27 Feb

Last Flight of Captain A330 Bart Bierman @ KLM

Captain Bart Bierman made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL787 heading for SXM-St Maarten – POS-Port of Spain and back Amsterdam. His final flight got operated with the A330-200 Reg PHAOE. Landed on RWY18R and docking at final stand Echo 17 Filming these footages (by Bokito) are arranged by Bart’s good friend and former retired A330 Captain Gert Meijer. Career of Bart; Cpt A330 – 2018-2024 FO B777 – 2014-2018 FO MD11 – 2005-2014 Cpt F70/F100 – 1998-2005 Capt F50 […]

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28 Oct

Last Flight of Captain Andy Zurhaar @ KLM

After a huge career of about 32 years Captain Andy Zurhaar made his retirementflight at KLM. Together with First Officer Onno Veltkamp as his ‘Wingman’ he departed for Johannesburg as final destination/retourflight. During 747 timeperiode it was called a ‘Joburgje’ when they did fly to JNB. Flight KL591,stand F7 , departed during heavy fog. When filming I only could hear them passing in takeoff and not see at all. This flight was operated with our ‘Orange Pride’ , a B777-300ER reg PHBVA. Backflight KL592 became a visible landing , happily. With wet circumstances Andy got a smooth landing on RWY18R […]

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06 Oct

Last Flight of Captain GJ van Teeffelen @ KLM

Captain GJ van Teeffelen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with First Officers Bas van Wetten & Jan Thibau as his ‘Wingmen’ heading for Aruba-Bonaire. Flight KL767 , stand E2 and operated with the A330-300 reg PHAKE. After a techinal issue occurred they went back to stand G73. The problem got solved and they finally departed on RWY24. Backflight KL767 BON-AMS got a special approach. Flying across the airport for a left downwind and landing RWY18R. This last flight got operated with the A330-300 reg PHAKD Videostills……

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06 Oct

Last Flight of Captain Harold van den Pol @ KLM

After 18,5 years Captain Harold van den Pol got his last flight due to retirement at KLM. On his retirementflight to Johannesburg , a ‘Joburg’ , he got assisted by First Officer Michiel Schrier and Captain//Senior Instructor Marc Douglas as his ‘Wingmen’. KL591 , stand F5 and a RWY18L departure operated with a B777-300Er reg PHBVK. Backflight KL592 got a RWY18R landing and taxying for final stand F5. This last flight got operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQF Career of Harold; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 18 jaar 5 maanden Human Factor/ Competence trainer jan. 2020 – heden · 3 jr […]

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17 Aug

Last Flight of Captain Bas Lindenkamp @ KLM

After 31 years and 8 months Captain Bas Lindenkamp got his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Unfortunately he could’nt operate a last takeoff at homebase Amsterdam. KLM did send him to Boston as passenger with a Triple Seven. But…………. his final flight ended with a beautiful landing at RWY 06 ,assited by First Officer Jes Nissen as his ‘Wingman’. Flight KL618 got operated with a A330-300 reg PHAKF and final stand Echo 2. Filming this last flight of Captain Bas was orchestrated by First Officer Sebastiaan Kesseler (KLC) Career at KLM KLM 31 jaar 8 maanden -Captain A330-200/300 […]

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17 Aug

Last Flight of Captain Alex den Hartog @ KLM

After 31 years Captain Alex den Hartog got his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Heading for destination Curacao and back Amsterdam with First Officer Rogier van de Vijver and Second Officer Pim de Wolf. Flight KL733, stand D47 and a departure on RWY36L, operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQC Backflight KL734 CUR-AMS got same runway for landing , RWY18R, After vacating taxying for final stand Echo19. His final flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVF. Videostills………..

