29 Sep

Last Flight of Captain Sibbelien van Laere @ KLM

Captain Sibbelien van Laere made her last flight due to retirement at KLM. A last flight heading for Curacao and back to homebase Amsterdam. On this flight Sibbelien got assisted by first officer Mark Mulder and captain Paul Holtappels (operating as second officer) as her ‘Wingmen’. Flight KL735, callsign KLM163-Heavy, stand Echo6 and departure on RWY24. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER reg PHBVF. Returnflight KL736, callsign KLM188-Heavy, got a landing on RWY36R. After vacating the runway taxying to final stand Echo 19. This flight got operated with a B777-300ER as well, reg PHBVK.     Videostills….
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18 Apr

Last ‘Ladies Flight’ on 747 @ Shanghai

A very special ‘747 ladies flight’to Shanghai. In order of our Dutch Government KLM was asked to fly to Shanghai for important medical cargo. Right now there is a special cargo bridge between Amsterdam and China. There are 5 weekly flights. AMS-ICN-PEK  (2x) and AMS-ICN-PVG (3x) The first PVG-Shanghai flight was operated at 23rd of March. And it was a female crew operating KL895. Captain Sibbelien de Laere,First Officer’s Helen Hüpscher-Bakker and Sabine den Hollander,Second Officer Ilana Iskander. Flight KL895 was loaded at stand F6 and pushed by KLM ATD Aircraft Towing Department……….driver Lennard Belt making his first pushback of […]
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