Michael Goulian

Michael Goulian
Goulian in 2010
Born	(1968-09-04) September 4, 1968
Nationality	United States
Racing career
First race	2004
Best position	1st
Aircraft	Zivko Edge 540 Extra 330SC[1]
Website
mikegoulian.com

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.

Biography

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.^[2] 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 has been one of the main sponsors of Team Goulian in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship seasons since 2014.^[3]

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.

Michael Goulian at the Red Bull Air Race World Series
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	Wins	Rank
2004	DNP	DNP	4th										3	0	6th
2006	6th	9th	5th	CAN	DNS	4th	5th	5th	6th				11	0	5th
2007	7th	DNS	11th	7th	CAN	6th	DNS	9th	9th	9th	CAN	2nd	6	0	8th
2008	11th	5th	8th	CAN	7th	11th	8th	6th	CAN	10th			16	0	8th
2009	14th	14th	6th	1st	9th	11th							22	1	10th
2010	4th	11th	8th	6th	7th	13th							24	0	9th

Legend:

• CAN: Cancelled
• DNP: Did not participate
• DNS: Did not show
• DQ: Disqualified
• NC: Not classified

See also

• Competition aerobatics

References

External links

• Goulian Aerosports
• Biography at personal website
• Red Bull Air Race World Series official website
• Linear Air