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August 25, 2006
3D 747 Airliner on Approach at Maho Beach in Google Earth
You have probably already seen pictures and videos of giant airliners landing just a few feet above Maho Beach at Princess Juliana Airport in St. Maarten. They have been circulating the net in forums, blogs, and E-mail for years. Maho Beach is located only a few feet from the end of the runway. Google released high resolution satellite photos for this area (and most of the Caribbean) back in June. I downloaded a 747 Sketchup model from the Google 3DWarehouse and placed it on final approach in Google Earth. Check out the scene here in Google Earth 
(GE 4 Beta required). TIP: Use the middle mouse button to rotate around the scene. Unfortunately, this plane is missing it's landing gear so the landing will be a bit scary. :-)
Look at some amazing photos of actual planes landing here, and here is a video of a 747 landing at Maho Beach:
Posted by FrankTaylor at August 25, 2006 09:02 AM
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Posted by: gm at August 28, 2006 12:01 PM
Hi,
for real air traffic (mostly europe and australia at this stage) check out http://www.openatc.com viewable in google earth.
Cheers
- Balt
Posted by: Balt at September 6, 2006 04:01 AM
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Nice. Call it a nit pick, but would be nice if he had gear and flaps deployed for landing though.