Jerzy Makula

Jerzy Makula (born 29 September 1952[1] in Ruda Śląska[2]) is a Polish pilot who won the FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships seven times.

[3] Additionally, he won Polish National Glider Aerobatic Championships at least 14 times.

[7][5][8] In recent contests, he usually flew the "Solo-Fox", which is a conversion of the MDM-1 Fox prototype into a single seater with retractable undercarriage.

[7] There are two documentary films with and about Jerzy Makula: Wniebowzięty by Ewa Świecińska (2000) and W chmurach by Maciej Starczewski (2002).

[17] His sons Stanisław[18][19][20] and Mikolaj[21][22] Makula fly glider aerobatics, too.