Coming back after nearly 9 years. Back in the days looking this video as a 14 year old wanting to become an airline pilot. Now 9 years later - type rated on the Airbus A320 as a First Officer. Thank you so much for this inspiring video to never let go of this beautiful job!

@OnTheGo352

9 ай бұрын

Good stuff my friend :)

@a4sleep

8 ай бұрын

thats so amazing to hear! i wanted to as well but things didnt go as planned, i wish you all the best brother

@Bikerace333

8 ай бұрын

@@a4sleep thank you! Wish you all the best as well! :)

@narinoamor

7 ай бұрын

Congratulations in living your dreams!

i must say, the smile on the captains face is priceless :)

@thatguy5915

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is, I thought the same thing

@derFritzOr

8 жыл бұрын

Abolutely Moving Smile! The whole Video is making sad, especially with the Music. I`m very glad to live near Cologne-Bonn Airport and can see the UPS MD-11 every day.

@thatguy5915

8 жыл бұрын

I see ups md-11s and fedex md-10s alot

I was an MD-11 flight test engineer in YUMA Arizona and was privileged to be on the very first training flight with the KLM pilots. Five years later I helped deliver one of MartinAirs MD-11 to Mr. Martin himself, and was asked to help his flight crews in the capacity of flight engineer for 4 months. I learned a lot about what it meant to be part of a flight crew. I've seen a few pilot retirements in my long career but I've never seen the CAPTAINS expression captured in the cockpit ,and I just want to say, screw the Gold watch! I'll take the water cannons instead! What a Great way to remember your retirement. I Like that smile on his face...it tells the story. Great video!

It was not the last MD11 landing. The left pilot is going to retire.

Thanks for the great video celebrating the culmination of this man's great career. KLM MD11 Forever. We will miss seeing it in the skies as well.

@AircraftSpotter

9 жыл бұрын

Jay... I think this was tooken 2 years before XD Its not the last flight I think but it says that KLM is phrasing out half of them :)

@AircraftSpotter

9 жыл бұрын

FOR THIS VIDEO THOUGH

@OHAREAVIATION

9 жыл бұрын

Aircraft Spotter I thought about whether I should actually state that I knew this was not the last KLM MD11 flight knowing I would get this sort of comment. Yes, I know you folks pretty well. I had originally thought it was based on what someone said, then watched it and realized it was not. I felt I should comment anyway to congratulate the captain but then I thought it would be weird to say congrats on a great career to the captain without mentioning the latest about how the KLM MD11 is being phased out. Which is why I wrote the comment in the way I did. You may notice that if you read the comment a little more carefully. I did not say that the retirement of the MD11 and this man's last flight were on the same day.... ;)

@AircraftSpotter

9 жыл бұрын

Jay's O'Hare Aviation & HD Plane Spotting :)

@tsts273

9 жыл бұрын

Jay's O'Hare Aviation & HD Plane Spotting Aircraft Spotter Indeed. This was Captain De Vet's last flight. Last week however, the MD-11's Farewell Flights took place in the Netherlands (EHAM to EHAM). I will soon upload a video of that day to the TSTS channel. We're going to miss this beautiful plane!

3:54 ... prepare to cry

Prachtig filmpje, ik heb inmiddels al ruim 20 keer bekeken, erg mooie muziek, beelden en natuurlijk het vliegtuig met een goede piloot! Gewoon een fantastisch filmpje.

I have flown in the past on this air craft, many times to Brazil. It is a wonderful piece of avionics. The Captain looked quite sad knowing it's all coming to an end, for himself and the plane. Thank you SteVe for sharing this great vid. :}

@boffis123

10 жыл бұрын

I have never flown with MD-11 but I have been on a Premiair DC-10

Great choice of music , very moving video for those of us who love airliners in all shapes and forms.

@amazedtenthousand4873

2 жыл бұрын

Song at the end?

I Miss the Great MD11!!!

