Peter Podlunšek

Peter Podlunšek, born on 25 May 1970, is a Slovenian aerobatics pilot based in Murska Sobota, which the Wikipedia article describes as a hotbed of aerobatics in Slovenia. He has flown aerobatic aircraft since 1994 and has won eight national championships in aerobatics. Since 2008 he has flown the Extra 330SC, and he has taken part in more than 250 airshows across Europe, China and Libya. In two decades of flying he has logged more than 1,000 flight hours, 450 of them in aerobatics. He competed in the Challenger Cup of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, where his first race was at Rovinj on 12 April 2014 and he finished third, using an Extra 300L and an Extra 330SC as his racing aircraft. He later announced his retirement as a Master Class pilot of the series in the 2017 season.