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Jul 15, 2008, 3:29 pm

egon.olsen

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Unusuall farewell party

Today, onboard of SP-LPA, LO2 ORD-WAW, CPT-SV Jerzy Gozdz holding nr 10 on seniority list of PLL LOT (est. 1929) retired. He did spectatular low-pass over EPWA and was honoured with water salute after landing.

I think such a people are a part of a history. He started his adventure on IL-14 and believe me - no one of pilots played piano in Sheraton, ORD better than him! Respect Capitain!

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Jul 15, 2008, 9:33 pm

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And here I was hoping that the Wolf announced his retirement

... sniff.

Jul 16, 2008, 12:12 am

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Great that they are doing this for him !! ^

Jul 16, 2008, 12:48 am

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Great that they are doing this for him !! ^

isn't this an old ritual to say farewell to pilots after their last touchdown before retirement?

Jul 16, 2008, 3:10 am

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Originally Posted by egon.olsen

I think such a people are a part of a history. He started his adventure on IL-14 and believe me - no one of pilots played piano in Sheraton, ORD better than him! Respect Capitain!

Cool!

Jul 16, 2008, 7:21 pm

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Originally Posted by f0zzyNUE

isn't this an old ritual to say farewell to pilots after their last touchdown before retirement?

old yes - outdated no -- I have been on in one of those planes recently

Jul 17, 2008, 9:08 am

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Originally Posted by f0zzyNUE

isn't this an old ritual to say farewell to pilots after their last touchdown before retirement?

Yes, but a lot of airlines have stopped doing it to save costs - they have to pay the airport fire department for their efforts, and many of them no longer consider it a worthwhile expense...