The Flying Career of Cees de Jager

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
[b.Tandjoengsari, 31Aug1928 - d.Soest, 07Dec2016]
Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Cees goes in Oct. 1948 to the RLS ground school at Ypenburg with lessons in the following subjects: Meteorology, constructions, performance, aviation laws, navigation, aerodynamics, communication, and Morse.
Source: Hoger op! Vakkenpakket

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
05 June 1951: conclusion of flighttraining. Celebratory flight with family

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
A returnflight, after dead-heading to Montreal, is his first flight in the DC-6B

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
The 1950s also see training on the DC-3 and Convair types.
When he's 25 he signs a contract for three years with KLM and gets stationed on Curacao.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Return to The Netherlands
Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
In April 1961 training starts on the DC-8

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

A harrowing incident: while landing at Tokyo Cees has to change seats to the
left due to the Captain collapsing; Cees declares an overshoot and go-around just in time.
Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Decoration for Cornelis 'Cees' Gerard de Jager (1967)

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
In 1968 Cees de Jager starts his captaincy on KLM's DC-9.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Vincent Mentzel is a famous Dutch photographer [NL.wikipedia.org:_Vincent_Mentzel]

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
The year 1973 sees a return to the Douglas DC-8, in the left seat.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Ad van Ommen, whom I knew briefly as Management Secretary with Martinair (1970s)
wrote a book; boekenvinden.nl/ - /sluipvluchten-naar-lissabon-nederlandse-vliegers-en-hun-dakotas-ad-van-ommen/
Founder & CEO of Martinair, Martin Schröder ('JMS'), spoke in a derogatory manner about Ad van Ommen I recall.
JMS was a bully, management by walking around shouting, despising anyone not 100% 'aviation operational'.
Ad's book I 'borrowed' from one of the boxes of unsold copies.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Promoting to the 747, the modern 'Queen of the Skies'! (L.Constellation was the first)

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Cees flew all KLM 747-types except the 747-400 (he'd retired by then).

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
PH-BUK @Aviodrome. With a note tallying Cees' hours flown on the PH-BUK.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
Upon arrival at Schiphol on his last flight, from Tokyo-Narita KL868 24Aug84, he and
his crew have their photo taken. He managed to complete his 20.000+ flighthours in his logbook.

Cees de Jager † - a career in flight
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An Aviation Career by 5 logbooks: « CEES DE JAGER »

An Aviation Career by 5 logbooks:
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