Turbulent Skies

This series follows Albert Plesman and Anthony Fokker starting at the pionieer days of aviation up until the start of WWII. It has a fairly decent storyline, decent cast (although I don't care for Daan Schuurmans who comes off as a bit annoying to me). I think it's a very interesting way to depict aviation history in a drama series like this even though it's not alway historically acurate and I kind of wish that it was more acurate. I don't get why they strayed from certain historical facts like the events involving Jan Plesman. The old 'real life' footage that is included in between some scenes is a nice touch though. The soundtrack sounds nice but doesn't really seem to fit the setting. It's probably not going to happen but I would like to see a second season starting at the beginning of WWII. The events during WWII and how the KLM immediately started to rebuild its network after the war up until Plesman's death should be more than enough content.

They clearly spent a lot of time on the art direction, which is quite impressive considering the extremely low budgets of Dutch shows. This one deserves to be sold well internationally - although I don't necessarily care for the subject matter, the love put into this should be recognized.

Plesman'son did not crash but was shot down during WWII.

What a fantastic story! Well told, beautiful imaging & very emotional. Excellent quality

Although the series still has to be broadcasted it can be viewed through the NPO streamingservice before it actually premiers on Dutch television. The series is very well made, great storytelling, great acting and a feast for the eyes. We binged it within 24 hours and loved every minute of it. A big compliment for everyone involved. The only complaint is that it contained 8 episodes only -:).