Martina Kirchberg

Martina Kirchberg (* 1957 in Schwalmstadt , nee Wiedorn-Roy) is a German glider aerobatic pilot , aerobatic referee and glider aerobatic trainer.

She began gliding in 1977. In 1984 she acquired her aerobatic license at the Osterwies glider airfield near Altötting and in 1987, with a Lo 100, became German champion in the Advanced class. Then she switched to the Unlimited class and also took part in world championships twice. After a ten-year break from competition, she was tenth in the Unlimited class with a Swift S-1 at the German aerobatic championships in 2010 in Brandenburg an der Havel . In addition, she is involved in promoting young talent, as the first chairman of the Hesse aerobatic community and as a referee in motor aerobatic competitions.

The film Art in the Sky about glider aerobatics from the 1930s to the glider aerobatic world championship in Hockenheim in 1989 contains a short interview with Martina Kirchberg. In 2019 the Hessischer Rundfunk showed in a contribution to the Hercules episode "In the heights of thrill - glider pilots, kite makers and a chimney sweep!" Martina Kirchberg and her son at the Ober-Mörlen airfield.

Martina Kirchberg is married. Her son Moritz became double world champion in gliding aerobatics in 2018 at the age of 20.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hesse aerobatic group ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Wetterauer Zeitung of June 30, 2011: It's fun to see the world upside down
3. ↑ Wetterauer Zeitung of August 5, 2010: "Cool" danced in the sky
4. ↑ hr-fernsehen: Im Höhenrausch - glider pilots, kite builders and a chimney sweep! October 27, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German). 
5. ↑ That is why the Bad Nauheim double world champion Moritz Kirchberg loves aerobatics. August 22, 2018, accessed December 13, 2019 .