Last Flight of Captain Frans Huisman @ KLM

Captain Frans Huisman made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A retourflight to Capetown with first officer Robin Arenda and second officer Jacir Soares de Brito as his ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL597 ,with callsign KLM119, on stand Echo 17 and a 18L departure. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVR. Backflight KL598, callsign KLM104, got a landing on runway 18C with a low cloudbase. Final stand was F9 and this flight was also operated with a B777-300ER and reg PHBVC     Videostills………………
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Crosswind Landing & Last Flight on KLM B747 @ Cpt. Mike van Rossum

Captain Mike van Rossum suddenly had to make his 747 Farewell flight to MEX. In view of the 90% decline in flights and anticipated future capacity, KLM previously decided in early March that it would phase out its remaining Boeing 747s in April 2020, instead of in the summer of 2021. On Sunday he departed with flight KL685 and operated with the B747-Combi reg PH-BFS. On this flight Mike was  with his ‘Wingmen’ first officer Robert-Jan Bosch and second officer Tom Daamen. Unfortunately something went wrong with the footages on CF card……………….so the footages of his departure  were gone……….. Backflight […]
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