20 Jul

Last Flight of Captain Nik Waalewijn @ KLM

Captain Nik Waalewijn made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight from Bonaire to homebase Amsterdam. Nik got assisted by first officer Harmen Wouda and second officer Robert Zee as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL765 got a approach and landing on RWY06. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand Echo 17. This flight got operated with an A330-200 reg PHAOD. Videostills…………..

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17 Jul

Last Flight of Captain Eric Akker @ KLM

Captain Eric Akker made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A very special flight with his son Tim second officer,captain Chris Berkouwer and first officer Erik Laroy as his ‘Wingman’ and his wife Leontine senior purser as his ‘Wingwoman’. A last flight with an old 747-destination Hong Kong. Flight KL887, stand E3, and a RWY36C departure. This flight got operated with an B789 Dreamliner reg PHBHC. Returnflight KL888 , the most beautiful callsign ‘KLM Triple Eight’ got a landing on runway 06. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand E6. Eric’s last flight got operated with an […]

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17 Jul

Last Flight of Captain Thomas Kreek @ KLM

Captain Thomas Kreek made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight with destination Panama City. On this flight Thomas got assisted by his son 2nd officer Thom and 1st officer Michiel Schrier as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL757 , AMS-PTY, got a push & pull on stand F4. They departed on runway 36L with a B777-300ER reg PHBVW. The returnflight KL758 got a nice approach and landing on runway 27. After vacating N4 via A18 left on taxiway Alpha taxying to final stand E17. His last flight got operated with another B777-300ER reg PHBVC. Videostills………….

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17 Jul

Last flight of Captain Siebe Talsma @ KLM

Captain Siebe Talsma made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retirementflight with destination Capetown and assisted by captain Paul de Boer (inspector) ,first Officer Arjen Barends and second officer Matthew Salama as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL597, callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand F5 and taxying for a RWY24 departure. It just became dry. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVF. Returnflight KL598, callsign KLM104-Heavy, got a landing on RWY36R. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand F7. Videostills……………

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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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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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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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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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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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07 Feb

Last Flight of Captain Lucien van Dongen @ KLM

Captain Lucien van Dongen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retirementflight heading for Miami and back homebase Amsterdam. On this flight captain Lucien got assited by captain Marnix Bochardt as his “Wingman”. Flight KL627,stand F7 and a RWY24 departure. This flight got operated with an A330-300 reg PHAKB. Extra footages will show the landing on MIA and the departure of the returnflight KL628 to Amsterdam Airport. Flight KL628 got a landing on RWY18R in the early morning. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand F3. Lucien’s return- and last flight got operated with an A330-300 […]

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18 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Dick Storm @ KLM

Captain Dick Storm made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Heading for Panama City with First Officer Peter Berger as his ‘Wingman’. His returnflight, KL758, got a nice approach and a landing on RWY18R. After vacating the runway taxying for final stand F8. His last flight got operated with a B787-10 reg PHBKG KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 29 jr 11 mnd Captain Boeing 777/787 bij KLM Royal Dutch Airlines aug. 2022 – heden · 3 jr 5 mnd Airline Pilot bij KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesAirline Pilot bij KLM Royal Dutch Airlines feb. 1996 – heden · […]

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15 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Vojta Wagner @ KLM

Captain Vojta Wagner made his last flight due to his retirement at KLM. A last flight with destination Capetown assisted by Captain Marc Brouwer as his ‘Wingman’ and his wife/senior purser Monique Wagner as his ‘Wingwoman’. Flight KL597, callsign KLM105-Heavy got a pushback on stand Echo 6 and a RWY18L departure. And how beautiful when your last takeoff on AMS is operated with the ‘Orange Pride’ , a B777-300ER with reg PHBVA. Returnflight KL598, callsign KLM104-Heavy, got a cloudy approach and a RWY18R landing. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand E3. This last flight got operated with a […]

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09 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Erik Julian Labrana @ KLM

Captain Erik Julian Labrana made his last flight due to his retirement at KLM. A flight via Aruba to Bonaire with first officer Arno Jansen and second officer Michel Broekman as his “Wingmen”. His brother Mic, retired KLM Captain,joined this flight as well. KL767 ,stand F5, a RWY 24 departure and operated with an A330-200 reg PHAOF. Returnflight KL767, Bonaire heading for homebase Amsterdam, got a landing on RWY18R. After vacating the runway Erik got an awesome call by the groundcontroller of tower west. Taxying to final stand Echo19. Videostills……….

