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Albert Plesman (7 September 1889 – 31 December 1953) was a Dutch pioneer in aviation and the first administrator and later director of the KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Until his death, he was its CEO for over 35 years and was also on the board of the Dutch airline, which was to become one of ...
- 6 Kilometres of Cable
- Unique Flight Over Impossible Places
- Registration Mark Ph-Apm
- Ode to The Pioneering Spirit
At the end of April, our Flying Dutchman was lifted into the park by a huge hoist, onto the runway behind Schiphol Airport. A big job, if you consider that this DC-3 weighs over 7,600 kilos. And to think that we had already lightened the plane: the iconic Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder engines have been replaced by two replicas made a...
After a silent landing in an empty Madurodam, a lot had to be done inside the plane. We have equipped the DC-3 with the very latest show techniques. No less than 6 kilometres of wiring was required in and around the aircraft to allow our visitors to fly through time and space. We also had to do a lot of things for the show itself: we were allowed t...
Our Flying Dutchman has received the registration mark PH-APM, in tribute to Albert Plesman. That's how we christened the device, just look at the tip of her nose. This feature has been used before, namely by a Koolhoven FK-46. This aircraft was on the ground at Schiphol and was lost in May 1940 along with three other aircraft during a German bombi...
As we said before: The Flying Dutchman pays tribute to 100-year-old KLM and Albert Plesman, the first President and CEO. Thanks to this pioneer's foresight, "his" KLM was able to conquer the world. Plesman managed to order the first 27 DC-3s in America before the end of the war. Partly thanks to the arrival of these DC-3s, the number of passengers ...
A group of investors and bankers led by 30-year old Albert Plesman formed KLM on October 7, 1919. The airline began its first service on May 17, 1920, with an Amsterdam-London service flying an old De Havilland DH-16 aircraft chartered from the British company Air Transport and Travel (AT&T).
Mar 29, 2015 · But let’s return to 1919 and the ELTA, which was organised during the run-up to KLM’s establishment in October of that year. The driving force behind this event was Albert Plesman, who was chairman of the ELTA executive board.
Oct 7, 2023 · 7 October 1919: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., operating under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, was founded on 7 October 1919 by Albert Plesman, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name, though the company stopped operating during the Second World War—apart from the operations in the Dutch ...
How KLM kept flying as war spread through Europe. Frustrated at the consequences of war in 1940, KLM’s boss Albert Plesman dubbed the hangars full of DC-3s at Schiphol airport his “boxes of oranges”. The Aeroplane visited just before the German invasion.
1997 Hall of Fame Recipient. Albert Plesman founded KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on October 7, 1919 and the company has continued to operate under the same name to this day, making it the oldest scheduled airline in the world with a continuous history. He set KLMs goals: a commitment to generating customer preference by offering a high-quality ...
