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Old 5th April 2006 | 17:35
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bubbers44
 
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Aruba had a three and a half minute total eclipse about ten years ago and I was lucky enough to have the B757 trip that day from Miami. We expedited the flight to land before the 2:10 PM event but ATC had us on a 10 mile final landing east when it happened.

We could only see the runway lights and a silhouette of the hills and no physical airport features until short final. We touched down in total darkness and when we cleared the runway it was daylight again. I video taped the whole approach but the camera adjusts for the darkness so didn't look as impressive as what we saw with our eyes. What an incredible experience.
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