6.15.2007

Close Landing

Saw this over at BagOfNothing.com this morning. Wow.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

that gives new meaning to the erm close

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry, but I do not believe this is real. It HAS to be doctored. If a bus or truck was on the road, it would hit them. Just like the Hooter's girls hoots, FAKE!

Anonymous said...

In looking at the St. Marteen airport on Google Earth, the runway is not as close to the water as it looks on the video. Definately a fake

mzchief said...

I have been THERE (Maho Beach, St. Maarten) and the video is AUTHENTIC.

Here are a few UNaltered photos taken in January of planes flying over Maho Beach landing at Princess Juliana International Airport.

This is a CosairFly.Com plane coming into the beach and the same plane from the same angle crossing the road.

This is a photo taken from the water of a KLM plane.

Please note the photo of the American Eagle plane was taken from a balcony ABOVE the Royal Islander Club which is the big white building you see in the background of the other pictures. There are no words to describe how WRONG it feels to be taking a photo from ABOVE an airborne aircraft while standing on SOLID ground.

The sign in the photo of the United Airlines plane WARNS people can be blown over by the turbulence from the planes. DUH!

BSG said...

I find all of this amazing. It'd be worth the trip just to see the planes land. (And I found a different youtube clip of a plane landing here.)

Anonymous said...

It's real, and quite the tourist trap, actually.

Anonymous said...

Youtube has numerous landings which are much like this one so it's the real deal.

Anonymous said...

Hey, 9:39 & 10:02, looks like your certainty about “doctored” is misplaced. Goes to show that some weird stuff is actually true.