@gogo-xp5bd

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

good retirement Captain

We will miss you MD-11

@ChinaLake100

8 жыл бұрын

Capt Michael This video has nothing to do with KLM retiring it's MD-11s, this was just the retirement flight of the Captain.

@kevindt100

7 жыл бұрын

Still tho We still he the plane also

@kevindt100

7 жыл бұрын

No a chicken did it

As I understand Dutch this captain have spend 35 years flying at KLM and all the colleagues from KLM and from airport Schiphol especially manager of the airport are grateful for his job and wish him all the best in future life - retirement.

I got goosebumps at the water cannon salute! Very sad to see these MD-11s go but also proud to see this bird respected on her last flight into Amsterdam!

@jslfcs6655

Жыл бұрын

It was the captain and his last landing before his retirement. Fantastic video.

@raymarshall6721

8 ай бұрын

​@@jslfcs6655it was also the last revenue passenger flight for the MD-11 as an airframe, only freighters left after that flight. They both retired that day

A really heart touching video, the smile when the captain sees the water canon salute is just priceless !!! 😍

Thank you to Captain de Vat for 33 years of service at KLM:) His last landing was sure a fantastic one!!

Vanochtend is voor het laatst officieel door de KLM gevlogen met de MD11, erg jammer. Vanaf nu zullen er nog een aantal gebruikt worden voor Cargo en nog een aantal voor rondvluchten. Ik heb deze video echt al ruim 40 keer gekeken, zo mooi gemaakt met die muziek ook. Bedankt voor deze video!

after almost 24 years.... love this plane :)

This was a majestic aircraft!

@ChinaLake100

8 жыл бұрын

Erin Taylor This video has nothing to do with KLM retiring it's MD-11s, this was just the retirement flight of the Captain.

@CineCreator

8 жыл бұрын

+ChinaLake100 KLM have send them to Victorville, they are also gone ;(

@ChinaLake100

8 жыл бұрын

CineCreator I already knew that.

@daytonaaviation4449

7 жыл бұрын

This very aircraft was scrapped

@larrydockery7201

7 жыл бұрын

i just wounder why she looked like she is in good shape i worked on planes in the 70s that tail fen was to small for that plane but the md11 was a great plane

Wow, now who the hell is cutting these onions? My eyes are watery just seeing this escort of Ops vehicles and the water canon salute.

I Miss McDonnell Douglas😞

@larrydockery7201

7 жыл бұрын

AMEN TO THAT I DO TO THEY WERE A GREAT CO.

@supa_hot_ice5449

5 жыл бұрын

I live in Memphis, and we still get FedEx MD-10Fs and MD-11Fs

What a great way to say goodbye to a pilot and an aircraft.

A well deserved wash down for a senior pilot going home! I miss it, he'll miss it too.

what a graceful workhorse the DC10/MD11 was. along with the 727 and 747, one of the best looking a/c ever designed.

Als ik die piloot was had ik zo hard gehuild. een fijn pensioen toegewenst mr. de Vet

Such a great tribute to this pilot, love the trouble they went to, to say thank you and farewell it is something that is disappearing these days

See his smile at 4:40! Loved to see this, thanks for sharing! Enjoy your retirement Captain!

The MD11 was an important aircraft in the history of aviation

@frederikdeschepper7607

Жыл бұрын

The md 11 wasen going away it was the capitan tha retired

@raymarshall6721

8 ай бұрын

​@@frederikdeschepper7607yes it was. That was the final pax flight on the MD-11 series, only freight airframes remained.

GREAT moment and BIG BIG pictures - I love this aircraft !

Congratulations, Captain! I hope you have a wonderful time in retirement!

The last flight with a MD-11 pax will be on 23 october2014. Last flight will me from Montreal to Amsterdam and after that... sadly enough they wil go to the desert :'(

Prachtig om zo´n man op zo´n manier zijn baan te zien afsluiten, mooi moment voor die gast. Respect.

The beautiful plane THE MD-11

Captain we thank you for your service on KLM.

