What’s your ideal vacation? A skiing holiday, diving in an exotic location, or just soaking up the sun somewhere warm? I generally head over to the UK to catch up with family members; necessary of course, but not particularly adventurous. Personally I like sunny places and beaches – and I’m a bit of an aviation nut as well. So what if you could combine these two and indulge in an ideal break? Perhaps somewhere like this place:

This video was shot from Maho Beach which can be found on the island of St Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. The aircraft is landing at Princess Juliana International Airport which, as you can see, is located as close as you can get to the beach. There are plenty of videos and still photographs, of aircraft carrying out this spectacular approach, available on the WWW. There have also been many claims that the images have been Photoshopped or doctored some way, but these claims are false – the images are all genuine.

I showed this video, and others, to my wife and…she approves! Maho Beach is now officially on our list of places to visit. We won’t be going this summer, a UK trip has been planned, but hopefully in the next couple of years we will get to go there. I can’t wait!