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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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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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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