The Pelagia Majewska Gliding Medal


This is a "beta" version for testing and comment, and contains only a first hack at the entries contained in the 1991 SSA Membership Handbook.   The info has all been re-entered by hand, so there are going to be typos.   Please send along any corrections and suggestions for improvement.


This Medal was created by the FAI in 1989, following a proposal by the Aero Club of Poland, in memory of Madame Pelagia Majewska, eminent Polish glider pilot awarded the Lilienthal Medal for 1960, and holder of 17 world gliding records, who lost her life in an air accident in 1988. The Medal is offered to the FAI by the Aero Club of Poland. It may be awarded annually, on recommendation by the FAI Gliding Commission, to a female glider pilot to reward: a particularly remarkable performance in gliding during the past year, or eminent services to gliding over a long period of time.
( photos courtesy of Bertha Ryan )


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