Marek Szufa

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Marek Szufa at the “ Zamość Air Picnic” on June 11, 2011
Marek Szufa in his replica of a Curtiss JN-4 on June 18, 2011

Marek Franciszek Szufa (born February 7, 1954 , † June 18, 2011 in Płock ) was a Polish aerobatic pilot .

Life

Szufa, born in 1954, has been the captain of the Polish airline LOT Polish Airlines since 1979 , where he flew various types, including a Boeing 767 . By the time he died, he had spent more than 20,000 hours behind the controls of an airplane.

For many years he was a member of the Polish national gliding aerobatics team ; his greatest success was winning the runner-up world championship.

During a demonstration with his Christen Eagle II aerobatic plane at the Płock Air Picnic 2011 on June 18, 2011 in the Polish town of Płock, Szufa crashed his plane into the Vistula . Despite immediately initiated rescue measures, he could only be rescued dead.

Awards

  • Winning the vice world championship with the Polish national team

Web links

Commons : Marek Szufa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marek Szufa biography in Poczciarz
  2. ↑ Deadly air show: Polish art pilot falls into the Vistula. Spiegel Online , June 18, 2011, accessed June 18, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Report from Płock Air Picnic 2011 in PŁOCKI PIKNIK LOTNICZY 2011 (Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Szufa, Marek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szufa, Marek Franciszek (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish aerobatic pilot
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1954
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2011
Place of death Plock