Turbine Otter Oops

[TangoWhiskey]

Just back from an incredible trip to St. Maarten; didn't "ride the fence" but watched a few people get battered around by a departing KLM 747, and saw a 747 land, too... incredible view from Sunset Bar at Maho beach.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qbE68ZpmhlCBvxV_1Tl93ZTg4nANdwQgCiSUwHkIzXI?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PLUwRmKjpiZmAf9gkNV4l5Tg4nANdwQgCiSUwHkIzXI?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zq89xKmferOvA1Syvdq7xJTg4nANdwQgCiSUwHkIzXI?feat=directlink

Came back to find this incredible PowerPoint photo series in my inbox...

 

[vontresc]

Cool Pics, and thanks for not sharing one of you in a speedo ;-)

 

[gismo]

"This is a water landing. Wheels are up for a water landing. Confirm, water landing, wheels up. OK proper configuration for a water landing."


BTW, what's with the weird sailboat parts in the last frame???

 

[mbundy]

WTF is that in the foreground of the last slide in the PowerPoint? Looks like, errr, well, gosh, an ultralight or something?

 

[flyersfan31]

WTF is that in the foreground of the last slide in the PowerPoint? Looks like, errr, well, gosh, an ultralight or something?

My French is very rusty, but I believe it is another seaplane (hydroavion) that crashed a few days before. Does look like an ultralight, or something different. Not your average 185 on floats.....

 

[HPNPilot1200]

Nice pictures, Troy. Glad to hear you had a nice time in St. Marteen. Next time you're in the Caribbean be sure to give me a ring if you have time. The company I work for has a number of aircraft based in SJU from November - May and we have plenty of empty legs between tons of island destinations every day. Riding for free is great...the only hard part is getting back.