Jorge Wilstermann (born in April 23, 1910 in Punata, Bolivia - died in 1936), was the first Bolivian commercial aviator. The son of a mechanic who worked for Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wilstermann took an interest in aviation, and became the first civilian aviator in the history of Bolivia. Jorge Wilstermann died in 1936, after an aeroplane accident when flying the Cochabamba - Oruro route on his Junker airplane. Wilstermann's pioneerism inspired homages in Bolivia. His friend and the then boss of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wálter Lemm, requested that the name of the local airport in Cochabamba and the local football team's name (which was started by people involved in aviation, workers for Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano) be changed to Jorge Wilstermann in his honour.