| KLM becomes 90 years officially today, so a reason for a movie, worked 2 weeks on this and the editing was horrible to do, but this is the result. Planes / secenery used: - FlyTampa Dubai - Boeing 747-400 / 747/300 (POSKY) - PMDG MD-11 - Boeing 737-900 / 737-800 (POSKY) (also retrojet) - Wilco 777-200ER / 777-300ER (also Flying blue and Skyteam colors) - CLS Airbus A330-200 - Embraer 190 (AV-SIM) - Fokker 50 (AV-SIM) - Piper Archer II KLM Luchtvaartschool FS2004 - Digital Aviation Fokker 70 / 100 - cloud9 Schiphol KLM was founded on 7 October 1919, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name, though the company stopped operating during the Second World War - apart from the operations in the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. The first KLM flight was on 17 May 1920, from Croydon Airport, London to Amsterdam carrying two British journalists and a number of newspapers. It was flown by an Aircraft Transport and Travel Airco DH.16, callsign G-EALU, piloted by Jerry Shaw. In 1920 KLM carried 440 passengers and 22 tons of freight. In 1921 KLM started scheduled services. By 1926 it was offering flights to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, London, Bremen, Copenhagen, and Malmo; using primarily Fokker F2 & Fokker F.III.[4] KLM was also the first airline to fly to Manchester Airport, using a DC-2 via Doncaster. Intercontinental service to the Netherlands East Indies (today's Republic of Indonesia) started in 1929. This was for several years ... |
