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VIDEO: Incredible landing of 747 on small tropical island

This is Saint Martin, also known as Sint Maarten, a French and Dutch island in the Caribbean.

So it's a windy, cloudy, day in your tropical paradise...so what do you do with your day?  How about going to the local beach...which is at the end of the short length main runway at Princess Juliana International Airport... and being closer than you ever have before to a 747 landing above you! 

The airport is positioned between a large hill and a beach and makes for some spectacular approaches.

Aviation photographers flock to the airport to capture pictures of large jets just a few metres above sunbathers (or on this day simply onlookers) on Maho Beach.

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  It may not be a severe cold blast but it's certainly enough for all New Zealanders to take note that summer has ended, as a sou'wester brings in much cooler air from well south of the country.

  Southland will be most affected with daytime temperature dropping to just 12 or 13 degrees on Friday while Saturday and Sunday only fair a little better.   But the cooler sou'wester will affect all of the country, as far north as Auckland and Northland.

  WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan says temperatures from Auckland northwards this weekend will only be around 20 degrees and while not exactly 'freezing' it's certainly well down from the mid to late 20s of late.

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