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Albert Plesman. 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 ...
Aviation Features. 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.
Oct 7, 2023 · Albert Plesman, founder of Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM) 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 ...
Turbulent Skies (Dutch: Vliegende Hollanders) is a 2020 Dutch television series, directed by Joram Lürsen . The series is about Anthony Fokker and Albert Plesman, two aviation pioneers who stood at the cradle of civil aviation in the Netherlands. The series is set between 1919, the year of the First Air Traffic Exhibition Amsterdam, co ...
May 4, 2023 · Episode 1 | 53m 37s. My List. November 1918 - October 1919: Albert Plesman, a flight lieutenant with big dreams, and Anthony Fokker, a millionaire aircraft builder, meet at the First Aviation ...
Aug 8, 2021 · It is exactly a century since the birth of Dr. Albert Plesman, a Dutch army pilot who founded the airline on Oct. 7, 1919, less than a year after the end of World War I. Plesman died in 1953, but ...
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Other articles where Albert Plesman is discussed: KLM: …by a former Dutch pilot, Albert Plesman (1889–1953), who headed the company until his death. KLM’s first route, between Amsterdam and London, was followed the same year by a route to Copenhagen, via Hamburg, and in 1923 by a route to Brussels. As early as 1921 KLM had opened the…
