Welcome to Saba...

[Ron]

... you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc

Ron
--
Non urinat in ventum

[Old Flanker]

Hello, Ron!
You wrote on Fri, 18 May 2007 18:50:15 +0200:

R> .. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
R> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc

R> Ron
R> --
R> Non urinat in ventum

STOL, but I prefer St Barth for the show.

With best regards, Old Flanker. E-mail:

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Ron wrote:
> .. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc
>
> Ron
Oh yeah .. Saba ... Especially nice with a 25 kt tail-wind, at night.
Of course, if you stay throttle up you can just drop off the end and
start all over again.

I think Saba is where the joke about cows with one side short legs and
one side long legs comes from. IT is ALL mountain. The people are
great and very tourist friendly.

Cheers,

Dave

[Dave LaCourse]

On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:09:08 -0500, CWO4 Dave Mann
> wrote:

>Ron wrote:
>> .. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc
>>
>> Ron
>Oh yeah .. Saba ... Especially nice with a 25 kt tail-wind, at night.
>Of course, if you stay throttle up you can just drop off the end and
>start all over again.
>
>I think Saba is where the joke about cows with one side short legs and
>one side long legs comes from. IT is ALL mountain. The people are
>great and very tourist friendly.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave

When I flew into Adak, Alaska, in 1964 aboard a Reeves Aleutian
Airlines Electra, we came in sideways. I was sitting at a window seat
and looked down the runway as we came in. The guy next to me kept on
say, "Oh, God, oh God." I don't know whether it helped or not, but we
landed safely. I had already crashed twice in military aircraft, so I
wasn't too concerned. NOT!
Dave

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Dave LaCourse wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:09:08 -0500, CWO4 Dave Mann
> > wrote:
>
>> Ron wrote:
>>> .. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc
>>>
>>> Ron
>> Oh yeah .. Saba ... Especially nice with a 25 kt tail-wind, at night.
>> Of course, if you stay throttle up you can just drop off the end and
>> start all over again.
>>
>> I think Saba is where the joke about cows with one side short legs and
>> one side long legs comes from. IT is ALL mountain. The people are
>> great and very tourist friendly.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave
>
> When I flew into Adak, Alaska, in 1964 aboard a Reeves Aleutian
> Airlines Electra, we came in sideways. I was sitting at a window seat
> and looked down the runway as we came in. The guy next to me kept on
> say, "Oh, God, oh God." I don't know whether it helped or not, but we
> landed safely. I had already crashed twice in military aircraft, so I
> wasn't too concerned. NOT!
> Dave
>
>

Adak and Shemya. Now Shemya was something. Oh and that crashing thing,
when your left seat guy says "oh darn" .. yes, that is a moment of
total clarity.

Cheers,

Dave
CWO4 USA (Ret)

[Herman]

I remember it clearly, even though I was there back in 2000. They sell
T-shirts proclaiming "I Survived the Saba Landing". It looks more
frightening than it is, though. The Twin Otter has at least 25 metres to
spare after coming to a stop.

Regards,
Herman

"Ron" > schreef in bericht
...
> .. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc
>
> Ron
> --
> Non urinat in ventum
>

[Martin Hooper]

Herman says...
> I remember it clearly, even though I was there back in 2000. They sell
> T-shirts proclaiming "I Survived the Saba Landing". It looks more
> frightening than it is, though. The Twin Otter has at least 25 metres to
> spare after coming to a stop.

Its just a matter of coming to a stop before you fall off the other
end...

Where abouts is that runway..? Just so I can look it up in Google
Earth! ;)

[Bob Moore]

Martin Hooper wrote
> Where abouts is that runway..? Just so I can look it up in Google
> Earth! ;)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saba (pronounced "SAY-ba") is the smallest island of the Netherlands
Antilles, located at at 17°38'N, 63°14'W. It consists largely of the
dormant volcano, Mount Scenery (888 m), the highest point of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands.

Saba has a land area of 13 km² (5 sq. miles). At the 2001 Netherlands
Antilles census, the population was 1,349 inhabitants, which means a
population density of 104 inhabitants per km². In 2004 the population was
estimated at 1,424 inhabitants.

[Martin Hooper]

Bob Moore says...
> 17°38'N, 63°14'W
>

According to the GE measuring tool the runway is only 0.25 miles.

I guess there is only so many types that can actually land there...

[Martin Hooper]

Bob Moore says...
> 17°38'N, 63°14'W
>

Heres a small webpage about the airport...
http://www.georgiajets.org/Links/FWIW/Saba_Airport/saba_airport.html

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

[®i©ardo]

Mitchell Holman wrote:

If you haven't stopped on landing or lifted off on take off by the time
you reach the "x", take it as hint to kiss your arse goodbye.

--
Moving things in still pictures!

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

®i©ardo > wrote in news:RxD4i.30248$085.13706
@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

> Mitchell Holman wrote:
>
> If you haven't stopped on landing or lifted off on take off by the time
> you reach the "x", take it as hint to kiss your arse goodbye.
>



"No margin of error"

[Bob Harrington]

Martin Hooper > wrote in
.uk:

> Bob Moore says...
>> 17°38'N, 63°14'W
>>
>
> According to the GE measuring tool the runway is only 0.25 miles.
>
> I guess there is only so many types that can actually land there...

....more than once...