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30 Jun

Last Flight of Captain Richard de Waard @ KLM

Captain Richard de Waard made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Richard got assisted by First Officers Nick Verplak and Brian Vreugdenhil as his ‘Wingmen’. Also surprised by the pushback operated and filmed by Bokito. Flight KL765 , AUA-BON // Aruba-Bonaire, stand Delta 49 and operated with the A330-200 reg PHAOA. The pushback got operated with the largest pushbacktruck AM500 reg KK // Kilo-Kilo. This is a real V8 16L truck. Backflight KL767 BON-AMS, with callsign KLM-DeWaard-767, got a RWY18R arrival and operated with a A330-300 reg PH-AKE. Vacating runway 18R and taxying to final stand Echo 17. […]

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22 Jun

Last Flight of Duco vd Werf @ KLM

KLM Pilot Duco van der Werf got his last flight due to retirement at KLM Together with Captain Joost van Gerwen as his ‘Wingman’ and his wife Senior Purser Andrea Sleutel (non working on this flight) , heading for Boston and back Amsterdam. Flight KL617 ,stand Echo19, got a pushack operated by my colleague KLM ATD Marcel van Tiel. Thereafter taxying to Siera 6 RWY24 and operated with the A330-300 reg PHAKE. Backflight KL618 was operated with the A330-300 reg PHAKD. Turning right to intercept localizer RWY18R and after a ‘Bokito Call’ operating a smooth landing. Final stand was Delta […]

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09 May

Last flight & Pushback of Captain Brent @ Delta Airlines

Captain Brent Halweg got his retirementflight after a huge career at Delta Airlines. Brent’s last flight was a retourflight to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. On the 1rst of May flight DL160 , Minneapolis-Amsterdam , arrived in the morning with a landing on runway 18R , Polderbaan. Touchdown at 8:07AM and taxying to the gate via W13 and cross the Center. Just in front of Brent I was towing a KLM B777-300 and sam him in my mirrors coming behind. DL160 was operated with a A330-300 reg N820NW On tuesday the 2nd of May Brent got his retirementflight to MSP and […]

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05 Apr

Last Flight of Captain A330 Dirk van der Neut @ KLM

Captain Dirk van der Neut got his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with First Officer Vincent Hoekveld as ‘Wingman’ heading for Boston and back Amsterdam. Flight KL617 started with a 2 1/2 hour delay. After pushback Echo19 there was a technical issue and was solved by technicians on stand. Finally Dirk gave ful throttle on RWY36L with the A330-300 reg PHAKF. Backflight KL618 with his final landing on RWY06 and operated with the PHAKD. The career of Dirk started at the Royal Airforce from Jan ’87 till Jan ’96 and therafter he became commercial pilot at KLM […]

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29 Jan

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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28 Jan

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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01 Feb

Last Flight of Captain Dick Vreenegoor @ KLM – Final Edition

Captain Dick Vreenegoor made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Heading to SXM and back Amsterdam with First Officer Joeri and son Matthijs Vreenegoor (Second Officer KLM B777) KL729 AMS-SXM operated with an A330-300 reg PH-AKA /// KL730 SXM-AMS , operated with an A330-200 reg PH-AOA and landing at 1st Christmas day. Videostills……..

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12 Dec

Last Flight of Captain A330 Noël Nieuwlands @ KLM

Captain Noël Nieuwlands made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with First Officer Thijs Sijl as his ‘Wingman’ a final retourflight ot Washington. I operated the pushback ( push & pull ) from gate Echo 5. Once I reached Echo 5 with the pushbacktruck with callsign KJ , his son Bart told about the surprise of Bokito. KL651 heading to IAD Washington with A330-300 reg PH-AKA and a RWY18L departure. Happily I was able to film the takeoff as well from Echo-buffer Echo77. His final landing with the PH-AKE on RWY27 and final gate Echo2. Videostills………

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28 Sep

Last flight of Captain Jos de Pee @ KLM

Captain Jos made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with Captain Jaap Blijleven and First Officer Duco van der Werf as his ‘Wingmen’ , Jos’ final flight with SXM-CUR ( St Martin – Curacao ) as destination and back to Amsterdam. Flight KL789 departed to SXM-CUR on RWY24 and operated with the A330-200 reg PH-AOB. Backflight KL789 CUR-AMS got a RWY 18R landing and operated with the A330-300 reg PH-AKF. Videostills…………

