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.
