...continued from Part 1
When I first arrived at Maho Beach, I was soo excited it took me a few minutes to just get over the giggles as you are seeing yourself finally there. I had salivated for months at the idea of visiting the greatest place for aviation spotters or lovers of all kinds. Even people who are totally oblivious to the addiction (like my wife) could not help but be totally impressed by the proximity and openness of this place. On Tuesday when the KLM 747 came in, she had gone up to our room to take a break and she was in the balcony when she landed.
She actually called me saying it was the most exciting thing she ever saw... I am still getting over that hahaha. She typically tells me I am nuts for loving planes like I do.
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Picking a place to stand, given a lack of experience, and also given that any place you stand will likely give you as much excitement and as much of a great shot as another, can be daunting. I found myself walking back and forth left to center to right and back trying to pick a good spot for each approach.
For the dailies like American and Air France and Jet Blue etc., you can simply pick a different spot each day.
talk about surprises... there was a Regatta at St Barts and a group of Warbirds showed up for the week to perform during the event. You can only imagine the face I made when I heard them call in on the radio as a formation of vintage war planes requesting a formation flyover with a break LOL. I could not believe it ...
Never saw these guys in the states. Nice looking planes...
nice and low for the crowd!!
Cactus 757 was always a crowd favorite
... I got the whole wingtip but, the image was not level :-( there goes the wingtip
The clouds are CRUEL in St Martin. It can be perfectly sunny for a half hour and when your desired plane comes in to land, a strategically placed cloud will cover the sun... never failed :-(
Nice looking bizjet
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