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Michael George "Mike" Goulian (born September 4, 1968 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American aerobatic national champion 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 (Executive Flyers Aviation ), one of the largest flying schools in the Northeastern United States in 1964. Michael's father Myron Goulian (also known as "Mike") was an FAA examiner. Michael grew up by washing airplanes and sweeping the hangar floor. He learned to fly 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 Executive Flyers Aviation. While earning his living 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 the age of 22, making him the youngest pilot ever to have won that competition.〔Bremont Watch Company Teams Up with Mike Goulian http://mikegoulian.com/news-category/bremont-teams-up-with-mike-goulian〕 In 1992, he was the top-ranked US male aerobatic pilot and Silver Medalist in the Unlimited Category, an achievement he repeated in 1993. In 1995, he became the US National Champion in the Unlimited Category. He was a member of the US Aerobatic Team in 1994, 1996 and 1998. In 2006, Goulian was awarded the prestigious Art Scholl Memorial Award for airshow showmanship by the International Council of Airshows (ICAS). 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 also co-founder of Linear Air, a company that offers air taxi service using Eclipse 500 very light jets and Cirrus SR22 piston-powered aircraft in the United States. Goulian flies a Cirrus SR22 for his business and personal travels. Cirrus Aircraft announced in February 2014 and 2015 that it would be sponsoring Team Goulian in both Red Bull Air Race World Championship seasons.〔Cirrus Aircraft Announces 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship Sponsorship http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cirrus-aircraft-announces-2014-red-182000673.html〕 He has been married to Karin Goulian since 2000, and enjoys skiing, playing ice hockey and golf. They have a daughter Emily, who was born in 2006. Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not participate * DNS: Did not show * DQ: Disqualified * NC: Not classified ==See also== * Competition aerobatics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Goulian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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