1. Pelagia Teresa Majewska was a Polish aeroplane and glider pilot-instructor, who won many national and world glider records.
14 Facts About Pelagia Majewska
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Pelagia Majewska then received training in aeroplanes at the club.
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Pelagia Majewska joined the Warsaw Aero Club and competed in numerous national and international gliding competitions through the organisation.
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Pelagia Majewska earned 17 world records and 21 national records.
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Pelagia Majewska was the first glider pilot in the country to be awarded the highest Polish gliding decoration, the Tanski Medal, in 1956.
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In 1960 Pelagia Majewska was the first woman in Poland and the second in the world to be awarded the world's highest gliding honour, the Lilienthal Gliding Medalby the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
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Pelagia Majewska was a Polish Distinguished Master of Sport and was awarded the Medal for Outstanding Sports Achievements three times.
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Pelagia Majewska flew many hours in local aeroclubs as a social instructor training young people.
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Pelagia Majewska worked with the aeronautics magazine Skrzydlata Polska, published since 1930.
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Pelagia Majewska was a member of the editorial board of the weekly, wrote articles, was a sympathetic critic and advisor to the magazine's editorial board and was twice the recipient of the publication's "Blue Wings" award.
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Pelagia Majewska was one of the most experienced pilots in that company.
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On 12 July 1988, Pelagia Majewska died at Lisbon Airport as a result of an aircraft accident.
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Pelagia Majewska was posthumously awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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In 2008, the ALTAIR Aviation Agency published a book by Irena Kostka, Majewska's sister and fellow pilot, entitled Szybowniczka Swiata, dedicated to Pelagia Majewska's sporting and professional career.