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17 Apr

Last Flight of Captain A330 Peter de Bruin @ KLM

Captain Peter de Bruin made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL789 heading to SXM and CUR,thereafter back Amsterdam. Flight KL789 got a pushback at VOP D47 operated by KLM Aircraft Towing Department and a RWY36C departure. Final landing was on RWY 06 and all operated with the Airbus A330-200 reg PH-AOB. This last flight was assisted by ‘Wingmen’ First Officers Jan Nap and Second Officer Paul van den Berk. Videostills……….

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24 Feb

Last Flight of Captain Onnebert Bieringa @ Transavia

Captain Onnebert made his retirementflight to ALC-Alicante and back Amsterdam. Flight HV6143 ,callsign TRA-31-Golf with a RWY24 departure. Backflight HV6144, callsign TRA-44-Alpha got a visual approach on request at RWY 18 Center. Both flights with his friend Willem van Ingen as Wingman and operated with the B737-800 reg PH-HZW Videostills…………

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22 Nov

Last flight of Captain A330 Arthur Waller @ KLM

Captain Arthur Waller made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. His last destination in career was St Maarten – SXM. Arthur got assisted by his ‘Wingmen’ First Officer Frank Zuidam and Second Officer Danny van Engeldorp Gastelaars. His final pushback at SPL operated by my colleague tugdriver Ron Pauw with an AM500 pushbacktruck. I was assisting as tugdriver in training. Both flights got operated with the A330-200 reg PH-AOC. Flight KL729 AMS-SXM and KL730 SXM-AMS with a runway 18R landing. Videostills………

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21 Nov

Last Flight of Captain A330 Alfred Vink @ KLM

Captain Alfred made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. His ‘Wingmen’ on this flight First Officer Jouke van der Meer and Second Officer Bart Knoppel. Flight KL771 with a RWY18L departure and operated with the A330-300 reg PH-AKA. Backflight ,same flightnumber,KL771 with a RWY18R arrival and was operated with the A330-200 reg PH-AOA. Flight KL771 with route AMS–BON-AUA-AMS. ( BON-Bonaire // AUA-Aruba ) Videostills………..

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04 Sep

Last flight of Captain Marc Linnemann @ KLM

Captain Marc made his retirementflight at KLM. Together with his daughter Eveline and ‘Wingman’ Captain Marc Gijsbers he went to YYZ -Toronto and back Amsterdam. Flight KL31 (KL691) with a RWY09 departure and KL86 (KL692) with a RWY18Center arrival. Both flights got operated with a B787-10 reg PH-BKA. Videostills…..

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11 Apr

Last Flight on KLM B747 – PH-BFY – PBM/AMS @ KL714 // 20-3-2020

Captain Andre Teunizen and his crew problaby made their last 747 flight. Flight KL714 , PBM-AMS , arrival at 20 March 2020 and operated with the B747-Fullpax reg PH-BFY. Captain Andre landed on RWY06 ‘Kaagbaan’ at 7.41 LT Videostills…………..

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22 Jul

Last flight of Captain Paul Conrad

Captain Paul made his last flight for KLM due to his retirement. Flight KL723 heading to Havana – Cuba,operated with the A330-200 ‘PH-AON’. And flight KL724 back to Amsterdam,operated with the A330-200 ‘PH-AOM’ Both flights on runway 36L/18R ‘Polderbaan’ and supported by First Officer Koos Esser and Second Officer Stijn Post Youtube Videolink <<<<<>>>>>Last flight of Captain Paul Conrad @ KLM Videostills………..

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24 Aug

[Video] A380 Emirates /// Arrival&Departure @ AMS 27-8-12

The new Airbus A380 from Emirates arriving and departing from AMS Schiphol.

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