MD11 Last landing, - Schiphol

400.000+ views, never imagined this video doing so well!
Thanks everybody for the great feedback and stories about this amazing aircraft!
The last landing of Captain de Vet at Schiphol airport.
After 33 years at KLM it is time for retirement.
Filmed with a GoPro Hero 2
And outside images with thanks to the KLPD Schiphol, police helicopters, who took the time to take some footage aswell!

[@Bikerace333]

Coming back after nearly 9 years. Back in the days looking this video as a 14 year old wanting to become an airline pilot. Now 9 years later - type rated on the Airbus A320 as a First Officer. Thank you so much for this inspiring video to never let go of this beautiful job!

[@OnTheGo352]

Good stuff my friend :)

[@a4sleep]

thats so amazing to hear! i wanted to as well but things didnt go as planned, i wish you all the best brother

[@Bikerace333]

@@a4sleep thank you! Wish you all the best as well! :)

[@narinoamor]

Congratulations in living your dreams!

[@user-fw5hs9gu7u]

Woah, I'm very happy that you achieved your goal. For myself it will start now, I hope to be at the KLM flight academy in 6 years.

[@SuperDaddyWasabi]

It was not the last MD11 landing. The left pilot is going to retire.

[@theflyinggasmask]

i must say, the smile on the captains face is priceless :)

[@thatguy5915]

Yes, it is, I thought the same thing

[@derFritzOr]

Abolutely Moving Smile! The whole Video is making sad, especially with the Music. I`m very glad to live near Cologne-Bonn Airport and can see the UPS MD-11 every day.

[@thatguy5915]

I see ups md-11s and fedex md-10s alot

[@iqsmarius8426]

3:54 ... prepare to cry

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Thanks for the great video celebrating the culmination of this man's great career. KLM MD11 Forever. We will miss seeing it in the skies as well.

[@AircraftSpotter]

Jay... I think this was tooken 2 years before XD Its not the last flight I think but it says that KLM is phrasing out half of them :)

[@AircraftSpotter]

FOR THIS VIDEO THOUGH

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Aircraft Spotter I thought about whether I should actually state that I knew this was not the last KLM MD11 flight knowing I would get this sort of comment. Yes, I know you folks pretty well. I had originally thought it was based on what someone said, then watched it and realized it was not. I felt I should comment anyway to congratulate the captain but then I thought it would be weird to say congrats on a great career to the captain without mentioning the latest about how the KLM MD11 is being phased out. Which is why I wrote the comment in the way I did. You may notice that if you read the comment a little more carefully. I did not say that the retirement of the MD11 and this man's last flight were on the same day.... ;)

[@AircraftSpotter]

Jay's O'Hare Aviation & HD Plane Spotting :)

[@tsts273]

Jay's O'Hare Aviation & HD Plane Spotting Aircraft Spotter Indeed. This was Captain De Vet's last flight. Last week however, the MD-11's Farewell Flights took place in the Netherlands (EHAM to EHAM). I will soon upload a video of that day to the TSTS channel. We're going to miss this beautiful plane!

[@Mike-ss3fg]

We will miss you MD-11

[@ChinaLake100]

Capt Michael This video has nothing to do with KLM retiring it's MD-11s, this was just the retirement flight of the Captain.

[@kevindt100]

Still tho We still he the plane also

[@kevindt100]

No a chicken did it

[@stevetaylor9369]

I was an MD-11 flight test engineer in YUMA Arizona and was privileged to be on the very first training flight with the KLM pilots. Five years later I helped deliver one of MartinAirs MD-11 to Mr. Martin himself, and was asked to help his flight crews in the capacity of flight engineer for 4 months. I learned a lot about what it meant to be part of a flight crew. I've seen a few pilot retirements in my long career but I've never seen the CAPTAINS expression captured in the cockpit ,and I just want to say, screw the Gold watch! I'll take the water cannons instead! What a Great way to remember your retirement. I Like that smile on his face...it tells the story. Great video!

[@ardgaming5112]

good retirement Captain

[@mitgechillt8730]

I Miss the Great MD11!!!

[@gogo-xp5bd]

Yes

[@TheBabing]

I have flown in the past on this air craft, many times to Brazil. It is a wonderful piece of avionics. The Captain looked quite sad knowing it's all coming to an end, for himself and the plane. Thank you SteVe for sharing this great vid. :}

[@boffis123]

I have never flown with MD-11 but I have been on a Premiair DC-10

[@AlesLjubljana]

As I understand Dutch this captain have spend 35 years flying at KLM and all the colleagues from KLM and from airport Schiphol especially manager of the airport are grateful for his job and wish him all the best in future life - retirement.

