Jan Hilgers

Johan Willem Emile Louis Hilgers , more commonly known as Jan Hilgers or John Hilgers, was an Indo aviator and one of the leading pioneers of Dutch aviation. He was the first Dutch pilot to complete a flight in Dutch airspaceJuly 1910. For the official memorial of this in 1955 a monument was erected in the town of Ede, also a road, the Jan Hilgersweg was named after him.

In 1912 Hilgers joined another Dutch East Indies born Dutchman and aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker at his newly established company in Germany. In service of aircraft manufacturer Fokker he piloted demonstration flights of the Fokker Spin airplane, designed by Anthony Fokker, in Germany. Later on he also went to Russia formonths giving flight demonstrations around the Tsardom.

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