Amazing vid. Love the way the Captain seems to have such a connection with the airplane. Like its an extension of his body....and he kinda looks like Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Keep'em coming!!

Thanks for the great video celebrating the culmination of this man's great career. KLM MD11 Forever. We will miss seeing it in the skies as well.

The MD-11 was so ahead of its time! Magnificent bird, a true workhorse. Those LSAS systems worked like a charm. The feeling of flying this thing is like a knife slicing through butter.

This was a beautiful aircraft!

@auayay9965

5 жыл бұрын

And it will always be

such a beautiful misunderstood plane

Look at those comically large cockpit windows. Such a beautiful plane, a joy to fly on sim too

Beautiful video. Beautiful plane.

Beautiful. Such an honourable last day.

Great video, great way to retire, too. Was lucky to fly aboard a KLM MD-11 on Dec 28th and Jan 1st myself ;-)

It must have been an immensely proud moment for these pilots to put this aircraft to bed in such a way, great work but very sad at the same time. The legend that is the mighty MD-11!

Oh my.. one of my favourite videos! haha it seriously made me cry :D Superb video with great music!

De tijd dat de md11 nog bestond en op Schiphol kwam. Gaaf filmpje overigens

I got to do a round trip once on a MD-11 back in the Martinair days from Oakland California to Amsterdam in 1997. Loved the experience and was hoping to try to get some more flights in but I noticed more and more airlines started taking them out of their fleets. This and the DC-10 series were very unique and will be missed greatly.

@boffis123

9 жыл бұрын

We will miss the tail engine.

@VALENTINAFINKENSTEIN

7 жыл бұрын

Ich habe die MD 11 gerade erst kennengelernt und so dafür geschwärmt. Und nun ist schon wieder alles vorbei - Bin traurig!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT.CONGRATS CAPITAIN!!!!!!! THATS THE RIGHT WAY TO RETIRE. PURE EMOTION. NICE VIDEO.

This was a beauty of an aircraft

Beautiful Plane.

Fantastic footage combined with the perfect music

congrats Captain!

@willemlenteren1485

3 жыл бұрын

Is goodbye flight md11 I’m can’t understand

@BeauVerwijlen

2 жыл бұрын

@@willemlenteren1485 Nee, dit was de laatste vlucht van deze piloot.

Big thumbs up for this one, amazing ceremony and an amazing aircraft

the md - 11 is always going to be a legend , let alone a vid of landing it from the cockpit , , . ... . hence the interest you mention ,

ok, your video made my eyes glass over. Captain looks like an amazing man.......hope he is enjoying his retirement. :)

A moving video, very well done. I'm sure the comandant will never forget this homage,

One life - one love! Thank's for video!

So sad to see this :( Brings a tear to the eye Especially the last part

Absolutely 💯 💯 brilliant.

I wish to each pilot to retire so. God bless you Captain. This events always bring tears in my eyes!

Remembered this plane for years.. And this video reminds me of it..

Great Video,Enjoy your retirement Captain!!

Rest in peace MD11, en fijne pensioen toegewenst meneer de Vet.

Nice work! I was riveted from beginning to end.

Beautiful!

In dit filmpje gaat de piloot met pensioen, het ging hierin niet om het vliegtuig. Maar uiteraard gaat vandaag zondag 11 januari 2015 ook de laatste naar haar rustplaats worden overgevlogen in Carlifornia (Mojave Aircraft en Space Center) om daar van haar verdiende pensioen te genieten. KLM wilde graag een toestel bewaren; maar er zijn volgens een woordvoerder van communicatie al 3 grote vliegtuigen geschonken. 2x Fokker 100 en een Boeing 747, op Aviodrome was blijkbaar geen plaats meer vrij. Helaas!

HELP keep this beautiful aircraft as a part of aviation history! KLM is phasing out the last of the PAX MD11's half 2014 and this is a petition to keep one MD11 and open it for visitation, like the 747 at the "Aviodrome" www.petities24.com/behoud_1_md-11_voor_de_nederlandse_luchtvaarthistorie

@Ahuntsicspotter

10 жыл бұрын

Now you are not flying anymore but some MD-11 pilots are younger than you what is going to happen to them?

