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Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft #136414
07/23/2017 10:49 AM
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https://www.trymodern.com/article/2391/st-maarten-beach-goer-throws-ball-at-incoming-aircraft. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />

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Re: Beach goer throws ball art incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136415
07/23/2017 11:01 AM
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That could not had ended well.

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136416
07/23/2017 11:25 AM
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What an absolute a$$! But then, there's one in every crowd!


Respectfully,

pat



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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136417
07/23/2017 11:27 AM
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That is ridiculous!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />

It scares me to think what could have happened.


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: BeachKitten] #136418
07/23/2017 11:56 AM
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He should be arrested. Nice prison up at Point Blanche.
Disgusting.
irina

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: irina] #136419
07/23/2017 12:06 PM
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You are right! Whoever took that video should have called the police. Could have been a major disaster!

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136420
07/23/2017 01:21 PM
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That is ridiculous! As someone else said, that person should be arrested.


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136421
07/23/2017 02:24 PM
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Really sad. With the lack of discipline in the home and schools, this is the product it produces.


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #136422
07/23/2017 02:37 PM
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This is the product of parents that do not spend time with there kids, teaching them right from wrong. Blame the parents. As in America, the kids have little respect, little fear, and no discipline at all... the world is full of this element...

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: sasasal] #136423
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No disagreement from me on that.


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: sasasal] #136424
07/23/2017 03:00 PM
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These "kids" very well could be parents themselves> There will always be losers in the world and hopefully not too many will affect your life

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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: boucharda] #136425
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There will be enough to effect everyones lives. This is a disrespectful time, filled with entitlement, and loss of fear and respect for laws and authority... That goes back to upbringing... Parents are too busy living there lives and forgot to discipline there kids... Soooooo? Of cource we have this kind of incident happening... All over, not just one place... Ok off my soapbox..

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: sasasal] #136426
07/23/2017 05:12 PM
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Right on!! All the kids know today is how to take selfies and text. Their faces are constantly in an I phone. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" />

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: LBI2SXM] #136427
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Yup gimmi gimmi and gimmie... that's the generation. want it now need it now... so this is what we get no thought about what could happen, as this is the now generation. We have made a generation of fools and idiots, and criminals...

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: sasasal] #136428
07/23/2017 07:27 PM
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Not our two kids, nor my two Brothers kids and my Sister Son in Florida. My youngest Brother has a Son that Pilots F 16 and 330 in England ,Germany, Poland and over the Indian Ocean.

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136429
07/23/2017 07:48 PM
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Has anyone doubted the veracity of the story and pictures?

I shared with a person who flies, and the response was:

"I find that hard to believe. throwing a ball at a plane from that distance and in the water would be probable, and might come close, but I don't think a ball would make it to the rear stabilizer. It would have to pass over the wing and close to an engine, air waves around the leading edge of the wing would force a small ball away from the plane."


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: BeachKitten] #136430
07/23/2017 08:00 PM
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That was my first thought when looking at the first picture. Throwing a ball upward waist deep in water is difficult. 20 or 30 feet upward maybe. Ball might have went under the plane and a draft took it farther. There is no picture of it going over a wing.

Wendell

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: BeachKitten] #136431
07/23/2017 08:11 PM
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It will be interesting to see if there is any follow up to this. While it is easily possible to make the initial throw, the height of the ball is questionable.


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: sasasal] #136432
07/23/2017 08:20 PM
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Yup gimmi gimmi and gimmie... that's the generation. want it now need it now... so this is what we get no thought about what could happen, as this is the now generation. We have made a generation of fools and idiots, and criminals...



Take a deep breath, your generalization is WAY over the top. I live in a small college town, all the kids are very respectful.

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #136433
07/23/2017 08:22 PM
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Date on the picture shows it was July 19 2017.

Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #136434
07/23/2017 10:13 PM
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If the date and time are correct, we were at SSBB and saw that plane come in. I didn't see anything like that but, as usual, I was looking at the plane and not at people in the water.


Rick and Grace
Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136435
07/24/2017 08:09 AM
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This is going to get to the point where the security that runs the airport will close off the crossroad to Beacon hill when the big guys are coming in, clearing everyone off the beach and the road. Mark my words, this is easier than building some windscreen and more signs. People are to stupid to take heed when they have been drinking and just don't care!!


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Re: Beach goer throws ball at incoming aircraft [Re: WhitandTamra] #136436
07/25/2017 06:14 AM
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