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FAI Awards received by Maksymiliana CZMIEL-PASZYC (Poland)

This page presents a chronological summary of all the FAI awards received by Maksymiliana CZMIEL-PASZYC (Poland). Click on an award's name in the list below to get more information about that particular FAI Award.

year award (& citation)
2005 The Paul Tissandier Diploma
Born on 21th February,1932, and active in sport aviation since 1939, she is now over 74 years old, but she still participates in glider competitions. A first class glider and airplane instructor pilot, she has 3800 flying hours on gliders (over 135 000 km), and 250 flying hours on powered planes. She remains a very active member of Aero Club Leszczynski at Leszno and Leszno Senior Aviation Club and is employed at the Civil Aviation Office of the Republic of Poland. Mrs Maksymiliana Czmiel-Paszyc established 4 world records and 5 national records for Poland in gliding. She was 3 times Vice-Champion of Europe, twice Champion and 7 times Vice-Champion of Poland. In 1955 she was decorated with a Medal for Prominent Sporting Achievements (Medal za Wybitne Osiagniecia Sportowe), and since 1960 has had the title "Sport Champion". The Aero Club of Poland decorated Mrs. Maksymiliana Czmiel-Paszyc with a badge and the title of Meritorious Medal for Sport Aviation (Zasluzony Dzialacz Lotnictwa Sportowego).
2007 The Pelagia Majewska Gliding Medal
In recognition of both her sporting achievements and general contribution to gliding. Mme Czmiel-Paszyc (for those interested in her gliding record register in which she is mentioned under different names: Czmielowsna, later Paszyc or Czmiel-Paszyc), was born in 1932 in Harnes, France. She arrived in Poland with her family in 1946 and started gliding in 1949. In a very short space of time she was recognised as a girl extremely keen on aviation. She became an aeroplane pilot in 1950 and in 1952 (when she gained her first diamond) she started her high-performance gliding career as a competitor in many national and international gliding contests. She has no less than 3 world gliding records to her credit:
Mme Czmiel-Paszyc has worked for many years in the Civil Aviation Office (the central Polish Civil Aviation Authority), being - among others - a national examiner for gliding. Her flying experience, her sporting activities over a long period of time, combined with her popularity; she is an eminent personality in the field of aviation: "Maxi" this nickname has contributed to attracting young people, especially female enthusiasts, to gliding. And last but not least: she is still an active pilot, flying in competitions, and this is certainly a quite remarkable achievements: 58 years of competition flying.