05 Jun

Last Flight of Captain Marc Brouwer @ KLM

After an enormous career of about 39 years Captain Marc Brouwer made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retirementflight heading for Johannesburg and back homesbase Amsterdam Airport. On this flight Captain Marc got assisted by another captain Eric Palm (operating as second officer) as his ‘Wingman’, and first officer Milou Bruning as his ‘Wingwoman’. Flight KL591 , stand E8 , got a push & pull by my coleague Arjen Hoogland joined by shiftleader Martin van Klooster. Taxying for a departure on runway 36L and operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVS. Returnflight KL592 got a nice approach and […]
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30 May

Last Flight of Captain John Janssen @ KLM

After 40 years of flying KLM Captain John Janssen made his last flight due to his retirement. A last flight with destination Austin and back Amsterdam. On this flight Captain John got assisted by his son Second Officer Mats Janssen and his good friend Captain Eric Hoogerheijde (operating as first officer) as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL667 , callsign KLM115-Heavy and operated with a B789 Dreamliner reg PHBHN. A pushback on stand D57 , thereafter taxying via VM for a takeoff on runway 36L. After the landing on Austin Airport Captain John got surprised by the Austin Fire Brigade, Control Tower […]
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23 May

Last Flight of FO Pieter Hofstede @ KLM

First Officer Pieter Hofstede made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retirementflight with chief pilot Martijn Göttgens as his ‘Wingman’. Flight KL765 heading for Bonaire via Aruba. KL765, stand F7 and with a runway 36C departure. This flight got operated with a A330-200 reg PHAOD. Returnflight KL767 got a nice runway 06 approach/landing and operated with another A330-200 reg PHAOC.     Videostills……………  
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21 May

Last Flight of Captain Hans Onderwater @ KLM

Captain Hans Onderwater made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. On this flight Hans got assisted by first officer Jeff van Vught and second officer Valentijn van Ee as his ‘Wingmen’. Special occasion is his daughter Melanie , cabin attendant on her fathers last flight. Flight KL789 , AMS-SXM, heading for Sint Maarten. Stand D7 and taxying for a runway 36L departure. This flight got operated by a B789 Dreamliner reg PHBHH. Returnflight KL789 started at Sint Maarten to Georgetown. Thereafter the last part heading for homebase Amsterdam. A nice approach and landing on runway 06. After vacating […]
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20 May

Last Flight of Captain Robert Jan Minderhout @ KLM

Captain Robert-Jan Minderhout made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. His good friend and retired KLM Captain Jos Gielen arranged the capturing of his last movements at Schiphol Airport. A last flight with destination Capetown. On this flight Robert-Jan got assisted by first officers Thijs Spuybroek and Ben Datema as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL597, callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand G5 and initially planned for runway 36C. However they got recleared to runway 36L. And so I got in a hurry to reach a right spot to film the departure. KL597 got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVB. Returnflight KL598, callsign […]
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09 May

Last Flight of Captain Willem Heblij & Harry Robertus @ KLM

Captain Willem Heblij and Captain Harry Robertus made their last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight heading for Capetown and back homebase Amsterdam. On this flight Captain Willem got assisted by first officer Philip Arenda,captain Arthur Staalduinen ( operating as second officer) and Captain Harry Robertus (observer) as his ‘Wingmen’. Harry Robertus’ wife and senior purser was leading the cabincrew. KL597, callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand F4 and was planned for runway 18L. Because of a slight delay they got recleared to RWY24. And so I was in a hurry to reach the other runway to film their takeoff. […]
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04 May

Last Flight of Captain B747F Erwin Looman @ KLM Cargo

Captain B747F Erwin made his last flight due to retirement at KLM – Martinair Cargo. Erwin got assisted by First Officer Jef Verbeelen as his ‘Wingman’. Sister Inge joined this special flight as well. Because of the 5 horses on the returnflight MIA-AMS Two grooms went along to take care of the horses. A last flight with next routing; AMS-MIA , MIA-BOG-MIA , MIA-AMS His final flight from Miami to Amsterdam got operated with the B747-406ERF reg PHCKC. Landed on runway 18R and after vacating the runway taxying to final stand Siera 79.     Videostills……………   Two days later […]
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16 Apr

