Happy anniversary KLM! KLM celebrated on the 7th of October after 85 years of succesful flights! Some airlines last a few months, but not KLM, here are some photos:
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=273334
By: davforr - 29th October 2004 at 12:53
Great to see the old planes again liked the Flying Dutchman logo
By: davforr - 29th October 2004 at 12:53
Great to see the old planes again liked the Flying Dutchman logo
By: LBARULES - 29th October 2004 at 11:33
Nice selection Matt, and great shots Pete 🙂
Congratulations KLM 😀
By: LBARULES - 29th October 2004 at 11:33
Nice selection Matt, and great shots Pete 🙂
Congratulations KLM 😀
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 29th October 2004 at 11:10
Nice photos! I was looking around for ages to see if I could find any pictures of their classic aircraft but looks like I didn’t need to now! hehe
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 29th October 2004 at 11:10
Nice photos! I was looking around for ages to see if I could find any pictures of their classic aircraft but looks like I didn’t need to now! hehe
By: tenthije - 28th October 2004 at 23:28
all photos shot at the new Aviodrome museum near Lelystad
1) starting a fine tradition in long haul flights. From Amsterdam to ‘Batavia’ (nowadays Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Pictured was the 1 engined F.7, but KLM and Fokker became more famous for the 3 engined F.7-3M.
This is BTW an original Fokker, not a reproduction although this plane never served for KLM.
2) peekaboo. Where the F.7 started it, the DC-2 made KLM worldfamous. And the proud winner of a London-Melbourne race too. Coming in 2nd but winning the handicap race. It even beat a lot of custom designed racers, even though the KLM plane tried to keep to their regular schedule for as far as that was posible.
3) Another shot of this magnificient plane. The last airworthy one in the world. The Aviodrome also has another DC-2 but that has been completely disassembled and would appear to be used as a source of spare parts.
4) Static DC-3 inside the Aviodrome. The fat sister of the DC-2.
5) Showing the great logo in a close-up. “The Flying Dutchman” is a story of a captain that got cursed by his crew to spend the rest of his life sailing around Cape Hope (South Africa). Even nowadays from time to time sailers report seeing a strange vessel near the cape that may well be this ill fated captain!
6) Just prior to WW2 the Netherlands was keen to maintain its neutrality. To prevent being shot at KLM (and many other european airlines) adopted a high-viz livery. You’d think it is impossible to mistake this for a bomber, but that did not stop a German fighter from shooting at one though!
In the back you can see a recreation of Schiphol anno 1928. The terminal was build to cater for the ’28 olympics. During the war it was destroyed, but it was rebuild in 2003 in Lelystad! It will be (is being?) used for expositions and office space for the Aviodrome museum.
By: tenthije - 28th October 2004 at 23:28
all photos shot at the new Aviodrome museum near Lelystad
1) starting a fine tradition in long haul flights. From Amsterdam to ‘Batavia’ (nowadays Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Pictured was the 1 engined F.7, but KLM and Fokker became more famous for the 3 engined F.7-3M.
This is BTW an original Fokker, not a reproduction although this plane never served for KLM.
2) peekaboo. Where the F.7 started it, the DC-2 made KLM worldfamous. And the proud winner of a London-Melbourne race too. Coming in 2nd but winning the handicap race. It even beat a lot of custom designed racers, even though the KLM plane tried to keep to their regular schedule for as far as that was posible.
3) Another shot of this magnificient plane. The last airworthy one in the world. The Aviodrome also has another DC-2 but that has been completely disassembled and would appear to be used as a source of spare parts.
4) Static DC-3 inside the Aviodrome. The fat sister of the DC-2.
5) Showing the great logo in a close-up. “The Flying Dutchman” is a story of a captain that got cursed by his crew to spend the rest of his life sailing around Cape Hope (South Africa). Even nowadays from time to time sailers report seeing a strange vessel near the cape that may well be this ill fated captain!
6) Just prior to WW2 the Netherlands was keen to maintain its neutrality. To prevent being shot at KLM (and many other european airlines) adopted a high-viz livery. You’d think it is impossible to mistake this for a bomber, but that did not stop a German fighter from shooting at one though!
In the back you can see a recreation of Schiphol anno 1928. The terminal was build to cater for the ’28 olympics. During the war it was destroyed, but it was rebuild in 2003 in Lelystad! It will be (is being?) used for expositions and office space for the Aviodrome museum.
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