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Airbus A340-313X
- Reg: F-GLZP full info | F-GLZP photos
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Serial #:
260
- Airline: Air France
- Photo Date: Apr 07, 2006
- Uploaded: Apr 13, 2006
- Sint Maarten - Princess Juliana Int'l - TNCM, Sint Maarten
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All I wanted was to experience the thrill of Maho Beach and maybe take a photo that has not yet been taken. I am proud to say that this is indeed a rare photo. She normally leaves in the early evening but tonight, she left a few hours late after apparently getting dinged by a belt loader. ADDENDUM: correction, thanks to Miguel, the TRUE reason she left late was because the pilot stated the runway was "contaminated." What happened was that a few hours before, there was a short rain shower, leaving the runway wet. So from what I understand, the crew had to wait until the runway was dry enough to takeoff. I suppose that is to maximize performance during that climb up and away from the mountain at the mountain at the end of the runway. I hope this is a jetphotos.net first, a nightshot of a heavy at SXM.
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All I wanted was to experience the thrill of Maho Beach and maybe take a photo that has not yet been taken. I am proud to say that this is indeed a rare photo. She normally leaves in the early evening but tonight, she left a few hours late after apparently getting dinged by a belt loader. ADDENDUM: correction, thanks to Miguel, the TRUE reason she left late was because the pilot stated the runway was "contaminated." What happened was that a few hours before, there was a short rain shower, leaving the runway wet. So from what I understand, the crew had to wait until the runway was dry enough to takeoff. I suppose that is to maximize performance during that climb up and away from the mountain at the mountain at the end of the runway. I hope this is a jetphotos.net first, a nightshot of a heavy at SXM.Camera
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- Reg: F-GLZP full info | F-GLZP photos
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Airbus A340-313X
- Airline: Air France
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260
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Sint Maarten - Princess Juliana Int'l - TNCM
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Miguel Cláudio
Nice and different photo, but let me give you a few more information. I did the AF flight on the 7 of April from SXM to CDG, and after we get on board, we waited inside the aircraft for an hour and a half because the runway was contaminated (this was what the Capt said). The aircraft had already arrived with a 2 hours delay, so we departed SXM with almost 4 hours delay (on the 7th of April), so perhaps the following day flight also got delayed (but it seems a different reg, which is strange). Once again, Nice photo.