Last Flight of Captain Eimerd Bult @ KLM

Captain Eimerd Bult,also current ‘Executive Vice President KLM Flight Operations’, got his last flight as pilot. After an enormous career of 36 years and one month Eimerd retires as Captain B777-787. On this flight he got assisted by captain Don Caous and first officer Wessel van Soest as his ‘Wingmen’. KL639 , stand D10 and a RWY18C departure. This flight got operated with a B787-10 Dreamliner reg PHBKM and heading for San Diego. Returnflight KL640 got also operated with a B787-10 Dreamliner and reg PHBKQ. On Amsterdam radar they offered the option to land on RWY18R or 18C. Ofcourse they […]
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14 Apr

Last Flight of Captain Eric Kruijsen @ KLM

Captain Eric Kruijsen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight with Aruba-Bonaire as final destination and assisted by first officer Leon Buttolo as his ‘Wingman’. Flight KL767,stand D4 and a RWY24 departure and operated with an A330-300 reg PHAKA. Returnflight Bonaire-Amsterdam got a landing on RWY18R. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand E8. Eric’s last flight got operated with an A330-200 reg PHAOB.     Videostills…………….
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14 Apr

Last Flight of Captain Jeff Robertson @ KLM

Captain Jeff Robertson made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight with Capetown as destination. Jeff got assisted by his ‘747’ friends Arnoud Welhüner and Pieter Natte as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL597,callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand F7 and a RWY18L departure. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVB. The returnflight got an 11hr delay caused by sick crew. Finally their returnflight got saved by some crew of the 2nd flight to Capetown. Flight KL598, callsign KLM104-Heavy , arrived around 21:30 local time with a landing on RWY18R. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand E8. […]
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25 Mar

Last Flight of Captain Steven Verhagen @ KLM

Captain Steven Verhagen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A very special occasion because of the medical circumstances. Steven’s retirementflight got operated by captain Paul Driessen, first officer Ruud van der Wal and second officer Mark Brinkman as his ‘Wingmen’. The cabincrew got leaded by senior purser Petra Hop. A last flight heading for destination San José – Costa Rica. Flight KL759,AMS-SJO , stand E6. Planned for RWY18L but got a runwaychange to RWY24. After the pushback a hydraulic issue appeared and so they needed to get back to the gate. After the technicians solved the problem […]
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10 Feb

Last Flight of Captain Filip Cocquyt @ KLM

Captain Filip Cocquyt made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A career of 31 years and 5 months !!! A last flight heading for his beloved destination Los Angeles.  Filip operated more than 100 flights to LAX and most of them with the B747-Combi. The B747-Combi was Filip’s beloved and most favorite aircraft to fly. Filip got assisted by his friend and also captain Victor de Vos as his ‘Wingman’. His wife and two daughters joined the flight as well. Flight KL601 , AMS-LAX, stand Echo20 and a runway 18C departure. This flight was operated with a B787-10 […]
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10 Feb

Last Flight of Captain Gino Corcione @ KLM

Captain Gino Corcione made his last flight , due to retirement at KLM. A retourflight to Capetown and back to homebase Amsterdam. Because I returned last saturday from my honeymoon to New Zealand only the final landing could be captured. Flight KL598, callsign KLM104-Heavy. Gino got assisted by first officer Jeroen Kuipers and captain Robert Loos (operating as 2nd officer) as his ‘Wingmen’. Special detail, Gino’s wife Purser Nicolette Kuipers and CA Janneke Kuipers joined this flight as well. Gino’s last landing was on RWY36C and after vacating a long trip of taxying via taxyway Quebec for final stand F4. […]
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