Hi all! 🙂
Just got back from my stay in South Africa, and what a fantastic place it is too.
The flights with KLM were, as expected, excellent with first class service.
B737 BHX – AMS
B777 200er AMS – Cape Town intl.
One question though!
Is it me, but whenever I land at AMS, you get what feels like a two hour tour of the airport before the crew decide park the bloody thing..lol 😀
I think on BHX – AMS flight we were taxiing longer than we were in the air.
Anyway here are some pics from Schipol and a couple airbourne.Enjoy. 🙂
Cheers
Kev
P.S. On the third pic what are those flags doing in the engine intake? :confused:
By: bostin01 - 26th March 2006 at 17:30
Cheers for the info on the flags and looooong taxi ! 🙂
PMSL at that piccy, I’ve added it to my holiday photo CD, see if anyone comments lol 😀 😀 😀 😀
I’ve attached a couple of my other pics, I wonder if that’s the same Giraffe in Tenthiji’s pic? :rolleyes: ( I took these whilst on a safari truck near Wilderness)
Cheers
Kev
By: A330-300 - 26th March 2006 at 16:18
LOL! Peter Crouch!
By: tenthije - 26th March 2006 at 16:04
I know this is going of topic, but when I saw this photo I immediatetly thought of this thread.
By: dc10fan - 26th March 2006 at 15:36
That’s the same 777 I’ve flown on 3 times; she seems to follow me around…gained a white nose since I flew on her last November though.
By: steve rowell - 26th March 2006 at 02:06
Nice photos
By: bmi-star - 25th March 2006 at 20:20
Yep the dreaded Polderbaan!
Great shots!
By: greekdude1 - 25th March 2006 at 19:28
One question though!
Is it me, but whenever I land at AMS, you get what feels like a two hour tour of the airport before the crew decide park the bloody thing..lol 😀
I think on BHX – AMS flight we were taxiing longer than we were in the air.
It’s not you. If you land in AMS on a euro flight, you land on the runway (not sure of the name or number) that is quite a distance from the airport, and you taxi over that little canal that provides great photo ops if you take a bus there (details on Peter’s website). It’s a long taxi!
By: tenthije - 25th March 2006 at 19:27
Those are not flags as mentioned by GA. They are used to mark the kerosine lines. Schiphol has underground kerosine lines. A hose goes into the line, through a pump truck, into the plane. The area where the hose connects with the undergound line is indicated by the flag.
Nice photos.
By: G-CDFF - 25th March 2006 at 19:21
Great pics! 😎
By: bostin01 - 25th March 2006 at 19:12
Oh yeah…..oops….my eyes are going 😮 😀
The ’10’ is nice, I flew on it to Boston a while back, lovely flight, one of my favourites. 😀
Cheers
By: A330-300 - 25th March 2006 at 19:12
Lovely pics there, especially the NW DC10 n/c.
By: Grey Area - 25th March 2006 at 19:10
Nice pictures. 🙂
I don’t think the flags are actually IN the air intake – on the full-size image they appear to be some distance in front of the engine.
By: bostin01 - 25th March 2006 at 19:09
Some more ?
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