EHAM-EBBR on August 26 with KLC

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EHAM-EBBR on August 26 with KLC

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After our flight from Aruba we had to take another short flight to Brussels.
We had to go to gate C2.
Since my wife had hurt her knee in Aruba :( she needed special assistance. We were brought by mini-car through pasportcontrol. After that we had to walk the last piece to the gate, my wife sat in a wheelchair that I pushed.
At gate C2 we were driven by bus to the remote stand where our F70 was waiting.
Assigned seats were 9 E and F but because of my wife's handicap we were allowed to sit on row 1 ( A and B )
Engines were started at 13:10 and we taxied all the way to RWY 36L ( the new one ), it took about 18 minutes to get there.
Flighttime was only 20 minutes but we climbed to FL 150 ( 15000 feet )
and got a drink and cookie.
We arrived at BRU at 14 hours, after a landing on a wet RWY 25L.
At the gate was waiting a special assistant with a wheelchair.
He came all the way with us to my parent's car which was standing in Front Park 1.
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Post by killerwhale65 »

hey look who is back home! welcome home, hope you had a superb honeymoon!!

edit: oops i see the some bad things happened. I hope you didnt let this screw your trip and still had the best times over there 8)
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Post by blackhawk »

Hey MD-11, I hope your wife will be better soon. Just featherbed her ;) Thanks for this report, looking forward to the others.
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Post by Avro »

Thanks for the trip report and welcome back Bart :) I hope your wife recovers very quickly.

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Post by luchtzak »

Wish your wife all the best so her injury will heal quicker!

I hope that besides the injury over your wife that you both had a nice honeymoon!
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Post by Comet »

Hope your new wife is soon feeling better.

Nice to get on both a jet and a prop of Cityhopper. The smaller KLM jets we get over here in the UK invariably have tails which are black with muck, it is a rarity to see a clean one. You never see Fokker jets belonging to other airlines which have mucky tails.
Sabena and Sobelair - gone but never forgotten.
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Post by B737229 »

18 min taxi for a 20 min flight! I assume the taxi at BRU was not included!

Nice report!
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Long live the Polderbaan ;)
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