[@ymmlspottingteam]

Thank you to Captain de Vat for 33 years of service at KLM:) His last landing was sure a fantastic one!!

[@emmanuelmalek6243]

Great choice of music , very moving video for those of us who love airliners in all shapes and forms.

[@JoePez]

Song at the end?

[@leandrofrey6866]

I Miss McDonnell Douglas😞

[@larrydockery7201]

AMEN TO THAT I DO TO THEY WERE A GREAT CO.

[@supa_hot_ice5449]

I live in Memphis, and we still get FedEx MD-10Fs and MD-11Fs

[@Plamen2007]

I got goosebumps at the water cannon salute! Very sad to see these MD-11s go but also proud to see this bird respected on her last flight into Amsterdam!

[@jslfcs6655]

It was the captain and his last landing before his retirement. Fantastic video.

[@raymarshall6721]

​@@jslfcs6655it was also the last revenue passenger flight for the MD-11 as an airframe, only freighters left after that flight. They both retired that day

[@boden172]

Prachtig filmpje, ik heb inmiddels al ruim 20 keer bekeken, erg mooie muziek, beelden en natuurlijk het vliegtuig met een goede piloot! Gewoon een fantastisch filmpje.

[@erintaylor5856]

This was a majestic aircraft!

[@ChinaLake100]

Erin Taylor This video has nothing to do with KLM retiring it's MD-11s, this was just the retirement flight of the Captain.

[@CineCreator]

+ChinaLake100 KLM have send them to Victorville, they are also gone ;(

[@ChinaLake100]

CineCreator I already knew that.

[@daytonaaviation4449]

This very aircraft was scrapped

[@larrydockery7201]

i just wounder why she looked like she is in good shape i worked on planes in the 70s that tail fen was to small for that plane but the md11 was a great plane

[@aakarshanrastogi]

A really heart touching video, the smile when the captain sees the water canon salute is just priceless !!! 😍

[@ale67ize]

The MD11 was an important aircraft in the history of aviation

[@frederikdeschepper7607]

The md 11 wasen going away it was the capitan tha retired

[@raymarshall6721]

​@@frederikdeschepper7607yes it was. That was the final pax flight on the MD-11 series, only freight airframes remained.

[@ocrim16]

after almost 24 years.... love this plane :)

The last flight with a MD-11 pax will be on 23 october2014. Last flight will me from Montreal to Amsterdam and after that... sadly enough they wil go to the desert :'(

[@ThePilotman329]

Wow, now who the hell is cutting these onions? My eyes are watery just seeing this escort of Ops vehicles and the water canon salute.

[@kitbertch777]

what a graceful workhorse the DC10/MD11 was. along with the 727 and 747, one of the best looking a/c ever designed.

[@BirgitLoit]

Oh my.. one of my favourite videos! haha it seriously made me cry :D Superb video with great music!

[@miskoryna]

Thanks for the great video celebrating the culmination of this man's great career. KLM MD11 Forever. We will miss seeing it in the skies as well.

[@gerardmoran9560]

A well deserved wash down for a senior pilot going home! I miss it, he'll miss it too.

[@Moviation]

See his smile at 4:40! Loved to see this, thanks for sharing! Enjoy your retirement Captain!

[@Jetflyer777f]

Amazing vid. Love the way the Captain seems to have such a connection with the airplane. Like its an extension of his body....and he kinda looks like Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Keep'em coming!!

[@stevepuddlejumperpilot6062]

ok, your video made my eyes glass over. Captain looks like an amazing man.......hope he is enjoying his retirement. :)

[@henkdebruin7328]

What a great way to say goodbye to a pilot and an aircraft.

[@ro19gat]

Such a great tribute to this pilot, love the trouble they went to, to say thank you and farewell it is something that is disappearing these days

[@FlyingOffice]

Big thumbs up for this one, amazing ceremony and an amazing aircraft

[@craigdoran7593]

Gotta love big trijets, flew on the last passenger DC10 and it was great. Would have loved to fly in the KLM MD11s aswell but not so lucky. Nice video

[@boden172]

Vanochtend is voor het laatst officieel door de KLM gevlogen met de MD11, erg jammer. Vanaf nu zullen er nog een aantal gebruikt worden voor Cargo en nog een aantal voor rondvluchten. Ik heb deze video echt al ruim 40 keer gekeken, zo mooi gemaakt met die muziek ook. Bedankt voor deze video!

