Whadya Think? Jet Blast Beach Is This Video Faked?

[AerroMatt]

Yeh, if I ever get there, you can bet I'll be hanging on the fence..

Yeah, and if I ever get there, you can bet yer A$$ I'll be at the bar beer in hand watching all you looneys getting blown off the fence! Hehe.

 

[g4800xp]

I have been there a number of times and yes it happens. They had a red light on each side and signs everywhere warning about it. There is a great outdoor bar"The Beach Club, i think" there on the otherside of the beach and you can see it happen.

 

[con-pilot]

www.sunsetbeachbar.com

 

[Metro752]

LMAO...ditto, I'll have to go down there and try it sometime. Will post video if it ever comes to fruition.

kinda reminds me of that segment in the movie Pushing Tin where Billy Bob Thornton is supposed to be blown away by the jet blast of the 747. Still makes me laugh when I watch it.

Jetblast from a CFM56 on a 737 will easily knock you over.

 

[Espalda Mojado]

I wish we had a camera in the tail to see!

 

[navigator72]

How cool is that? I am going to St Maarten in October, I will have to try that. Does anyone know how far from this beach the cruise lines park?

 

[awacs941]

How cool is that? I am going to St Maarten in October, I will have to try that. Does anyone know how far from this beach the cruise lines park?

Exactly what I was wondering... Anyone that has been there... Do you know how to get from the crusise boat docks to the beach?

Thanks

 

[con-pilot]

It is quite a distance, you will need to take a taxi. Every taxi driver knows where the Sun Set Beach Bar is, so that will not be a problem.

One note of warning, traffic can be very heavy on the Island from the airport to the cruise line docks and there is a drawbridge on the road from the airport to the dock. So allow plenty of time to return to your cruise ship.

By the way, unless it has changed the Sun Set Beach Bar does not serve Carib Beer, so don't ask for it, or you'll get a dirty look. They do have Bud, Bud Light, Heineken etc. The bar takes US money, the whole island does.

Also, unless it has changed in the last few months the bar does not take any type of credit card, cash only!

Oh, don't forget to take your camera.

Have a great time.

 

[Metro752]

Not every taxi driver knows, I've been there, and I got the one guy who didn't know! Probably was new to the Island.

 

[frog_flyer]

i was sittin behind the mavs 757 at landmark at kdal and it blew me back as it started taxiing.


mmmmm kerosene

 

[CherryBomb]

If a big jet engine is strong enough to pick a guy up off his feet and suck him in, its sure strong enough to blow few folks over.

But Im not really sure, I just fly the small noisy ones...

 

[Thedude]

Down in MBJ, there used to be groups of kids that would stand in the approach light area on the sea wall behind the airport fence to get a little "blow job" from the 727.

 

[samballs]

blown at the beach

http://www.break.com/index/plane_blows_beach_away.html

 

[MGlobemaster]

Is there much else to do in St. Maarten other than watch airplanes all day?

 

[PCD]

This might be the video mentioned earlier. A 747 with inboard engines on when cars are driven behind it.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/47116/747_jet_blast/