OT: **** Crosswinds

[Joe_Knesek]

Next time you think you want to chase behind a 747 remember this.

 

[Ronald van Essen]

Breakaway thrust behind only a 737-800 is creating a hazard area up to 500 feet behind the engines.

You ever heard the stories of some looneys on St.Maarten in the Caribean: they hold themself on the fence behind airplanes setting take-off power??????

Ronald.

 

[Dan_Cousin]

Breakaway thrust behind only a 737-800 is creating a hazard area up to 500 feet behind the engines.

You ever heard the stories of some looneys on St.Maarten in the Caribean: they hold themself on the fence behind airplanes setting take-off power??????

Ronald.

If the wind wasn't bad enough, imagine the little pebbes and debris it picks up.

OUCH!!!

 

[Ronald van Essen]

One thing is for sure: never plan a boating lake near an airport.

Ronald. :lol:

 

[Speed Jr.]

Who comes up with this stuff?

Larry

 

[Ron Olson]

Ron, is that the airport where the landing strip is right next ot the ocean? People that didn't know better would park their cars along the beach and when a big jet landed, it would blow the cars into the ocean!

 

[Ed.R]

QUICK !!! someone call MYHT BUSTERS !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ronald van Essen]

Ron, is that the airport where the landing strip is right next ot the ocean? People that didn't know better would park their cars along the beach and when a big jet landed, it would blow the cars into the ocean!

Yeah, that's the one. Also many people are sunbathing just below the flare path of the planes.

Ronald

 

[nitro_nemesis]

Wow !!!! :lol: reminds me of the days back when I worked for Evergreen Aviation running the usps mail out to planes and loading them - didn't pay attention sometimes your butt got knocked on the ground and blew around !!!

 

[stanosmax]

St Maarten........

 

[Ron Olson]

THAT'S the shot that I was looking for!

I tried for a while to find it but no luck.

 

[Don Ferrette]

Yup, that's the only runway into & out of St. Maarten. I remember coming in over the water for a landing, seemed like you close enough to touch the waves. B)

 

[Terry Keeley]

Here's a shot one of our passengers took last winter while on on holidays, turns out I was drivin'.

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...album=70&pos=32

 

[Ronald van Essen]

Here's a shot one of our passengers took last winter while on on holidays, turns out I was drivin'.

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...album=70&pos=32

This is me landing a 747-400 in Aruba, and my lovely wife, just passed away, took the shot.

PS not a good boating lake I guess.

Ronald. B)

 

[Bart Drieghe]

Pic Ronald Landing

 

[Terry Keeley]

Man I always wanted to fly the 747 but didn't get the chance before we got rid of our's. We do have 777's coming though...

ps: Sorry to hear about your wife.

 

[Ronald van Essen]

Ron, is that the airport where the landing strip is right next ot the ocean? People that didn't know better would park their cars along the beach and when a big jet landed, it would blow the cars into the ocean!

Yeah, that's the one. Also many people are sunbathing just below the flare path of the planes.

Ronald

Remember we talked about this.

Take a look.

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...tup&cat=0&pos=0

See you. Ronald

 

[t_hedlund]

Sorry to hear about your wife Ronald. What is your airspeed when you cross over the fence in a 747? How long have you been flying the 747?

I work for a company that makes the fuel controls for GE and P&W. The GE-90-115B is the largest engine i know of. The Discovery channel had something on it where they could blow a concrete barrier over.

"Specifically designed for the Boeing 777, the GE90-115B recently set a new world record for thrust totaling 127,900 pounds of thrust."

If you want more info here GE-90 websiteGE-90-115b