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A Beach, A Banana, And A Flight From Britain: Plane Spotting In St. Lucia

November 5, 2009 at 5:44 PM | by | Comments (0)

Seeing as how it's been a little bit since last we focused on the lovely pastime of plane spotting, we decided to turn our recent Saint Lucia island experience into some useful (not to mention scenic) plane spotting advice for when you too are on the island.

Whether you're heading down on the new Jetblue flight from New York-JFK like we did, or coming all the way from London-Gatwick on the direct Virgin Atlantic flight, you'll want to get a load of the air traffic that sporadically makes its way into St. Lucia's Hewanorra airport at the very southernmost tip of the island, and here's how...

Both days we were at the airport, we noticed flights arriving from the west and then, of course, taking off towards the east. If you want to watch the landings, then you'd do well to the portion of St. Jude's Highway that rounds the end of the runway in order to reach the town of Vieux Fort, which is practically cut off from the island by the airport.

But our choice would have to be standing on the beach while departures gain altitude right in front of us. You can see it in the picture above—a long, sandy beach right by the end of the runway, which goes for the length of Vieux Fort town. Have a little swim, a little international aircraft photography, and maybe a banana or two. We could very easily make that little beach home, since it's got all we need to survive.

Disclosure: Jaunted traveled to St. Lucia as a guest of Jetblue and the St. Lucia Tourism Board

Related Stories:
· St. Lucia's Skies Got A Little Jetbluer, and We Were On Board [Jaunted]
· Plane Spotting Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Jaunted]

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