Chris Unrau submitted this photo and note: “I recently had the privilege of fulfilling a dream come true — I earned my certification to land in St. Barths in my Cessna T210N, C-GPLS. The training consists of two hours of ground instruction followed by two training flights with 10 landings required on Runway 10, missed approaches to both runways, and a landing on Runway 28. It was a surreal experience to do this training into such an iconic airport. It’s a feast for all the aviation senses whether you’re the captain, the passenger, or spotting from the ground.”
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Flew into St Barts on a Twin Otter some years back (as a passenger, alas). It was like being in a big Cessna 150, clear the ridge, full flaps, dive bomb the runway, stand on the brakes (the runway slopes down!) and get stopped before you wind up in the water with the sharks hanging around waiting for lunch. There is at least one you-tube video out there showing someone who overshot “slightly”.