Going down

Mar 19, 2025 5:23 PM

ERKNEES

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At least it isn't swinging

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ah, Winair, the only airline that flies to my island, because you need pilots that can do crazy shit like this...

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Holy moses that's an impressively low speed

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Absolutely unforgiving on any mistakes, and that road sign needs to move.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

1 year ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 1

Ooh, a Renault Twizzy!

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I mean, how the plane stay airborne when the pilot's balls are so large?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Song & singer please?

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One assumes there is a crazy island runway right there

1 year ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Or a huge net.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And this is why they can no longer have Double-Decker Bus tourist tours.

1 year ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

It's also where the open-top tour bus was first invented...

1 year ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Flying so low, the pilot could crush the roof of some car with his steel balls

1 year ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Driving through that roundabout when that happens requires balls of equally Mohs hardness steel.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I was absolutely convinced is was from some simulator, but... https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/keyword/pj-wiq

1 year ago | Likes 63 Dislikes 1

It's real. This is a much smaller plane that can land further down the runway and it's still hairy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df4zoPJjl-E

1 year ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

It's the approach to the airstrip at St. Barts, it's insane

1 year ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

It is. It simulates a plane crash.

1 year ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 3

There are other similar images around. The main doubt for me comes from the fact that no one of the drivers / bystanders even looks at the plane.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

If they live there, they’ve seen it many times. Just guessing.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Landing on St. Barthélémy's runway 10: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wAxMAcTiasHa7TeZ6 – that approach IS a tad low though.

1 year ago | Likes 65 Dislikes 0

A bit.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The word "tad" is doing A LOT of Leg work there

1 year ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

Here's a video of another landing seen from runway level: https://old.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/1i9tdg7/imaging_having_to_land_at_st_barts_650_meter/ - it's wild.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"I paid for 2,119 feet of runway, I'm gonna use 2,119 feet of runway!"
- that pilot

1 year ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

It's one of those "fun" approaches following a ground slope: A proper one would only be single-digits meters higher.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh ok... you weren't kidding... thats kind of insane.

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