AIR UTOPIA

WORLD AIRPORTS

SAINT MAARTEN / MARTIN

PRINCESS JULIANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SXM)

VHS VIDEO TAPE

FOR THE EDUCATED AVIATION AND AIRLINE ENTHUSIAST

120 MINUTES

CLAMSHELL CASE

 

EXCELLENT TAPE FROM PRIVATE ADULT COLLECTOR.

NEVER RENTED OR LOANED OUT - VERY LITTLE WATCHED TIME.

  DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION, FAMILIES OFTEN TOOK THEIR KIDS TO AIRPORTS ANS WATCHED THE AIRPLANES TAKE OFF AND LAND FROM SPACIOUS, OPEN AND OBSTACLE FREE OBSERVATION AREAS. TODAY, THESE OBSERVATION AREAS HAVE ALMOST VANISHED.

 SEE PLANES TAKE OFF AND MAKE A STEEP RIGHT TURN TO AVOID MOUNTAINS. WATCH SKILLFUL PILOTS LAND THEIR JUMBOS ON THE SHORT 7,054 FOOT RUNWAY. AN EXCELLENT VARIETY OF SCHEDULED AND CHARTER AIRLINES SERVE PRINCESS JULIANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SXM), INCLUDING THE LIKES OF KLM AND AIR FRANCE. THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT INCLUDING THE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE VANTAGE POINTS HAS MADE THIS AND AVAIATION ENTHUSIAST’S PARADISE. ONE CAN VIEW 747’S AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD BEFORE TAKEOFF WITH ONLY A “WARNING” SIGN POSTED, THUS BEING ABLE TO CATCH A PLANE’S EXHAUST IS NOT UNCOMMON. THIS MAKES SXM ALMOST AS INCREDIBLE AS HONG KONG’S KAI TAK.