haha.
83. Reversed departure! Delta 737.
84. Again.. the screamer!
85. And the KLM Screamer..
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88. Not a good plan to stand behind a departing MD-11 after a heavy rainshower..
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90. Now that's a sunset..
91. My new favourite livery..
92. AA reflection.. love it!
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94. A Family from Puerto Rico on a day visit with a cruise ship decided to put their beach stuff on Maho beach. It's obvious the departing AA 757 didn't accept that!
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96. Now this is overhead..
97. My last photographer aircraft at maho beach
But it's a special! Reversed departure! yeahhh.
98. Air Caribes departing Runway 28! Giving the people at the beach something to run away for!
99. En route to PTP I got this view.. 1024pixels wide for you to enjoy!!
100. Another wingview while avoiding some clouds on the flight to PTP.
101. guess someone important was at PTP! or just resting before passing the atlantic.
102. My first A318 flight from CDG to FRA..
103. Beautifull livery! picture taken from a bus on our way to the Fokker 70 for my flight: FRA-AMS!
104. Flightdeck of the beautifull Fokker 70!
That's it! Hope you've enjoyed them!
Any comment is welcome!
Kind regards, Jeffrey.
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