19 Nov

Last Flight of First Officer Andrew Hendrickx @ KLM

First Officer Andrew Hendrickx made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. After a career of about 26 years Curacao was his final destination and back to homebase Amsterdam. Andrew got assisted by Captain Carel van Bruggen and Second Officer Koen Legdeur as his ‘Wingmen’. And also his beloved Annette van Straaten, CA-II, joined this flight. KL735 with callsign KLM163, stand E9, got a runway 24 departure. An awesome setting with marvellous wingcondensation after rotation.   Just in front of their departure KL661 got a collission with flock of birds after takeoff. Both engines got vibrations and so the […]
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31 Mar

Wingroll Salute on Last 747 Flight // CUR @ Cpt Carel van Bruggen

Flightdata <<<>>>  Departure KL735 // 15-3-2020 ///// Arrival KL736 // 18-3-2020   Captain Carel made his final 747 flight to CUR – Curacao. Suddenly he had to operate his 747 farewell flight due to the current worldwide circumstances. KLM decided phasing out the 747 one year ealier than planned.  Flight KL735 with callsign KLM129-Heavy heading to CUR was supported by his wingman First Officer Steve Jacobs and Second Officer Jasper Verkuijl. RWY 24 for departure and operated with the B747-Fullpax reg  PH-BFL.  Starting the takeoffroll and after postive rate and retracting the maingear saying goodbye with an awesome wingroll. During […]
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