Are you kidding? It was a very enjoyable and informative read… thanks for sharing with us.
I haven’t landed at St Maarten but have flown into Anguilla several times and St Kitts once. I made my ‘firmest’ landing in a Challenger 604 in Anguilla one night. It isn’t the longest runway there and I was determined not to fish for a greaser, just get it down and stopped. I certainly achieved that! 
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I’ve flown in and out of there as both pilot and passenger - what a great airport with an iconic approach and (of course), a planespotters dream. I did some side-by-side comparisons on my flight into there a long time ago for a SimHQ article:
All good…love stories like those!
I wonder how many accident reports say something along these lines?
Far too many. 
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Thanks. Glad you made it. 
Anguilla is indeed interesting. It is actually a coral island and the definition of flat. Flights from Anguilla to St. Martin are very interesting. You go up, then turn, turn, turn, land. We did a run in a Beech Baron 58. Shortest short hop ever.
I actually remembered that article after I took a peek. The craziest thing to watch are tourists holding on the the fence at Maho beach when jets take off or standing directly under the paths of on approach. Their reactions are Kodak moments.
Thanks. I enjoy reading your adventures, articles, and AARs. So glad I could give back.
Growing up on the islands and earning your wings gave you celebrity status. Some local pilots would sometimes show off for the tower. Back then many controllers knew the local pilots so they would let things slide.
Pilots, not familiar with some of the characteristics of local airports, would often make errors on approach or takeoff. For example, the crosswinds at TIST change constantly. One minute the wind is rolling off the hill to the north, then before you know it comes from the south, then back to the north. Sometimes pilots would miscalculate an approach and push their aircraft to avoid a “go around.” St. Barths saw a few pilots put their planes in the drink because they missed the sweet spot and tried to stop rather than go around.
That was a neat find @Sine_Nomine. 
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What a fascinating story about Babe…she certainly pursued her dreams!
B737 overran runway on landing at Istanbul airport.
Did I read correctly? No loss of life?
Well, that’s a good landing to me! 
So far yes, though it’s still very early. I do hope that that is true though.
Sadly there’s report of a single death three dead people while the wounded are numbered around 150.
Not unsurprising to be honest. The plane broke up quite dramatically.
Agree.
If it ends up just being three it will be a miracle, except for those three people, in its own right.
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I. Can’t even. The pilots. The bystanders. All of it.
“A Tatonduk Outfitters Douglas DC-6 on behalf of Everts Air Cargo, registration N451CE performing flight VTS-25 from Fairbanks,AK to Candle,AK (USA) with 3 people on board, was on approach to Candle’s runway when the aircraft struck a berm causing damage to the landing gear. The aircraft continued the landing.”
Holy crow, I thought they were landing at some South American backwater airfield.
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Wow! 
