blues deville Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Photographer gets a little too close at St. Bart's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Cheap haircut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I think the right wheel just passed very, very, close to the photographers hand/camera.I believe it looks closer than it was because of the portion of the black wheel and the camera and the guys head all blend together at that one moment. I think if it had even barely touched him,at 80mph, he would have had a more outward reaction.. Yeh, use 'zoom' much safer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Yes I don't think it touched him either but it was very close. Also, not sure how popular having an extreme close up Cessna 172 wheel fairing photo is but this guy can luckily share it with his friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The guy already had mush for brains for standing where he did. But, the mush was nearly scattered all over the approach path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 That guy was clearly foolish but the pilot likes to push the margins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomerPete Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 More like, plane gets a little too close to St. Barts if you ask me. 18 hours ago, blues deville said: Photographer gets a little too close at St. Bart's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Yeah, presumably that is a parking lot, scenic lookout. If there had been a truck or RV parked there that pilot wouldn't have the guts to do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeman Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 51 minutes ago, mo32a said: Yeah, presumably that is a parking lot, scenic lookout. If there had been a truck or RV parked there that pilot wouldn't have the guts to do that again. Ther'd be guts all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 This is from St Bart's airport. The airport is wedged between some hills and the ocean. There are many photos of aircraft coming close on both ends. The runway is 2133' long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Great photos. I think those Twin Otter pilots are on the correct path and also in the right airplane for that approach/runway. Amazing how you can stand that thing on its nose for short field landings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I remember seeing something like an Aztec or Navajo landing long and going into the water at that airport. Google is wonderful: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 He had so much time to abort that landing. He must have known he was long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFG Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Yeah, not sure what was on that Navajo driver's mind. There are a few airports around the Caribbean like that. Flew there late 70's & early 80's. St. Bart's was fun, Union Island in the Grenadines was even more 'interesting' (same type of 'glideslope', but picture a house located on the taxiway to the threshold, close enough to just about step onto the runway . At both Union and St. Bart's, you skimmed the hillside down to the runway. The greater the terrain clearance, the longer the landing. IIRC, Union was about 1600 feet in those days (I've heard it's longer now & the house is gone). Spectators at St. Bart's don't help, though. It's "safe" as long as you get it right, but that's the problem, isn't it? Sooner or later, one of us doesn't. Cheers, IFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boney Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 At Union island, approaching from the south, fly over the church towards the mango tree on the hill. When you see the threshold, start your turn to line up with the runway. As you roll out, look out for the roof of the house which is on the south side of the threshold. Ensure, after landing, you are on the brakes by the white line painted across the runway, else go around or you will end up off the end and into the sea. That's my recollection of the landing procedure into Union Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoehead Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Moon- love the comment at about 0:43. "Crap..... That kinda...... blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFG Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 3 hours ago, Boney said: .... That's my recollection of the landing procedure into Union Island. You're talking about my little slice o' Heaven! The beach bar, planes coming and going on one side, sailboats anchored on the other (just beyond the shark pool ). Don't remember the church, but the rest all rings a bell. Did you used to turn right-hand inside the hill? I usually came over the ridge on about a 10° slant final, straightened out just before the house. Trick was to get it planted in the first 100' or so. I'd forgotten about the painted line (about adjacent to the tower?). IAC, fun flying, the St. Bart's vid catches some of the flavor - & then there was always the left hand approach between the hills .... When were you down there? I was out of BGI & SVD with Tropic Air off-&-on '78-82, Islanders and AeroCommanders into UNI. Short contract stint with LIAT early '90's, but no Grenadine landings with the Dash' . Cheers, IFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boney Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Right hand turn with a twin otter coming up from Granada and caricou. The best part was the takeoff flying low over the yachts and the girls waving at us. Yahoo. Lol cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFG Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 'Dash-6' was definitely the right plane for that work, you must have had a lot of fun. BN2 Islander was like a smaller, piston Twotter, but without the reverse thrust . The 'Commander tho' ... that was a bit more sporty. I think JP may still operating them at Air Mustique? Great place to fly, I'd probably still be there if the cash'd been a little better. Cheers, IFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Trick was to get it planted in the first 100' or so. I'd forgotten about the painted line (about adjacent to the tower?). Time passes....line gone ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boney Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 It was great while it lasted. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 The person who decided control towers shouldn't remind pilots to check the gear down is probably the one who decided the white line was redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 8 hours ago, J.O. said: The person who decided control towers shouldn't remind pilots to check the gear down is probably the one who decided the white line was redundant. And we've all heard the story of the guy that landed wheels up and asked why he didn't hear the tower call "cleared to land, check your gear" replied "He couldn't hear the tower because the "gear-unsafe" horn was so loud " !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Kip Powick said: And we've all heard the story of the guy that landed wheels up and asked why he didn't hear the tower call "cleared to land, check your gear" replied "He couldn't hear the tower because the "gear-unsafe" horn was so loud " !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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