21 Nov

Final KLM747 Arrival // F4 //KL893/894 @ FO Peter Westerneng

Friday 23rd of october Captain Eugene Mannot and FO Peter Westerneng operated their final 747 flight. Captain Mark van der Hum was also on board. Flight KL893 on stand Echo77 with a pushback by ATD Jan Arts and assisted by ATD ‘Bokito’ . Sunday the 25th of October they approached Schiphol for the very last time on a 747. They got a flybye circuit withthe PH-BFV and went through the rainshowers above Haarlem. They got the most phenomenal weatherconditions and background to operate a final flight. Entering stand F4 and shut down the 4 engines………….it’s done 50 years of Boeing747 […]
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30 Apr

Very Last Operational Landing in History @ KLM B747

Chief Pilot Paul vd Ven was honoured to operate the last operational 747 flight. It would be the very very last 747 flight in KLM history during the flightoperations of KLM. 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. With pain in all hearts of 747 pilots and 747 lovers we had to experience this unwished but true event. KL686 , Mexico City to Amsterdm,callsign KLM72-Yankee ,operated with the PH-BFT , […]
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