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May 19, 2017, 1:02 am

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mvdv

Join Date: May 2017

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My father at Sabena

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Originally Posted by rosensfole

My first trip report; please be gentle

Following a recent historical trip report by another forumista I thought I would share some memories from my first long haul 5 week adventure to Japan from December 1989/January 1990. The outbound was certainly an interesting experience...

Sabena were OK I think but I never flew them again. My next few trips were on KLM, Lufthansa and SAS until I settled on Air France as my preferred carrier. Thankfully, flights to Japan changed to the Siberian route from 1990, initially involving a brief stop in Moscow then, of course, direct.

Thanks for the picture. This OO-SLB were the first one mentionned into his Captain log book in 1974 (training in Yuma, Arizona)
More, this plane is the last one handled by my father in 1977 (the time he was retired) and it's easy for me to remember .. I was there!

Gilbert Van De velde (Cpt B707 1960-1974) and DC10 (1974-1977)

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