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April 14, 2008

Take-Offs and Landings

This weekend, I have been thinking a lot about travel; we have two actual proper holidays coming up this summer. In light of this, I will be mostly posting videos of interesting take-offs and landings.

First up, St Barts airport, which is on the main island of the Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy in the French West Indies. The approach to the runway takes planes just feet above a main road (or the sea, depending on which way one lands):

More here. Via A Welsh View.

07:51 AM in Film, Public Transport, Travel |

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