@SteVeAviation

10 жыл бұрын

Félix Maltchinski The other pilots will get retrained to fly on other types within KLM, either intercontinental (777/747/330) or the Europe/cityhopper (737/E190).. And by that time I wouldn't be surprised if some maybe get training for the 787, since KLM still has a few of those on order.

@Ahuntsicspotter

10 жыл бұрын

SteVe Aviation KLM have 25 787s on order.

@VeniVidiAjax

10 жыл бұрын

Félix Maltchinski ? KLM-AirFrance you mean? KLM will get a few of them, also there are multiple confirmed orders of the new a350, dunno which 350 cause there are 3 versions of it, small, medium and large(actually that's the rival of the 787, and yet KLM will get both of them)

@Ahuntsicspotter

10 жыл бұрын

VeniVidiAjax That its true and there also the same for 2 KLM partners SU and VN.

Beautiful.

MD11 love that plane, love KLM We'll miss you

very nice and sad video. Thank you!

Goosebumps...! Loved to see his smile

I love !!! Great ! Thanks !

I was refuelling MD-11s 1990-92 at Helsinki-Vantaa

Gotta love big trijets, flew on the last passenger DC10 and it was great. Would have loved to fly in the KLM MD11s aswell but not so lucky. Nice video

Precioso video. En un mes vuelo a Ámsterdam para grabar y fotografiar los MD-11 antes de que los retiren. Saludos desde España.

Prachtige en eervolle laatste landing in Amsterdam! Geniet van je welverdiende pensioen Eric !

very touchable video. like it very much

beautiful video!!! Thanks for sharing

I don’t know when this was filmed but it wasn’t the last KLM MD-11 landing, that was in the dark. The captain is retiring I think.

This instantly gave me shivers

All the Very best Capt!!

Only a few days till the Md11 is part of KLM :/ Great video

Such a beautiful aircraft

It's just soo sad. To be honest this aircraft isn't my favourite, but it's my 3rd favourite aircraft. It might not be as majestic as some others and on first look one might think it's a bit chubby but it actually is one of the most important aircraft in aviation history. It has flown distances one never thought it would during the time it took off in the air. It has witnessed times most of us didn't witness and it's one of the hardest working aircraft till today. If I would have been PIC on that landing I would've requested a fly-by just to brag and show off. Not to brag with my skills but showing off the aircraft that took me safely wherever I companioned it. I give you, dearest McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a big wing wave. This is more than enough to make a grown man cry. Sleep tight, old friend.

Brilliant video!

Ud. me hizo emocionar, comandante. Mis respetos y un abrazo!!

I really like this plane such a great air craft

Nice video. Very touching tribute to the pilot with the ground vehicles escorting him to the gate. Must have been a very touching moment for him. As far as the MD-11, I first flew on a KLM MD-11 about 12 yrs ago and have flown it numerous times since with one last flight booked for August 1st from Montreal to AMS. I'm looking forward to the flight. While there may be newer planes with better technology this one has a place in my heart. Will be sad to no longer seeing it land in Montreal : (

Great moments .....that guy looks and is a great pilot ...........

Mooiste video ooit, ik ben 14 wil later piloot worden! prachtig beroep!

Respect!!! I salute you sir! Enjoy your retirement!!!

Wat prachtig en wat een eervol ontvangst door Schiphol. De captain zou ongetwijfeld toch wel een traantje weggepinkt moeten hebben om afscheid te nemen van zo'n geweldige machine en topbaan als piloot.

beautiful video thank u

Nice Video, And Nice Plane.

Geweldige film!!!

Absolutely the only Lady of the sky!

The most beautiful airplane that ever flew!

mooiste video ooit, ik ben 14 jaar en wil later pilo ot worden!!!

Congratulations skipper

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!