[@diegohuijbregtsgarcia5102]

Als ik die piloot was had ik zo hard gehuild. een fijn pensioen toegewenst mr. de Vet

[@BrianWebb0222]

I got to do a round trip once on a MD-11 back in the Martinair days from Oakland California to Amsterdam in 1997. Loved the experience and was hoping to try to get some more flights in but I noticed more and more airlines started taking them out of their fleets. This and the DC-10 series were very unique and will be missed greatly.

[@boffis123]

We will miss the tail engine.

[@VALENTINAFINKENSTEIN]

Ich habe die MD 11 gerade erst kennengelernt und so dafür geschwärmt. Und nun ist schon wieder alles vorbei - Bin traurig!

[@SteVeAviation]

HELP keep this beautiful aircraft as a part of aviation history! KLM is phasing out the last of the PAX MD11's half 2014 and this is a petition to keep one MD11 and open it for visitation, like the 747 at the "Aviodrome" www.petities24.com/behoud_1_md-11_voor_de_nederlandse_luchtvaarthistorie

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

Now you are not flying anymore but some MD-11 pilots are younger than you what is going to happen to them?

[@SteVeAviation]

Félix Maltchinski The other pilots will get retrained to fly on other types within KLM, either intercontinental (777/747/330) or the Europe/cityhopper (737/E190).. And by that time I wouldn't be surprised if some maybe get training for the 787, since KLM still has a few of those on order.

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

SteVe Aviation KLM have 25 787s on order.

[@VeniVidiAjax]

Félix Maltchinski ? KLM-AirFrance you mean? KLM will get a few of them, also there are multiple confirmed orders of the new a350, dunno which 350 cause there are 3 versions of it, small, medium and large(actually that's the rival of the 787, and yet KLM will get both of them)

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

VeniVidiAjax That its true and there also the same for 2 KLM partners SU and VN.

[@ggmokhtar]

Prachtige en eervolle laatste landing in Amsterdam! Geniet van je welverdiende pensioen Eric !

[@mertmert324]

This was a beautiful aircraft!

[@auayay9965]

And it will always be

[@artyomvachyan3448]

The MD-11 was so ahead of its time! Magnificent bird, a true workhorse. Those LSAS systems worked like a charm. The feeling of flying this thing is like a knife slicing through butter.

[@PitSpielmann]

Great video, great way to retire, too. Was lucky to fly aboard a KLM MD-11 on Dec 28th and Jan 1st myself ;-)

[@danmessias]

A moving video, very well done. I'm sure the comandant will never forget this homage,

[@gristy1984uk]

It must have been an immensely proud moment for these pilots to put this aircraft to bed in such a way, great work but very sad at the same time. The legend that is the mighty MD-11!

[@aaronn787]

The beautiful plane THE MD-11

[@allanmichael2927]

Nice work! I was riveted from beginning to end.

[@iamthefatstig]

Beautiful. Such an honourable last day.

[@st3pn56]

Look at those comically large cockpit windows. Such a beautiful plane, a joy to fly on sim too

[@Baks38RUS]

One life - one love! Thank's for video!

[@meplenn]

Captain we thank you for your service on KLM.

[@ThomasBontekoe]

Prachtig om zo´n man op zo´n manier zijn baan te zien afsluiten, mooi moment voor die gast. Respect.

[@rtordon]

Nice video. Very touching tribute to the pilot with the ground vehicles escorting him to the gate. Must have been a very touching moment for him. As far as the MD-11, I first flew on a KLM MD-11 about 12 yrs ago and have flown it numerous times since with one last flight booked for August 1st from Montreal to AMS. I'm looking forward to the flight. While there may be newer planes with better technology this one has a place in my heart. Will be sad to no longer seeing it land in Montreal : (

[@heinzhans6046]

GREAT moment and BIG BIG pictures - I love this aircraft !

[@DavevanHattem]

In dit filmpje gaat de piloot met pensioen, het ging hierin niet om het vliegtuig. Maar uiteraard gaat vandaag zondag 11 januari 2015 ook de laatste naar haar rustplaats worden overgevlogen in Carlifornia (Mojave Aircraft en Space Center) om daar van haar verdiende pensioen te genieten. KLM wilde graag een toestel bewaren; maar er zijn volgens een woordvoerder van communicatie al 3 grote vliegtuigen geschonken. 2x Fokker 100 en een Boeing 747, op Aviodrome was blijkbaar geen plaats meer vrij. Helaas!

[@theneedforspeed31]

Goosebumps...! Loved to see his smile

[@Flightsim10HD]

Only a few days till the Md11 is part of KLM :/ Great video

[@antonikyriakou22]

congrats Captain!

