Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Tomorrow, KLM's 90th Anniversary will be initiated with a joy-flight over the Netherlands with PH-BXA, painted in an early-1960's livery !!! Here, you can see the transformation of the original- to the nostalgic 'dress'...enjoy: PH-BXA being towed into the decoration-bay of Hangar 14: next day ready for striptease: completely naked: now tail also stripped: trying out her new dress: almost finished (windows still covered): displaying her full new outfit to the fullest and being prepared for her joy-flight on 01jan2009: close-up of her engine fitted with a beautiful 90 years logo: winglet also fitted with logo: IMHO, one of the best KLM liveries ever: wish all 737's would be like this !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Very nice Thanks Uncle Pieter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg Wood 3 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Very nice and look forward to seeing more of this beauty outside. Cheers Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaity 1 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Lovely transformation photos. Looks like KLM has got plenty of activities and good use of old livery. Spotters there must be jumping up in joy ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Lim 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 very classic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ibrahim 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 WooooW~!!! Classic. The Best KLM liveries ever i see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Azahan 1 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Pieter. My sincere thanx! Love it. And the livery is very detailed right up to the winglets. Congratulations Flying Dutchman on the milestones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Beautiful Pieter.... Thanks for sharing and Congrat KLM... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Nice shots Pieter, thx for sharing the entire process! Here mine of BXA and BQO seen above Leeuwarden (EHLW) today. There was a formation flight planned to fly over the Netherlands today. Too bad BXA came first and BQO came 2 minutes later, really a missed change for "formation flight". Dont take anything away from the great day KLM organised for all the passengers where it was all about! They maybe had their best day of a lifetime! (Passengers were disabled and diceased kids and some KLM crew). So bravo and salute to the one and only KLM Royal Dutch Airlines! We all hoped for something like this by me PHOTOSHOPPED version of Leeuwarden sky of today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hakan 2 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 excellent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC Sim 2 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Excellent choice of retro livery by KLM . . . beautifully executed. Thanks for the peek once again of the re-painting of this special livery Pieter. For folks like us who do not work in the hangar, such peeks are very interesting. Now, I can only hope that KLM takes her celebration onto the global stage by painting some of the widebodies in this retro livery - at least one B747-400 and a B777-200ER. Did that formation flight actually take place on 1 Jan 2009? I understand weather around the Netherlands wasn't that conducive and I doubt there could have been too many submissions for the photo competition that KLM has organised. KC Sim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Now i will wait for this model to be released Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2009 ...Now, I can only hope that KLM takes her celebration onto the global stage by painting some of the widebodies in this retro livery - at least one B747-400 and a B777-200ER... Did that formation flight actually take place on 1 Jan 2009? I understand weather around the Netherlands wasn't that conducive and I doubt there could have been too many submissions for the photo competition that KLM has organised. KC Sim Next Boeing 777-306ER will get a Skyteam livery. The formation flight really was on 1 Jan 2009 with bad weather in most parts of the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted January 2, 2009 The formation flight really was on 1 Jan 2009 with bad weather in most parts of the country. Hence, no formation flight for flight-safety reasons, and only a 'follow-me' was possible... Plans were eventually to cancel the whole deal, but figuring to disappoint the 90 terminally ill kids was too extreme, it was decided to fly this way on an altered routing and altitude... The North of NL was the lucky part, whereby they could descend below the clouds and become visible for the onlookers. The South never got a good look as flight there was well over the cloud cover. (at 8000-10000 feet) No wide-bodies will be painted in retro-colours, KC, so, I guess, you've to make another visit to NL for this one (or be extremely lucky to see it elsewhere in EU)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louis L. 2 Report post Posted January 2, 2009 wow ........ very nice ...... appreciate it very much , thanks uncle pieter and cornelis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 This classic livery has become top hit in A.net Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwek 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 Very nice retro livery! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HanX 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) My personal opinion old livery is looks better... hehe~ Edited January 5, 2009 by HanX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashmil Abd Ghani 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Tomorrow, KLM's 90th Anniversary will be initiated with a joy-flight over the Netherlands with PH-BXA, painted in an early-1960's livery !!! Hehehe...KLM celebrate 90th Birthday same with my birthday as well.. Thanks Uncle Pieter and Cornelis for sharing the pictures..I like the 90 KLM logo.. Uncle,,how long it takes for whole tramformasi process??From striptease to repaint the a/c.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Hehehe...KLM celebrate 90th Birthday same with my birthday as well.. You also become 90 this year ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC Sim 2 Report post Posted January 13, 2009 so, I guess, you've to make another visit to NL for this one (or be extremely lucky to see it elsewhere in EU)... Hi Pieter, I have not been lucky with ANY retro livery up to this point in time - unless you can count John Travolta's B707 as one - and during my last visit, Finnair's retro A319 came in when the weather was lousy. So I do hope that I could be umpteenth time lucky. I will be in the Netherlands from 22-25 Jan (will depart AMS-SIN on the SQ flight on 25Jan just to be home in time for the first day of Chinese New Year) after attending SIA's A330-300 handover in TLS. I will also have my first KLM flight ever as Airbus has booked me on the KLM flight around midday on 22Jan from TLS-AMS on a Fokker 100! Could you nearer the dates advise which flights the retro-liveried B738 will be operating . . . just so that I could try extra hard to be in the right place at the right time? And I have to also pray very hard that I will have sunshine during the time I am in the Netherlands. Thanks for any information you could offer. KC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Attan 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks for the excellent transformation pics, Pieter. Congrats to the Royal Dutch Airlines on their 90th Anniversary. I love both the classic and the current liveries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted January 13, 2009 Uncle,,how long it takes for whole tramformasi process??From striptease to repaint the a/c.. About 1 week all-in-all... Hi Pieter, I have not been lucky with ANY retro livery up to this point in time - unless you can count John Travolta's B707 as one - and during my last visit, Finnair's retro A319 came in when the weather was lousy. So I do hope that I could be umpteenth time lucky. I will be in the Netherlands from 22-25 Jan (will depart AMS-SIN on the SQ flight on 25Jan just to be home in time for the first day of Chinese New Year) after attending SIA's A330-300 handover in TLS. I will also have my first KLM flight ever as Airbus has booked me on the KLM flight around midday on 22Jan from TLS-AMS on a Fokker 100! Could you nearer the dates advise which flights the retro-liveried B738 will be operating . . . just so that I could try extra hard to be in the right place at the right time? And I have to also pray very hard that I will have sunshine during the time I am in the Netherlands. Thanks for any information you could offer. KC Enjoy your Fokker 100 flight !!! It might change to Fokker 70, though, depending on the load and/or technical reasons... Will PM you BXA's schedule on a day-to-day basis to you (if you have access to MW), OK ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken M. 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) Pieter, Good News Finally got to see "De Zwaan" today 20/02/09 (KLM 43L) on a R23 approach @ GLA. What a magnificent sight. Lovely retro paint job. I see GLA is to get a daily visit by KLM Cityhopper "Jungle Jet" (Embraer E-190) from the end of March. I've read the KLc E-190 fleet is now 3 frames. How many more aircraft are due this year? Bad News Not happy with upcoming AF/KL FFP changes. Think this will drive many loyal KL customers to * Alliance. Regards, Ken Edited February 20, 2009 by Ken M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Pieter, I've read the KLc E-190 fleet is now 3 frames. How many more aircraft are due this year? Think this will drive many loyal KL customers to * Alliance. Ken, At the end of 2009, we should operate 10 E190's Here's the expected delivery-table: EZD end of April EZE end of June EZF end of August EZG end of September EZH end of October EZI end of November EZK end of December Heard the F50's will also be replaced by the E190's, and after withdrawal of the former, KLC will operate a total ALL JET fleet of 17 E190's + 26 F70's and... Including me, I've changed as well from FlyingBlue to Bmi's Diamond Club... Bad news for me too: BD will reduce AMS-LHR v.v. frequencies from 7 flights a day to only 4, cancelling the 1st AMS-LHR and last LHR-AMS flights in the process (no more (extra) long spotting @ LHR possible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
