Michael Goulian

Michael Goulian, known as Mike, is an American aerobatic pilot and national champion who raced in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 99. Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts in 1968 into a family that ran a large flying school, he soloed on his sixteenth birthday and began aerobatic training in 1985. At 22 he became the youngest pilot to win the US National Championship in the Advanced Category, and in 1995 he won the Unlimited Category title. He flew for the US Aerobatic Team in 1994, 1996 and 1998, received the Art Scholl Memorial Award for airshow showmanship in 2006, and co-wrote the Basic and Advanced Aerobatics training manuals. He also co-founded the air taxi company Linear Air and a Cirrus aircraft training business.