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USA/Caribbean Trip Part 5: Winair SXM-SAB-SXM (Photos)
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Part 1: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9280 Part 2: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9283 Part 3: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9291 Part 4: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9302 Here is Part 5 of my report. This will include my flights from SXM-SAB and return as well as what I did whilst in Saba. ST MAARTEN PRINCESS JULIANNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT On June 8th we went to Saba for the day. The reason we chose to go to Saba was because it is home to the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 396m long! So we had to go there! We got to the airport a bit before 7am for the 8:15am departure. The flight over is about the same as to St Barths, roughly 15 minutes. The flight was on-time and soon we were boarding the flight. June 8, 2013 Winair WM502 SXM-SAB PJ-WIS DHC6 Seat 2C The plane was parked close to the terminal so we just walked out to it. WIS would be taking us to Saba, our second time on WIS. There was about 12-14 people on-board this flight. Cockpit The view Josh took a video of the takeoff and landing, it can be found here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjY3ZzbVO8s Climbing out after taking off on RWY10 Nice views of St Maarten About halfway between St Maarten and Saba Saba Descending into Saba There’s the airport, that runway looks very short!!! Turning finals for RWY30 Short finals Still had plenty of room to spare! The landing was great, and loved the sound of the full reverse thrust! Backtracking the runway
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