Last Flight of Captain Maurice Mulder @ KLM

Captain Maurice Mulder made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with his ‘Wingmen’ First Officers Michiel Stamer & Paul and Second Officer (XCM) Sjan Liem heading for Capetown and back Amsterdam. Flight KL597, callsign KLM119 , stand F4 , runway change 18L to RWY 24, PHBVK. KL598, callsign KL104 and KLM-Mulder, RWY 18R , stand F7 and operated with the B777-300ER reg PHBVS     Videostills……….  
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Last Pushback & Flight of Captain Hein Kuipers @ KLM

Captain Hein Kuipers made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with First Officer Geert-Jaap Sisterman and Seconde Officer Joël Prak as his ‘Wingmen’ heading for final destination Paramaribo and back Amsterdam. As surprise ( orchestrated by retired KLM Captain Henk de Vries)  I operated the pushback of KL713 as a push&pull abeam Alpha 16 from stand F4. KL713 got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVW. Backflight KL714 was the first flight in the very early morning. Captain Hein landed at 5:02am on runway 27 and after vacating the runway taxying to final stand Echo 19. Flight KL714 […]
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Last Flight of Captain Eric Broekhuizen @ KLM

Captain Eric Broekhuizen made his last flight after 38 years and 4 month, due to retirement at KLM. And especially joined by his daughter Stefanie ( First Officer B737 since September 2008 ) On this retirementflight Eric got assisted First Officer’s Vincent Aupers and Donny Schüller as his ‘Wingmen’ His final destination was Captown and back Amsterdam. Flight KL595 ,stand F6 , RWY 09 , AMS-CPT , PHBQP -B777-200 Flight KL598 – Callsign KLM-Eric , CPT-AMS , PHBVN , B777-300ER and final stand E20 Eric has an enormous state of duty at KLM. A career of 34 years and 4 […]
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Last Flight of Captain Robert-Jan Tromp @ KLM

Captain Robert-Jan Tromp made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with First Officer Michiel Schrier as his ‘Wingman’ heading to final destination Bogota-Cartagena and back Amsterdam. Flight KL745 heading for Bogota-Cartagena with a RWY36L departure and operated with a B777-200 reg PGBQO. Backflight KL741 and callsign KLM-Tromp got a RWY06 arrival and Echo18 as final stand.     Videostills………
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Last Flight of FO Brian O’Daly @ KLM

First Officer Brian O’Daly made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. On his last flight he got assisted by Captain Jos Jaspers and Second Officer Patrick van de Straat His final destination was JNB-Johannesburg and back Amsterdam. Unfortunately I was’nt able to film his departure last friday with flight KL591. This morning Brian got a runway 06 arrival and final stand Echo-18. Flight KL592 got operated with a B777-300ER reg PH-BVW, the newest Triple300 in our fleet. Brian got also joined by his wife Sabine den Hollander.(former 747 pilot)     Videostills……..
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Last Flight of Captain Desiree van Leeuwen @ KLM

After 37 years and 2 months Captain Desiree van Leeuwen made her last flight due to retirement at KLM. Final flight to Johannesburg and back Amsterdam, assisted by First Officers Evelien van Puijenbroek as ‘Wingwoman’ and Vincent Aupers as ‘Wingman’  Flight KL591, stand F3 with enginestart at the gate. Thereafter a 18L departure and operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVF. Backflight KL592 and with final callsign Desiree-592 got a RWY 18R landing and taxied to final stand F9. This fligh got operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQE     Videostills…………                     […]
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