Edward Makula

Edward Makula (4 July 1930 – 15 January 1996) was a Polish glider pilot and engineer.^[1]

Edward Makula
Born	4 July 1930
Died	15 January 1996
Nationality	Polish

He won the 1963 World Gliding Championships in Junin (Argentina) in a SZD-19 Zefir 2^[2][3] and established 7 world records.^[4] In 1965, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) awarded him the Lilienthal Gliding Medal.^[5]

World Gliding Records by Edward Makula[4]
date	category	achievement	course	glider
16 August 1955	single place gliders	speed over a triangular course of 200 km: 67.304 km/h	Lisie Katy - Przepalkowo - Zblewo - Lisie Katy (Poland)	SZD-8 Jaskółka
31 July 1972	two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)	speed over a triangular course of 300 km: 113.72 km/h	Douglas County, NV - Bridgeport, CA - Rawhide, NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
4 August 1972	two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)	speed over a triangular course of 500 km : 101.18 km/h	Douglas County, NV - Susanville, CA - Old Lovelock, NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
6 August 1972	two place gliders, crew: Hugo G. Taskovich (USA)	speed over a triangular course of 100 km : 130.73 km/h	Minden, NV - Dayton, NV - Valley View, NV - Minden, NV (USA)	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
8 August 1972	two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)	out-and-return distance: 718.2 km	Douglas County, NV - Darwin Airport, CA - Douglas County, NV (USA)	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
20 July 1974	two place gliders, crew: Adèle Orsi	speed over a triangular course of 500 km : 114.86 km/h	Douglas County, NV - Chalfant, CA - Gabbs, NV - Douglas County, NV (USA)	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21
24 August 1974	two place gliders, crew: John Serafin (USA)	speed over a triangular course of 300 km : 122.06 km/h	Minden, NV (USA) - ...	Caproni Vizzola Calif A-21

Edward Makula was an uncle of the glider aerobatics champion Jerzy Makula.^[6]

References

1. Obituary by Jan Kaczmarek & Małgorzata Makula Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish) - accessed 2001-01-21
2. World Soaring Champions listing by the SSA Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-01-11
3. SSA: World Soaring Championships 1963 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-01-11
4. FAI: records by Edward Makula Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-01-11
5. FAI Lilienthal Gliding Medal Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-01-11
6. documentary WNIEBOWZIĘTY (in Polish) - accessed 2008-01-11