[@willemlenteren1485]

Is goodbye flight md11 I’m can’t understand

[@BeauVerwijlen]

@@willemlenteren1485 Nee, dit was de laatste vlucht van deze piloot.

[@fsxGApilot]

Great video, great channel, well done! Subbed and liked ;)

[@LikeOnATree]

Congratulations, Captain! I hope you have a wonderful time in retirement!

[@HHGFHJGFHJGFJTYFJDGY]

Beautiful video. Beautiful plane.

[@MattieDudz]

Great Video,Enjoy your retirement Captain!!

[@elta81]

very nice and sad video. Thank you!

[@justinp1011]

Remembered this plane for years.. And this video reminds me of it..

[@sabienwedman]

Fantastisch! Ik hoop zo ook over heel wat jaartjes met pensioen te gaan... (Eerst nog een baan ;))

[@TheSinotti]

Fantastic footage combined with the perfect music

[@ruialexandre6197]

Beautiful.

[@ferrari2k]

I remember September 2012 when I was in Amsterdam for a training when my colleagues and I went off the train I looked in the sky, wondering, if I might see a KLM or even a MD11 flying. And I swear to god, the first plane I saw was a KLM MD11 coming in to land at Schipol. Really like these and really like to fly the PMDG one :) Sad it will be retired but that's the way it goes :)

[@boffis123]

KLM is also the last airliner to operate MD-11 in passenger configuration, after the last flight. There are just freighters left ;(

[@user-do9ki9ib4w]

When I flew on theses I loved every second I have pictures on my old phone of these when I flew to Amsterdam

[@shanedonnellan]

Brilliant video!

[@retiredjetjock657]

Beautiful!

[@duvdevanik]

beautiful video!!! Thanks for sharing

[@dangraham9741]

the md - 11 is always going to be a legend , let alone a vid of landing it from the cockpit , , . ... . hence the interest you mention ,

[@kitoko502]

I love !!! Great ! Thanks !

[@AeroNest5]

All the Very best Capt!!

[@JetstreamAviation747]

I don’t know when this was filmed but it wasn’t the last KLM MD-11 landing, that was in the dark. The captain is retiring I think.

[@jslfcs6655]

Absolutely 💯 💯 brilliant.

[@Videospotter]

Great Video!

[@Squigglyize]

Beautiful Plane.

[@walterkongas]

Nice Video, And Nice Plane.

[@mattipaivinen3568]

I was refuelling MD-11s 1990-92 at Helsinki-Vantaa

[@guyvannifterik]

Rest in peace MD11, en fijne pensioen toegewenst meneer de Vet.

[@airplanefanvideo]

Very great and nice Video :-)

[@Leo87217]

Ud. me hizo emocionar, comandante. Mis respetos y un abrazo!!

[@aerodaan]

Wat prachtig en wat een eervol ontvangst door Schiphol. De captain zou ongetwijfeld toch wel een traantje weggepinkt moeten hebben om afscheid te nemen van zo'n geweldige machine en topbaan als piloot.

[@peterpoulakos8339]

This was a beauty of an aircraft

[@willianjpd18]

Awesome!

[@boahneelassmal]

It's just soo sad. To be honest this aircraft isn't my favourite, but it's my 3rd favourite aircraft. It might not be as majestic as some others and on first look one might think it's a bit chubby but it actually is one of the most important aircraft in aviation history. It has flown distances one never thought it would during the time it took off in the air. It has witnessed times most of us didn't witness and it's one of the hardest working aircraft till today. If I would have been PIC on that landing I would've requested a fly-by just to brag and show off. Not to brag with my skills but showing off the aircraft that took me safely wherever I companioned it. I give you, dearest McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a big wing wave. This is more than enough to make a grown man cry. Sleep tight, old friend.

[@GeneralAvitation]

such a beautiful misunderstood plane

[@topgun966]

Respect!!! I salute you sir! Enjoy your retirement!!!

[@fabianlehr292]

Very emotional!!:)

[@andrewanane9715]

Gorgeous

[@arnoutmonster4908]

This is awesome!

[@franktendam4313]

beautiful video thank u

[@rs3bullion835]

very touchable video. like it very much

[@gavinjohnson8063]

Such a beautiful aircraft

[@KamiLos21]

Amazing :D.

[@AlbertovtrPG]

Precioso video. En un mes vuelo a Ámsterdam para grabar y fotografiar los MD-11 antes de que los retiren. Saludos desde España.

[@BenElian]

Mooie film! Goed pensioen gewenst!

[@NtheKidd]

Nice footage.

[@Prajaid]

Awesome

[@haithamliver]

Marvelous ....