Last Flight of Captain Bastiaan van Die @ KLM

Captain Bastiaan van Die made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Final destination Kuala Lumpur with a shuttle to Jakarta and back Amsterdam. On flight KL809 Bastiaan got assisted by first officer Pieter Huijbregts and second officer Samir Mokhtar as his ‘Wingmen’. Bastiaan also got joined by hisbeloved wife Patricia, also working on this flight as CAII. KL809 , stand F6 ,RWY24 departure and operated with a B789 Dreamliner reg PHBHG. Its a flight to Kuala Lumpur with a shuttle to Jakarta-Indonesia. The shuttle to Indonesia has a symbolic feeling.  Bastiaans mother is half Indonesian,grandmother full Indonesian,  and […]
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Last Flight of Captain Roef Dieters @ KLM

After 30 years and 8 months Captain Roef Dieters got his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Captain Roef, heading for Kuala Lumpur- Manilla and back Amsterdam, got assisted by 5 ‘Wingmen’.  First Officers Onno Veltkamp (KL805-KL806), Camiel Baneman (KL805) and Alex Buitenhuis (KL806) Second Officers Bas Groenveld (KL805) and Paul Reijnen (KL806)  Flight KL805 , AMS-KUL , stand Echo 17 and runway 24 Siera 7 for departure. Backflight KL806, KUL-AMS, just arrived before ‘Storm Poly’ fully exploded. First the flight got planned for runway 22 , but when entering the Dutch border Roef got runway 18R for his […]
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Last Flight of Captain Jacco Krook @ KLM

Captain Jacco made his retirementsflight at KLM. He was heading for Kuala Lumpur and back Amsterdam. Together with his wife Kathinka de Graaf, Wilma van der Endt and First Officer Chris de Boer he got a runway 09 departure with the B777-300 registrated as PH-BVI. A magnificent sunset departure. Jacco’s last landing was at runway 06. First he came downwind across Amsterdam Airport and than finally turned in for his last landing. Last landing with flight KL810 was operated by the B777-200 with registration PH-BQG. Enjoy this short documentary of his last movements as airline pilot at KLM.   Watch […]
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Last Flight of Captain Wil Janssen @ KLM B777

Captain Wil had his final flight of a career at KLM. With his wife (cabin attendant) Janine , First Officer Bas Seijffert,Second Officer Brendan Strijker, SO Matthijs Bouwmans  and a fantastic crew he had a wonderful trip at Kuala Lumpur. Flight KL809-810 got operated by the B772 PH-BQN and the B773 PH-BVK. Watch the video bij click at next link>>>>>Last Flight of KLm Captain Wil Janssen
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