Last Flight of Captain Willem Heblij & Harry Robertus @ KLM

Captain Willem Heblij and Captain Harry Robertus made their last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight heading for Capetown and back homebase Amsterdam. On this flight Captain Willem got assisted by first officer Philip Arenda,captain Arthur Staalduinen ( operating as second officer) and Captain Harry Robertus (observer) as his ‘Wingmen’. Harry Robertus’ wife and senior purser was leading the cabincrew. KL597, callsign KLM105-Heavy, stand F4 and was planned for runway 18L. Because of a slight delay they got recleared to RWY24. And so I was in a hurry to reach the other runway to film their takeoff. […]
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Last Flight of Captain Hans Dellevoet @ KLM

Captain Hans Dellevoet made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Assisted by first officer Philip Arenda and second officers Laurens Bosje and Rik Sistermans as his ‘Wingmen’ on the KL809. Heading for Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta!!!  Due to a delayed arrival of their aircraft for this flight they did depart on 22:48PM at RWY36L. Special detail Hans wife Nathalie Numans CAII and Philips wife purser Floor Arenda joining as well. On backflight KL810 Captain Hans got assisted by again first officer Philip Arenda and this time by second officers Rik Sistermans and Sjan Liem. Final landing on RWY06 […]
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