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08 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Erik Dümpel @ KLM

Captain Erik Dümpel got his retirementflight in a special and heartwarming way at KLM. One and a half month prior to his retirement he was’nt able to fly anymore caused by a medical issue. However KLM offered Captain Erik his own retirementflight heading for Capetown and back Amsterdam. Erik was the non-flying “Wingman” on this flight which got operated by Captains Emile van der Stel and Bart Bleys, and second officer Louisette Agema. Flight KL595 (2nd daily flight to CPT) , stand E19, with a runway 24 departure and operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQP. Backflight KL598,callsign KLM104-Heavy, got a […]

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28 Nov

Last Flight of Captain Bob Reith @ KLM

Captain Bob Reith made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Capetown was his last destination and back homebase Amsterdam. Bob was joined on this special flight by his girlfriend and also KLM pilot Aninka Ardon. On his last flight he got assisted by first officer Koen Volkers and second officer Wouter Hietbrink as his “Wingmen”. Flight KL597 , callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand G9. The pushback got operated by my colleague of KLM Aircraft Towing Department Jos Vrijburg. It was a short moment of taxying to N5 for a RWY09 departure. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVW. […]

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19 Oct

Very last flight of Captain Jo Schoenmaker

Captain Jo Schoenmaker making his very last flight in his long career as pilot. Five years ago captain Jo retired from Transavia and started flying with Dutch Corendon. Jo started his career as airliner pilot at Transavia December 1991 till December 2020. Retired Captain John van Limburg Stirum was his ‘Wingman’ on that last flight with Transavia Thessaloniki was the final destination with flights HV5807 – HV5808 and operated with the B737-800 reg PH-HZJ But now it was the very last flight after an enormous career. A retourflight to GOA-Genua with first officer Wilfred van Toor as his ‘Wingman’ and […]

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23 Sep

Last Flight First Officer Inge van Son @ KLM

First Officer Inge van Son made her last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retirementflight heading for Bangkok and back homebase Amsterdam. Inge got assisted by Captain Juurd Ketting as her ‘Wingman’ ánd her sister Ellen as her ‘Wingwoman” (First Officer and operating this flight as Second Officer) That’s a wonderful detail. Flight KL843 , AMS-BKK, stand E3 and a RWY18L departure operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQM. Backflight KL844, landing on same runway but now RWY36R got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVN. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand F9. Videostills………….

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04 Sep

Last Flight of Cpt Jean-Louis Doutreloux @ KLM

Captain Jan-Louis Doutreloux made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight to destination Bangkok with captain Stephane de Jong and first officer Frits Haije as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL843 ,stand E6 and a RWY24 departure. Just in front of the pushback they got a runway change from RWY18L to RWY24. So I was in a hurry to capture them. This flight was operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQO. Return flight KL844 got heavy weathercircumstances. Lots of rain and wind with a landing on RWY22. After vacatingthe runway taxying to stand E3. Jean’s last flight got operated […]

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19 May

Last Flight of Captain Henk Vink @ KLM

Captain Henk Vink made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A flight to Bonaire via Aruba, assisted by first officers Roger Kavelaars and Mark Pasveer as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL769 , stand D47 and a RWY36L departure, operated with a A330-300 reg PHAKD. Backflight KL765 was operated with a A330-200 and reg PHAOB. A nice approach and landing with special callsign Vink-01 and landing on RWY06 After vacating the runway taxying to final stand E19. KLM – 32 jr 4 mnd -Captain A-330 TRI/TRE Senior Instructor dec. 2018 – heden · 6 jr 6 mnd -Captain B-737 […]

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19 May

Last Flight of Captain Mark Geysendorpher @ KLM

Captain Mark Geysendorpher made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight to Curacao and back Amsterdam. On this flight Captain Mark got assisted by first officer Harm van Mierlo and second officer Thijs Zevenkamp as his ‘Wingmen’. Unfortunately SO Thijs had to fly back AMS next day,so he missed the party and backflight. KL735, callsign KLM163, stand F8 and a runway 36L departure. Operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQI Backflight KL736, callsign KLM350 got a nice landing on RWY06 and was operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVB Videostills…………….

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03 Apr

Last flight of Captain Mic Julian Labrana @ KLM

Captain Mic Julian Labrana made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A flight to favorite destination Curacao (homebase) and back Amsterdam. On this flight Captain Mic got assisted by Captain Jeff Robertson and Second officer Garret Gaari as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL735, callsign KLM163, stand G4 and taxying for a RWY36L departure. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVP. Backflight KL736 got a RWY36C landing and after vacating the runway taxying for final stand E22. His last flight got also operated with a B777-300ER and reg PHBVS. Videostills………..

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17 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Reinder Zwaart @ KLM

Captain Reinder Zwaart made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Special detail is that Reinder’s wife Karina joined this flight as well and actually they retired together. Karina did retire during the corona period as Senior Purser after a career of 35 years at KLM. And it keeps going on with wonderful details…………..on this flight also Senior Purser Saskia van den Boogert got her retirementflight and joined by her husband and retired KLM Captain Willem Bos. So it’s a ‘double couple retirementflight’ heading for Santiago de Chile via Bueonos Aires. The departure from Amsterdam should be on fridaynight the […]

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