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Jan Nagrski , also known as Ivan Nagurski, was a Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation, the first person to fly an airplane in the Arctic and the first aviator to perform a loop with a flying boat.

Jan Nagrski was born on January 27, 1888 in Wocawek, in partitioned Poland. He completed a local trade school and in 1909 graduated from an infantry junker school in Odessa and the AllRussian Aeroclub in 1912. The following year he accomplished his training at the Naval Engineering School in Gatchina near St. Petersburg where he earned his wings. He was among the first pilots of the Imperial Russian Navy.

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