04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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Hello!

From the 4th till the 11th of January I was able to do some spotting at Pincess Juliana International Airport at Sint Maarten.
I always wanted to go there, because of the spectacular pictures seen on this forum and the rest of the internet.
We stayed at the Sonesta hotel at Maho Beach, which is next to the airport.
I can advise rooms on the 9th floor ranging from 944 - 950, the even numbers. We had room 946 and had a splendid view on the final approach. With my 400mm zoom I was able to take nice pictures.

Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I do! More pictures are on my website.

Regards,
Berend Jan Floor

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N598AJ B727-212F 21947/1506 Amerijet International

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N153JR Convair 340 C/N 117 (1953) Jet One Express

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N153JR Convair 340 C/N 117 (1953) Jet One Express

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N153JR Convair 340 C/N 117 (1953) Jet One Express

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PR-SPR Ce680 680-0132 Global Taxi Aereo

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N385MQ Sh360-200 SH3707 Skyway Enterprises

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PR-JAQ Ce750 750-0060

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9Y-JET British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (CN: 939) Briko Air

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VP-AAN Cessna 402C Anguilla Air Services

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N111ZS BAe125-700A 257076 Kalm Aviation LLC

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VP-AAA BN-2A-21 382 Trans Anguilla Airways

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N487UE BAe3201 906 BVI Airways

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HB-VOO BAe125-1000A 259030 Sonnig AG

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PR-ADL Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3

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PR-WRM Falcon 7X 06 AeroRio Táxi Aéreo

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VP-AAF BN-2B-21 2024 Trans Anguilla Airways

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G-JMMX Falcon 900EX-EASy 184 J-Max Air Services

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D-AAAZ Global 5000 9170 Cirrus Aviation

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F-OSBH Cessna 208B St Barth Commuter EURL, St Barthelemy

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N920HL Cessna 208B DHL Cargo

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F-HKIS B747-422 25380/913 Corsair

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N958QS Ce750 750-0158 NetJets

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D-AJJK G550 5191 Windrose Air Flugcharter

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P4-TPS G550 5193 Orgjet A.V.V.

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OK-SLN ERJ135BJ 145796 ABS Jets

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C-GMGB CL-601-3A 5093 Image Air Charter Ltd.

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VH-VLT ERJ135BJ 14501107 Marcplan Charter Pty Ltd

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9Y-TJR B737-8K2 37160/2880 Caribbean Airlines

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N6044Y PIPER PA-23-250 Aztec (1966)

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F-HSEX B747-422 26878/966 Corsair

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I-IRCS CL-604 5464 Alba Servizi Aerotrasporti SA

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N8277Q CONVAIR C-131F 140999 KESTREL INC (1955)

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N8277Q CONVAIR C-131F 140999 KESTREL INC (1955)

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N8277Q CONVAIR C-131F 140999 KESTREL INC (1955)

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N8277Q CONVAIR C-131F 140999 KESTREL INC (1955)

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N200EL G-III 393 JDL Aviation LLC

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N805BA Beech B99 U-147 Ameriflight How low can you go!

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N800TL BAe125-800XP 258394 Air Excellence
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

Post by Mick Janssens »

Wow, great shots Berend Jan!
Good job :respect:
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

Post by shepherd »

That's paradise I tell ya...
Can't ******* wait to go back there!!!

Great shots! I love the citation X from above, how was the Sonesta? :wink:

Kind regards, Jeff.
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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Holy Smokes :!:

Excellent series of pictures, showing the big variety of traffic there, esp. the business-jets as well as the old props :shock:

Well done and thanks for sharing... :respect:
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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N958QS Ce750 750-0158 NetJets
Funny how the sun reflects from the polished wing into the "C" of "Citation X" on the left engine cowling. :)
N800TL BAe125-800XP 258394 Air Excellence
really shows the life of the "rich and wealthy" at St. Maarten :wink:

And those two Convairs... :shock:
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

Post by wrxflyer »

Wooow,

It defenitely is one of the most interesting places in the world.
In the last week of April, I have a stop-over at SXM, on my way to Curacao.
Hopefully I'll be able to make some interseting shots as well :wink:

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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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Might not be many more photos of the N8277Q flying, the aircraft had an engine fire on departure from Saint Thomas today, and ran off the runway on landing (ended up on the airport access road). Source
Shame, as the Convair is a real classic!!
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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Hello and thanks for the reactions!
Special thanks to flying_kiwi for his sad news... :(
It was exact 1 week ago that I saw the Convair N8277Q. It landed on Monday morning arround 09:00 hrs lt. It might be very well possible that this old lady was on its way to St. Maarten again.
I made a short video of the take-off of the N8277Q on the 10th.
The qualitay is not so good, but its nice enough to see I think...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3iR7lQJwQ[/youtube]

Regards,
Berend Jan Floor
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

Post by MAS017 »

Berend Jan,

Don't be too pessimistic; according this link
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=70375
it doesn't look too bad :!:
(Don't know how much the engine has been damaged, though)
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Re: 04-11/01/2011 St Maarten / Princess Juliana Int. Airport

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MAS017 wrote:Berend Jan,

Don't be too pessimistic; according this link
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=70375
it doesn't look too bad :!:
(Don't know how much the engine has been damaged, though)
You are right! From the outside it looks not too bad. Let's hope for the best. :?

Berend Jan
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