Posted By: CaribLee
AirFrance Arrival - 08/11/2022 05:21 PM
Never gets old.
AirFrance Arrival
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/11/2022 05:25 PM
Nice pic! Although I sorely miss that KLM 747!!
Posted By: CaribLee
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/11/2022 05:54 PM
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.
Posted By: Colour1
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 11:24 AM
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!!
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!!
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 12:53 PM
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.
Posted By: bdeeley
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 04:38 PM
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
KLM 747 at SXM on 10/28/2016
Posted By: CaribLee
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 06:22 PM
KLM headed back to Holland just a few minutes ago.
Posted By: boucharda
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 06:59 PM
Ok....loved the looks of that aircraft so I have to post this one (again) that I took maybe 15 years ago....
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Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 07:00 PM
Great shot, boucharda!
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/12/2022 07:02 PM
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!
Posted By: bobbarb
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/13/2022 12:02 AM
Some old photos of KLM
Posted By: FatCat04
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/14/2022 04:44 AM
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.
Posted By: Colour1
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/14/2022 09:29 AM
This is a rendition of there future plane.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/14/2022 01:21 PM
David--god, that's ugly.
Posted By: bizzottom
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 08/15/2022 10:21 AM
i tend to agree with you Carol
Posted By: Teresasxm
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 09/03/2022 01:13 PM
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!
Posted By: boucharda
Re: AirFrance Arrival - 09/03/2022 07:01 PM
I will be going through Amsterdam to Toulouse on Wednesday....maybe I'll see them too