AF3515: Air France Airbus A340-300 (F-GLZT) departs St Maarten Princess Juliana Airport

[jetfreak4]

I've never figured out how an aircraft known for one of the longest, slowest takeoff rolls, not to mention one of the slowest climb rates, can operate out of SXM nonstop to Paris and clear those gigantic mountains at the end of the runway...do they shrink the amount of seats available on the routes or what...a typical A340 takeoff uses up more runway than a 747.

[szuperho0nda]

j`aime les avion

this guy knows how film the landing , eu adoro seus videos

good bye

[LH1836]

Gab es bei dem Flug keinen Zwischenstopp? Die rwy is doch eig. zu kurz um direkt von St Martin nach Paris zu fliegen

[qantas1986]

@LH1836 der flug geht bestimmt mit gewichtsbeschränkung raus...und knappe 8 std flug nach paris cdg ist ja auch nicht so lang....

[Platiumclass]

Aw man this is just nice and I love st. Marteen.

[ioannis21shum]

amazingly EPIC video!!!

[Winglets68]

Very fantastic

[BirthdaySuicide]

Camera? Also you travel alot. D:

[Xisla]

There is a spot of dust on your camera's CCD, lower right of the frame.

I have this problem too; I sent my camera for cleaning twice and the dust spots still come back.

[DAIRX]

@Xisla isn`t that the aircraft window you mean? cant see spot of dust on it!?

[Xisla]

@DAIRX Looks like the spot is fixed; it's not moving with the window.

It's easy to check - just zoom your camera to max, use smallest aperture (if you have manual control), or point at the sky (automatic smallest aperture) and look at the lower right of the screen.

[DAIRX]

@Xisla I ll check that, th@nks!

[Xisla]

@DAIRX You're welcome.

[5129568]

did u fast-forward the takeoff cuz that seemed extremely fast.

[DAIRX]

@5129568 no, I did not and never do - and I ask you: why should I do that?

[5129568]

@DAIRX erm i dont know i just figured the take-off was with an abnormal speed very fast take-off.

[DAIRX]

@5129568 aybe it was fast faster than normal.

The takeoff in CDG (bound for SXM) took 50 seconds with the very same aircraft, here in SXM the takeoff was done in 30 seconds. so maybe it had more power on that because of the shorter runway and was in fact faster than usual? however - it was `t me, speeding somethin up with my video

[n787mx]

You weren't there with Ben Kolbeck were you? lol

[DAIRX]

aber vielleicht mit KLM?! Heute kam außerplanmässig ne MD-11 :-)

[golds079]

@DAIRX KLM is md 11, airfrance is flijng with airbus 340, u have right but klm and air france is the same facotory

[Fly4U]

Einfach nur fantastique! Ich ärger mich immer noch...

[DAIRX]

@Fly4U wir könnten es ja nachholen.... langes wochenende oder so :-)

[Fly4U]

@DAIRX Jaaahaaaa!