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He was born as the son of an egg trader from The Hague . In 1915 he joined the mobilized Dutch airforce as a professional officer, at the time still called the ''"militaire luchtvaartafdeling"'' (military aviation department), in Soesterberg . After the Great War he began with the organization of the ELTA , the ''"Eerste Luchtvaart Tentoonstelling Amsterdam"'' (First Aviation Exhibition Amsterdam), held from 1 August till 15 September 1919 . For that occasion enormous halls (hangars) where built. Right after the exhibition these were used by Anthony Fokker , for his new Fokker airplane factory. All these activities led to the establishment of the Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) , of which Plesman became director and made it a flourishing company. After the Second World War Plesman was appointed president-director of KLM. After the recovery from the war the company became a renowned airline company under his leadership. Plesman pleaded in vain for a displacement of Schiphol Airport to a location near Burgerveen . For his achievements for the international civil aviation he received in 1959 posthumously the first Edward Warner Award . |
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