Pelagia Majewska
| Pelagia Majewska medal table |
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 Pelagia Majewska (1978) |
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Gliding |
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 Poland
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| International FAI competition | ||
| gold | 1973 | Women |
| silver | 1975 | Women |
| gold | 1977 | Women |
| Mastery of the socialist states | ||
| silver | 1966 | Women |
| silver | 1971 | Women |
| bronze | 1977 | Women |
Pelagia Teresa Majewska (born April 26, 1933 in Równe , Poland , † July 12, 1988 in Lisbon , Portugal ) was a Polish glider pilot and flight instructor. She set 17 world records and died while a PZL-M18 Dromader fire-fighting aircraft was being transported to Setúbal .
Sports
Majewska learned to fly and parachute jumping in Lublin . In 1953 she went to Warsaw with her future husband . She took part in numerous gliding competitions for the Aero Club Warsaw. She won the FAI International Gliding Competition for women twice - 1973 in Leszno and 1977 in Oerlinghausen and took second place in 1975 in Leszno. The same competition was held for the first time in 1979 as a European championship. Majewska set 17 world and 21 national records. As the third woman in the world, she met the requirements for the golden glider badge with three diamonds . In 1960 she was the second female glider pilot to receive the FAI Lilienthal Medal . Majewska received the first ever Medal Tańskiego of the Polish Aero Club in 1957 .
Awards
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta ( posthumous )
- Order of Polonia Restituta
- Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (gold and silver)
- Medal of Merit for National Defense (silver and bronze)
- Honored Master of Sports
- Medal for outstanding athletic performance (multiple)
- 1956 Tańskiego Medal (1957 for 1956)
- 1960 FAI Lilienthal Medal
In honor of Majewska, the world air sports association FAI has been awarding the Pelagia Majewska Medal to a female glider pilot every year since 1989 . The first medal went to the British Ann Welch , the second to Gisela Weinreich .
publication
- With Andrzej Pazio: Nawigacja. Warsaw 1968.
Gliding world records for women
Majewska set 17 FAI recognized world records.
- Free cross-country flight, 518.6 km - 1959 (?)
- Free cross-country flight, 540.4 km - 1962
- Free cross-country flight, 562.4 km - 1963
- Destination flight, 518.6 km - 1956 (D1)
- Destination flight, 518.6 km - 1958 (D2)
- Target flight, 540.4 km - 1962
- Target flight, 562.4 km - 1963
- Return to destination, 341.9 km - 1956
- Return to destination, 368.0 km - 1959
- Return to destination, 457.0 km - 1963
- Return to destination, 467.2 km - 1968
- Return to destination, 617.4 km - 1980
- Speed in the 100 km triangle, 76.1 km / h - 1958
- Speed in the 200 km triangle, 66.5 km / h - 1956
- Speed in the 300 km triangle, 62.3 km / h - 1962
- Speed in the 300 km triangle, 68.5 km / h - 1963
- Speed in the 300 km triangle, 75.7 km / h - 1963
Web links
- medalenaskrzydlach.pl: Pelagia Majewska. (Polish)
literature
- Irena Kostka: Szybowniczka świata. Altair, Warszawa 2008.
Footnotes
- ↑ medalenaskrzydlach.pl: Dunaujvaros, Węgry 1979. (Polish, accessed on August 16, 2020)
- ↑ fai.org: List of world records (in the web archive)
- ↑ Biography, written by Majewska's sister.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Majewska, Pelagia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Majewska, Pelagia Teresa; Pietrzaka, Pelagia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish glider pilot and flight instructor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Równe , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1988 |
| Place of death | Lisbon , Portugal |