Schiphol 11-11-2014, KLMD-11 farewell

[Key]

Thanks, good-lookin'. It's been a pleasure!



The second landing today, on 18R at 14:05LT.

Erik

[EC]

and while taxiing to Romeo to join her sister







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EC

[planecrazy]

After working on this lady 20 years ago to let her enter into service it is sad to see her go
Thanks KLM for making these final flights happen!! , too bad i was too late to get a ticket

[Key]

too bad i was too late to get a ticket

Bummer... But at least you got a great landing shot!

Erik

[Joost van Doorn]

Nice pictures all, I like your landingshot planecrazy.
Here a small addition:

[Ricardo 767-200ER]

Very great photos and especially the video is great!

Now that its realized that the MD-11 passenger era is over, it does feel strange as i seen them all my life.

Happy wings MD-11, Farewell!

[Snipes]

A short story on RTL Nieuws(16m:57s):

http://www.rtlxl.nl/#!/rtl-nieuws-13223 ... 6e28e73976

[cHabu]

Almost the same location as member key, but taken a few seconds later.

[The Traveller]

My tribute, will definitely miss the special sound of the engines, while she taxied towards runway 24 late at night as KL751 to Bonaire and Quito. Saying goodnight to me as she thundered down the runway.

PH-KCD MD11 KLM LAST FLIGHT.jpg by Bastiaan Hart, on Flickr

PH-KCD MD11 KLM LAST FLIGHT-1.jpg by Bastiaan Hart, on Flickr

[Derice]

Great party!
Well done by KLM, AAS, LVNL, SPL, etc.

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

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KLM MD-11 Farewell Flights by Arnoud.Raeven.nl - Fotografie, on Flickr

[Bennie]

In the shed, last Friday, taking pictures for publication on the Company Website:

[AviaView]

KLM McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCD Farewell Flight #3 by aviaview, on Flickr

[Maikel van der Heijden]

Really nice photo's so far, keep them comming. I was a passenger onboard flight KL9895 the first one of the day. I must give a lot of credits to all the people involved organising this special event. Here are some photo's from my side.

1. The screen showing the three flight for today.


2. Passengers were bussed toward R77 where the PH-KCD was being prepared for the one hour flight in Dutch airspace.


3. My seat was 8D in economy comfort, no window unfortunately but plenty of legroom.


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5. Departure runway was 18C. Soon as the seatbelt sign was switched off the chaos began. Here is a wingview.


6. Special food for this event.


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8. Making a lot of photo's while I still can.


9. It was a flight to say a family member farewell but there was also time to celebrate.


10. Forward C cabin.


11. The Kuip.


12. Nice routing mainly at or arround 2000ft.


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14. The crew was really friendly and enjoyed their time onboard the aircraft.


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18. Also a lot of Dutch news channels were on the flight.


19. We landed firmly on runway 18C and after a short taxi we ended our flight where we started.


20. Special decals.


21. Thanks for this great flight.


22. The iconic number 2 engine.


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24. There also was some time to photograph another MD-11 that also left the KLM fleet, the PH-KCB Named Maria Montessori. And also PH-PBA, a DC-3 in KLM colors named Prinsess Amalia.


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27. DC-3 and MD-11.


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31. And one last look on the PH-KCD from the platform.


32. I also spotted the second flight comming in runway 18R (with backlight).


33. And the last one ending my first and last MD-11 adventure. Really want to thank all the parties involved making this possible for us.


Maikel

[Stratofreighter]

Here are some photo's from my side.

Nice photo-report!

[Key]

KLM McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCD Farewell Flight #3

Outstanding photo, amidst all the other great shots!

Erikl