Olaf Schmidt

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Olaf Schmidt (born 1962) is a German glider aerobatic pilot.^[1]

He joined his gliding club, Bremer Verein für Luftfahrt e.V., at the age of 13, gaining his glider pilot licence at the age of 16 and a glider and his motor glider instructor rating in 1983 at the age of 21. Since 1984, he has assisted at glider aerobatic courses as a tow pilot. He obtained a glider aerobatics rating in 1987. In 1994 he competed in a glider aerobatic competition in the advanced category for the first time. The 1998 German National Championship was his first competition in the unlimited category.

He became a member of the German National Glider Aerobatics Team in 2001. Since then he has competed in the European and in the World Glider Aerobatic Championships.^[1]

Achievements in glider aerobatic competitions
year	contest	location	category	ranking	team ranking
1998	German Championships		unlimited		n/a
2000	German Championships		unlimited	8	n/a
2002	German Championships		unlimited	8	n/a
2003	World Championships	Pér, Hungary	unlimited	17
2004	German Championships	Biberach an der Riß, Germany	unlimited	14	n/a
2004	European Championships	Moravska Trebova, Czech Republic	unlimited	28
2004	Open Dutch Championships		unlimited	1	n/a
2005	Open British Championships	Vale of Belvoir (Saltby airfield), UK^[2]	unlimited	1	n/a
2005	World Championships	Serpukhov (Drakino airfield), Russia	unlimited	28
2006	German Championships	Bad Frankenhausen, Germany	unlimited	4	n/a
2006	European Championships	Rybnik, Poland	unlimited	13	3 (with Eugen Schaal and Markus Feyerabend)
2006	Open Dutch Championships	Deelen, Netherlands	unlimited	1	n/a
2007	World Championships	Niederöblarn, Austria	unlimited	4 (best German)	2 (with Markus Feyerabend and Eugen Schaal)
2008	German National Championships	Rothenburg (Oberlausitz), Germany	unlimited	2	n/a
2008	European Championships	Radom (Piastow airfield), Poland	unlimited	13	3 (with Markus Feyerabend and Hans-Georg Resch)

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "DAeC: German National Team Member Olaf Schmidt". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
↑ "BAeA: the British Glider Nationals - 2005". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
↑ "FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
↑ "FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
↑ "FAI CIVA: pilot profile of Olaf Schmidt". Retrieved 2008-08-21.
↑ "Results of the German Glider Aerobatic Championships 2008 (unlimited)". Retrieved 2008-08-02.

v t e Aerobatics

Aircraft	List of aerobatic aircraft

Competitions	European Gliding Championships FAI European Aerobatic Championships FAI World Aerobatic Championships FAI World Grand Prix Red Bull Air Race World Championship World Gliding Championships

Maneuvers	Loop (Inside & Outside) Aileron roll Barrel roll Cuban Eight Falling Leaf Hesitation roll Immelmann turn Kulbit Lomcevak Pugachev's Cobra Slip Spin Split S Stall Turn/Hammerhead Tailslide The Scissors Whifferdill turn Zurabatic Cartwheel

Organizations	British Aerobatic Association Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) International Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club

Pilots	Cecilia R. Aragon Hannes Arch Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Lincoln J. Beachey Péter Besenyei Ladislav Bezák Marta Bohn-Meyer Paul Bonhomme Pip Borrman Kirby Chambliss Julie Clark Marion Cole Vicki Cruse Mario de Bernardi Glen Dell Matthias Dolderer Wilhelm Düerkop Walter Extra Markus Feyerabend Gerhard Fieseler Jozef Gabris Michael Goulian Matt Hall Wayne Handley Ray Hanna Charlie Hillard Bob Hoover Bevo Howard Petr Jirmus Steve Jones Jurgis Kairys Georgij Kaminski Svetlana Kapanina Sándor Katona Charlie Kulp Anatoly Kvochur Nigel Lamb Jim LeRoy Leo Loudenslager Nancy Lynn Alejandro Maclean Pete McLeod Jerzy Makula Stanisław Makula Mikhail Mamistov Mike Mangold Scott Manning Catherine Maunoury Neil Williams Pyotr Nesterov Alexandr Panfierov Ivy May Pearce Adolphe Pégoud František Peřina Tom Poberezny Maciej Pospieszyński Sergey Rakhmanin Amelia Reid Olaf Schmidt Art Scholl Klaus Schrodt Betty Skelton Erde Skip Stewart Martin Šonka Gene Soucy Chris Sperou Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Frank Versteegh Patty Wagstaff Kermit Weeks Walter Wolfrum Janusz Żurakowski

Other	3D Radio control Virtual Festival of Aerobatic Teams

Persondata
Name	Schaal, Eugen
Alternative names
Short description	German aerobatic pilot
Date of birth	1962
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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