Michael Goulian

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Michael Goulian
Red Bull Air Race World Series Record
Date of Birth	September 4, 1968
Team	Goulian
Year of Début	2004
Country	United States
Best Position	5th (2006)
2006 Position	5th (11 points)
Plane	MX2 MXR Technologies
Website	mikegoulian.com

Michael George Goulian (born September 4, 1968 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA) is an American aviator, who races in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 99.

He was born into an aviation business family, which founded one of the largest flying schools in the Northeastern United States in 1964. Michael grew up by washing airplanes and sweeping the hangar floor. He learnt so flying before he could even drive a car and soloed a Cessna 150 on his 16th birthday in 1984.

He began his aerobatic training in 1985 during his pilot study. He then established an aerobatic school within the family owned aviation company. While earning his life as a corporate airline pilot, Michael worked his way toward the top ranks of air show display flying and competition aerobatics and became US National Champion in the Advanced Category at his age of 22. In 1992, he was the top ranked US male aerobatic pilot and Silver Medalist in the Unlimited Category, an achievement he repeated in 1993. He became 1995 the US National Champion in the Unlimited Category. He was a member of the US Aerobatic Team in 1994, 1996 and 1998.

Michael Goulian is co-author of a series of books Basic and Advanced Aerobatics published by McGraw Hill, which became the industry standard for aerobatic flight training manuals.

He is married to Karin Goulian since 2000, and enjoys skiing, playing ice hockey and golf.