16 Jul

Last Flight of Pilot Martin Bredschneijder @ KLM

KLM Pilot Martin Bredschneijder got his retirementflight to Bangkok and back Amsterdam. (non flying) Captain Ruud Jurgens, First Officer Vincent Aupers and Second Officer Ben Prummel as his ‘Wingmen”. His friends (Martinair Cargo Pilots) Lando Frijns and Roger America and KLM SIM instructor Pelle vand er Lee were joining this flight as well. KL875 ,stand Echo24 and runway 18L for departure with a B777-300ER reg PHBVK. Backflight KL876 got a nice landing on RWY27 and vacating N3 for final stand Echo3. This flight got operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQG     Videostills……..
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13 Oct

Last Flight of Captain Tim ten Velde @ KLM

Captain Tim made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. As phenomenal 747 pilot Tim ended his career flying the Triple7. All KLM B747 Combi’s and Full Pax got phased out last year. Final destination Curacao and assisted by gooed friend and Captain Christophe Knaepen as ‘Wingman’ and operating as Co pilot this flight. I operated his last pushback at Schiphol Airport at gate Echo22 with pushbacktruck KI-Kilo India. A huge V8-16L machine. Flight KL735 , callsign KL125 , got a runway 09 departure and operated with the B777-300ER reg PH-BVK. Backflight KL736 got a lovely runway 27 landing, […]
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28 Jun

Last Flight of First Officer Pelle van der Lee @ KLM

Pelle made his last flight as ‘First Officer’ due to heart-rhythm  problems. KLM offered a kind of special retirement flight as commercial pilot. From now on Pelle will be instructor on the flightsimulator.  Flight KL749 ,with Captain Ruud Jurgens,First Officer Martin Bredschneider and Second Officer//Instructor B777-B789 Vincent Aupers, heading to  Bogota-Cartagena in Colombia.  Operated with the B789 Dreamliners PH-BHL and PH-BHH. Runway 36L for departure and same runway as 18R for landing. Eventmanager Ron Onclin ensured there was  a watersalute of the Schiphol Fire Department with their crashtenders at stand Echo 24.   Watch the video by click on next […]
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