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Radka Máchová (born 14 January 1949) is a Czech aerobatic pilot.
Life and career
Máchová was interested in flight since childhood. At the age of 15, she did her first parachuteskydive
Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes.
For hu ...
. She was interested in architecture
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but was also interested in aircraft construction. She graduated from the University of Žilina
The University of Žilina was established on 1 October 1953 as the College of Railways in Prague. In 1959, the institution changed its name to the University of Transport and moved to Žilina. As a result of the increasing role of communication ...
, specializing in aeronautics and air transport, and in 1971 she received a pilot's license
Pilot licensing or certification refers to permits for operating aircraft. Flight crew licences are issued by the civil aviation authority of each country, which must establish that the holder has met minimum knowledge and experience before issui ...
. After graduation, she returned to Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
and received a commercial pilot license (CPL) from the Prague Aero Club. She was a member of the Czechoslovak National Aerobatic Team. She worked as a manager of air traffic.
Flying Bulls
In 2001 she joined theFlying Bulls Aerobatics Team
The Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team is a Czech aerobatic team. The team fly four XtremeAir Sbach 342 aircraft, painted in the colours of their sponsor, Red Bull energy drink. All the team aircraft use white smoke generators during air shows.
Cre ...
. The group was originally based in Chrudim
Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...
, East Bohemia, but later it moved to another part of this region, Jaroměř-Josefov airfield
An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes in ...
. In 2002 she became the leading officer of this team. The shows of The Flying Bulls were specialized in precise aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...
flying in box formation of four Zlín Z-50
The Zlin Z-50 is an aerobatics, aerobatic sports airplane built by the Czechoslovakian company Moravan, Zlin Aircraft.
History
In the autumn of 1973 Zlin Aircraft, Zlín Aircraft decided to develop a new single seat aerobatic airplane. The desig ...
planes including ''Apache Roll'' figure, when Radka Máchová and Miroslav Krejší flew in the mirror position, while Jiří Saller rolled close around them. In 2015 she was removed from this job during the team reconstruction. This decision was controversial. Radka’s teammate Jiří Saller gave his resignation for his team membership in the result of this affair (the second reason of this controversy was the plane changing, when Zlín Z-50 type was replaced with generally different XtremeAir XA42
The XtremeAir Sbach 342 (XA42) is a German high performance two-seat aerobatic and touring monoplane designed by Philipp Steinbach with Albert Mylius and built by XtremeAir GmbH of Hecklingen.
The Sbach 342 (a marketing name for the XA42) is ...
).
Bangalore accident
On 19 February 2015 Radka Máchová and Jiří Saller collided during AERO India show inBangalore
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
. Although Máchová’s plane lost its propeller and Saller’s plane had heavily damaged wing and blocked control elements, both pilots landed without any injury. It was no reason for Máchová’s end in leader position because of older decision about Flying Bulls reconstruction.
Historical flying
Radka Máchová is a part of historical flying formation named ''Pterodactyl Flight'' since 2015. She pilots Fokker E.III replica.
References
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