Last Flight of Captain Klaas Schriemer @ KLM

Captain Klaas Schriemer made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight heading for Curacao assisted by captain Robert Loos and first officer Sjan Liem as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL735, callsign KLM163-Heavy. Stand F9 and a runway 36L departure. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVG. Returnflight KL736, callsign KLM188-Heavy, got a landing on same runway. After vacating RWY18R,turning with the nose to the tower for a nice shot made by the airtraffic controller, taxying to final stand E24. Klaas’ last flight got operated with another B777-300ER reg PHBVD.     Videostills………
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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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