Landing at St Maarten, from cockpit

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Uploaded by on Dec 21, 2006

Flight KL785, date sunday december 17 2006, filmed with sony mini cam worn in head band on pilot's head. With special thanks to the 5 seconds footage taken from an other clip

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  • why s early gear down?

  • The airplane was very fast and high considering the track miles to the runway due to the short-cut by ATC. In these circumstances it's standard procedure to reduce speed asap.

    Lowering the gear under these circumstances is done in a earlier stage than in a normal stabilized approach on a ILS.

  • is there an ILS signal on St. maarten?

  • no ils at SXM

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  • wow you are a pilot wow

    fantastic i´ts wonderful to be pilot

    excuse me i´m from mexico and i learning english see you later

  • look at how people treat pilots... they totally idolize us!

    "Pilots looking down on people since 1903"

    I try not to be too showy or arrogant about it though. I'm just another guy. But I'm a guy with a uniform, aviatiors and I have the ability to fly. so therefore the ladies are attracted to me... lol!!!

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  • i think you need sunglasses

  • wonder what that alarm was

  • @BrokPiloot That's VFR, guy, "Visual Flight Rules". A VOR is a radio beacon. To those who don't know, since TNCM lacks ILS (Instrument Landing System) facilities, every landing is hand-flown and IFR landings are out of the question. But then again, St. Maarten only gets IFR conditions during hurricanes, and nobody flies in a hurricane.

    BTW, KLM pilots rule!

  • owned by the sun

  • All St maarten approches are VOR ones  so that explains the fast approach

  • awesome vantage point.  thanks for sharing!!!

  • op het laaste moment ga je niet zo hard nee.

  • Wow this is amazing, do you know the pilot that filmed this or something? This is great!

  • wow... you gotta have balls to land a 747 there...

    How many flight hours do you need to fly to princess juliana? I guess a lot/.....

    Great vid.

  • great vid and even better landing!

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