Olaf Schmidt (born 1962) is a German
glider
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aerobatic
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pilot.
He joined his
gliding
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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
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instructor
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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
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and in the
World Glider Aerobatic Championships.
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References
1962 births
Living people
Aerobatic pilots
German aviators
German glider pilots
Place of birth missing (living people)
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