Simviation Forum - Your guide on how to spend a day in the Caribbean

Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:05pm

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Been a while since I put something out...

So here's a guide, on how to spend a day in the Caribbean...

Your stay begins on the short final, at Princess Juliana International Airport. The short runway (7707 ft / 2349 m) requires airliner pilots to fly a very low approach, taking them just over Maho Beach at very low altitude, making this approach famous among spotters and enthusiasts:

In order for you to be able to reach whatever part of the island you may wish, rentable cars are available for your disposal:

Should you wish to fly around this beautiful place, we have a beautiful line of rentable planes as well, like this Siai-Marchetti SF.260:

You can fly out from Princess Juliana, and take in the beautiful sights of the area, from the air:

You may then choose to fly out to Saba island. Saba (pronounced 'Say-ba') is the smallest island of the Netherlands Antilles. Juancho E. Yrausquin, the airport of the island, is famous for its very short runway (1300 ft / 400 m), one of the shortest commercial runways in the world:

You can then spend the evening at Maho Beach, for a marvelous sunset, or to see the last flights fly into Princess Juliana:

The possibilites are literally endless!

We wish for you to have a pleasant stay here.

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Reply #1 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:19pm

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If I ever get to book a trip down there, I'm definately consulting you first! Grin

This is an excellent post, very informative and enjoyable with beautiful screen shots to boot! Cool

I wanna see more! Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:23pm

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I was gonna do a part 2, with pics of various GA at Grand Case, but I kinda abandoned it...

Maybe I should do it anyway Cheesy

Thanks!

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Reply #3 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 5:00pm

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Anxyous wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:05pm:

pronounced 'Say-ba'

Sweet shots Anxious! As Saba is part of the Dutch kingdom it actually is pronounced 'Saah-baah' ...

Anxyous wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:23pm:

... various GA at Grand Case ... maybe I should do it anyway

Yeah ... Grand Case is awesome. And you should definitely do a shot from the eastern approach Shocked

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Reply #4 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 5:38pm

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Posted by: ShaneG Posted on: Today at 1:19pm
If I ever get to book a trip down there, I'm definately consulting you first! This is an excellent post, very informative and enjoyable with beautiful screen shots to boot! I wanna see more

Here ya go!

Check it out!
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1148927915

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Reply #5 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 6:16am

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Harold wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 5:00pm:

Anxyous wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:05pm:

pronounced 'Say-ba'

Sweet shots Anxious! As Saba is part of the Dutch kingdom it actually is pronounced 'Saah-baah' ...

Anxyous wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 1:23pm:

... various GA at Grand Case ... maybe I should do it anyway

Yeah ... Grand Case is awesome. And you should definitely do a shot from the eastern approach Shocked

*CoughAnxyouscough* Cheesy

I wouldn't know about the pronounciation, I just wrote what Wikipedia says Huh

And on the Eastern Approach, that would be the RW30 approach right? What kinda shot did you have in mind?

Currently, I'm thinking helis & ultralights and stuff... I got a sweet idea for an Ultralight shot, let's hope it works out...

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Reply #6 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 8:27am

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Hey Anxyous, I know you like the C182, so hop on to the Orbx Forums and look at this topic:

http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=6735.0

HD repaint and HDVC incoming! Wink

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Reply #7 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 12:22pm

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AMDDDA wrote on Nov 12^th, 2008 at 8:27am:

Hey Anxyous, I know you like the C182, so hop on to the Orbx Forums and look at this topic:

http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=6735.0

HD repaint and HDVC incoming! Wink

Habalahabalahabalahabala.... Shocked

Thank you very much Alex! Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 1:08pm

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Love the shots Cheesy

Great choice of aircraft, cars, venue and girls...o wait girls?

Need some work there bud, missing the basic requirements to pass the shots Grin

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Reply #9 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 1:20pm