Last Flight of Pilot FO Bart Woortman @ KLM

First Officer Bart Woortman got his last flight due to retirement at KLM.

Started his Flight Career as F16 Fighter pilot from 1987 till 1997.

Thereafter ,Bart became commercial pilot at KLM in November 1997.

After a huge career at KLM, 25 years and 6 months he operated his retirementflight to Bogota-Cartagena.

Assisted by his daughter (Second Officer) Lisa as his ‘Wingwoman’ and by Captain Paul van de Ven as his ‘Wingmen’.

Son Lars ,aspiring KLM pilot in training was on this flight as well.

As tugdriver at KLM Aircraft Towing Department daughter Lisa got me to operate his last pushback on Bart’s homebase Amsterdam Airport.

Flight KL745 , AMS-BOG-CTG , stand D2 , long pushback into Alpha 5 abeam C11 , RWY36L , B789 // PH-BHE

Flight KL741, CTG-Cartagena-AMS , RWY 06 , Stand Echo 8 , B789 PH-BHP

 

 

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Written by RalphValkenier in Last Flights - 2023

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