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[[File:TaubeStartI.jpg|thumb|300 px|''[[HNoMS Start|Start]]'' exhibited at [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Gardermoen]]]]<br />
'''Hans Fleischer Dons''' (13 June 1882 – 28 October 1940) was a [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] officer. He is most associated with the first manned flight in [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.f-b.no/nyheter/nyheter/flyr-dons-rute-pa-100-arsdagen/s/2-2.952-1.7376669 |title=Flyr Dons rute på 100-årsdagen |date=31 May 2012 |publisher=Fredrikstad Blad |accessdate=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvaretsmuseer.no/Marinemuseet/Dokumentasjonssenter/For-laerer-og-elev/100-aar-siden-Dons-ble-foerst-i-luften/START-og-DONS |title=Flyet Start og Hans Fleicher Dons |publisher= forsvaretsmuseer.no |accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Dons was born in [[Øvre Eiker]], Norway. He was the son of Johannes Albrecht Dons (1839–1921) and Johanne Marie Fleischer (1850–1943). <br />
He attended the [[Royal Norwegian Naval Academy]] (1901–05) and [[Technische Universität Berlin|Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg]] (1907–08). <br />
From 1909, he served in the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] as second-in-command of Norway's first submarine, [[HNoMS Kobben (1909)|HNoMS ''Kobben'']]. He was a naval attache at the Norwegian Legation in [[Washington, D.C.]] (1917–19) and held the same position in [[London]] and [[Paris]] (1927–30). Dons was the head of the submarine fleet and served on the Admiral Staff{{clarify|date=September 2023|reason=Naval Staff?}} (1929–35).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Hans_Fleischer_Dons |title=Hans Fleischer Dons |publisher=lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref><br />
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On 1 June 1912 Dons piloted the first manned flight in Norway in a [[monoplane]] named ''[[HNoMS Start|Start]]''. The [[fixed-wing aircraft]] was designed by [[Etrich Taube]] and was made in [[Germany]] by [[Edmund Rumpler]]. On 7 June, Dons flew from Borre over [[Horten]], crossing [[Oslofjord]] to [[Moss]] and [[Fredrikstad]] &ndash; covering a distance of {{convert|48|km}} in 35 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Hans_Dons |title=Hans Dons |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon |author=Vera Henriksen <br />
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In 1935 Dons published his book ''Start: En norsk flyvehistorie fra 1912-13'' (Oslo: Cammermeyers, 1935). <br />
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''Start'' is on display at the [[Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection]] located at [[Gardermoen]], north of [[Oslo]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.nrk.no/program/f%C3%98st70000392/loeytnant-dons-norges-foerste-flyger |title=Løytnant Dons - Norges første flyger |publisher=NRK |accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://luftfartsmuseum.no/norsk-luftfart-100-ar/ |title=Norges "Start" – Den første norske flyvningen |publisher=luftfartsmuseum.no |accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Aviation in Norway]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Related reading==<br />
*John Andreas Olsen (2014) ''European Air Power: Challenges and Opportunities'' (Potomac Books) {{ISBN|978-1612346816}}<br />
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