Jerzy Makula

Jerzy Makula, born in 1952 in Ruda Śląska, is a Polish pilot who has won the FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships seven times, in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999 and 2011. He was also world vice-champion four times, won the bronze medal in 2007, was European champion in 1998 and 2004, and won the Polish national glider aerobatic title at least fourteen times. He flies for the aeroclub of ROW Rybnik, often in the Solo-Fox, a single seat conversion of the MDM-1 Fox. Beyond competing he works as a Boeing 787 captain, serves as Vice-President of the Aero Club of Poland, chairs the international glider aerobatics sub-committee and trains and judges other pilots. Two documentary films have been made about him, and his sons also fly glider aerobatics.