Martin Šonka

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Martin Šonka
Martin Šonka in the cockpit of his Extra 300SR aircraft at Helsinki-Malmi airport
Born	March 26, 1978
Nationality	Czech Republic
Racing career
First race	2010
Best position	11th (2010)
Aircraft	Zivko Edge 540
Website
martin-sonka.cz

Martin Šonka (born on March 26, 1978 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem) is a Czech aerobatics (unlimited) and a fighter pilot in the Czech Air Force. He is the beginner from the year 2010 in Red Bull Air Race.^[1]

Biography

Beginnings

Martin Šonka began his aviation career in 1997. In this year he flew a glider for the first time and started his studies at University of Defence in Brno as a pilot. In 1999 he gained his Private Pilot Licence. Between 2001 and 2005 he attended Jan Perner Transport Faculty at University of Pardubice (Department of Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics). He finished his studies with a master’s degree in 2005.

The Czech Air Force

His military career started in 2000 in Pardubice. Two years after he moved to the air base in Náměšť nad Oslavou and in 2006 to 21st Tactical Air Force Base at Čáslav where he began flying L-159 Alca.

Aerobatics

In 2005 he became a member of the Czech national aerobatic team. He flies Su-31.

Red Bull Air Race

Martin Šonka taking off from Jandakot airport for the final practice before the Perth Red Bull Air Race.

In 2009 Šonka passed all Red Bull Air Race qualifying camps and gained The Red Bull Air Race Super Licence. Then he was nominated for a 2010 season rookie.

Achievements

2010

Martin Šonka at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Rank
2010	13th	14th	13th	12th	11th	11th	CAN	CAN	2	0	14th

Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified

2009

World Championship, Unlimited - Free Style, Powered, 9th place^[2]
Slovenian Nationals, Unlimited, Powered, 1st place
World Air Games, Unlimited, Powered, 5th place

2008

World Aerobatic Cup, Unlimited, Powered, 3rd place ^[3]
European Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 17th place
National Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 1st place

2007

World Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 29th place.^[4]
National Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 2nd place

2006

European Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 14th place
National Championship, Unlimited, Powered, 3rd place

2005

European Championship, Advanced, Powered, 14th place
National Championship, Advanced, Powered, 4th place

2004

National Championship, Sportsman, Powered, 1st place
National Championship, Intermediate, Gliders, 1st place

2003

National Championship, Sportsman, Gliders, 1st place

2002

National Championship, Sportsman, Gliders, 3rd place

References

↑ http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Two-new-pilots-for-2010-Red-Bull-Air-Race-season-021242806739411
↑ Daily Results - Saturday August 29, 2009" World Aerobatic Championship. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
↑ http://www.aerobaticscup.com/index.php?lang=en&node=107
↑ 24th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 24/06/2007 - 04/07/2007 Overall Results. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

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Other	3D Radio control Virtual Festival of Aerobatic Teams

Persondata
Name	Sonka, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	Czech air racer
Date of birth	March 26, 1978
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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