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AirFrance Arrival #287228 08/11/2022 01:21 PM 08/11/2022 01:21 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926 C CaribLee OP Traveler
CaribLee OP Traveler C Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926	Never gets old. Attached Files

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Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287230 08/11/2022 01:25 PM 08/11/2022 01:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida!	Nice pic! Although I sorely miss that KLM 747!! Carol Hill

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Carol_Hill] #287233 08/11/2022 01:54 PM 08/11/2022 01:54 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926 C CaribLee OP Traveler
CaribLee OP Traveler C Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926	We were talking about that yesterday. Miss the old four engine KLM. Was always fun watching the crazies at the fence while it scratched off.

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287250 08/12/2022 07:24 AM 08/12/2022 07:24 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,700 Westchester /NYC Colour1 Traveler
Colour1 Traveler Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,700 Westchester /NYC	That 747 KLM was a thrill to see, landing and taking off. Yes, I did it when we were real newbies. I video taped her landing over my head and got badly sand blasted. She was so close, when I played it back I could read the Michelin logo on the tires!! In 2016 We had just landed when the fire rescue department was giving her the shower salute!! I found these photos from there site. That would have been cool back in the day, JFK to SXM on her!! Attached Files Sand Gravity, got to love it!

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Colour1] #287252 08/12/2022 08:53 AM 08/12/2022 08:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida!	I remember watching it on the internet. I was trying to remember how long ago it was. I looked yesterday for some pics I had taken of the 747 and found these, although they aren't that great. Attached Files Carol Hill

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287270 08/12/2022 12:38 PM 08/12/2022 12:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,378 United States of America bdeeley Traveler
bdeeley Traveler Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,378 United States of America	Below is a link, to a YouTube video, of the final, scheduled KLM 747 flight into and out of SXM on 10/28/2016. KLM 747 at SXM on 10/28/2016 SXMSMISADB&POSMF L13SDD&ESAD

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287274 08/12/2022 02:22 PM 08/12/2022 02:22 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926 C CaribLee OP Traveler
CaribLee OP Traveler C Joined: May 2007 Posts: 926	KLM headed back to Holland just a few minutes ago. Attached Files

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287278 08/12/2022 02:59 PM 08/12/2022 02:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,896 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler
boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,896 Massachusetts	Ok....loved the looks of that aircraft so I have to post this one (again) that I took maybe 15 years ago.... Attached Files

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: boucharda] #287279 08/12/2022 03:00 PM 08/12/2022 03:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida!	Great shot, boucharda! Carol Hill

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287280 08/12/2022 03:02 PM 08/12/2022 03:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida!	CaribLee--That KLM blue is so distinctive! I can't find it now, but I took a photo one year at Regatta of the KLM 747 coming in, over top of the sailboats. Wish I could find that photo! Carol Hill

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Carol_Hill] #287284 08/12/2022 08:02 PM 08/12/2022 08:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 120 Allentown, Pa B bobbarb Traveler
bobbarb Traveler B Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 120 Allentown, Pa	Some old photos of KLM Attached Files

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287295 08/14/2022 12:44 AM 08/14/2022 12:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 170 US F FatCat04 Traveler
FatCat04 Traveler F Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 170 US	Nice AirFrance pic. Sadly the Boeing 747 (The QUEEN of the Skies) days are numbered everywhere for passengers though she will definitely continue as a cargo carrier. As a total lifelong aerogeek my goal is to get on an A380 at some point before the money people retire that beautiful bird forever. Last edited by FatCat04; 08/14/2022 12:45 AM.

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #287296 08/14/2022 05:29 AM 08/14/2022 05:29 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,700 Westchester /NYC Colour1 Traveler
Colour1 Traveler Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,700 Westchester /NYC	This is a rendition of there future plane. Attached Files Sand Gravity, got to love it!

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Colour1] #287299 08/14/2022 09:21 AM 08/14/2022 09:21 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 80,044 Central Florida!	David--god, that's ugly. Carol Hill

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Carol_Hill] #287356 08/15/2022 06:21 AM 08/15/2022 06:21 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 465 B bizzottom Traveler
bizzottom Traveler B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 465	i tend to agree with you Carol

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: CaribLee] #288258 09/03/2022 09:13 AM 09/03/2022 09:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 424 Teresasxm Traveler
Teresasxm Traveler Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 424	We travelled through Europe this summer and had a connecting flight through Amsterdam. As our plane taxied to the gate, I saw three big KLM 747s with CARGO painted on the side. I wondered how many of those glorious planes had made the trip to St Maarten over the years. For us airplane geeks, those were the days!

Re: AirFrance Arrival [Re: Teresasxm] #288285 09/03/2022 03:01 PM 09/03/2022 03:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,896 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler
boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,896 Massachusetts	I will be going through Amsterdam to Toulouse on Wednesday....maybe I'll see them too

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