Markus Feyerabend (born 1971) is a German glider aerobatic pilot.[1]
He started gliding in 1987 at the club SFG Weilheim (now: LSV Weilheim-Peißenberg e.V.). Before he obtained his aerobatic rating in 2001, he flew cross-country competitions.[1] [2]
He has been a member of the German national glider aerobatics team since 2005. He was the German National Glider Aerobatics Champion in 2006,[1] [2] 2008[3] and 2010. In the FAI World Championships in 2007 he won the team silver medal with Olaf Schmidt and Eugen Schaal.[2] [4] In addition, Markus Feyerabend came second in the unknown sequences category in World Championships in 2007[5] [6] and European Glider Aerobatic Championships 2008.[7] He was placed first by the Deutscher Aeroclub (DAeC) in 2008 in their ranking list of German glider pilots in the unlimited aerobatic category.[8]
For aerobatics he usually flies a Swift S-1.[1] [4] [9]
He works as a systems engineer in a telecommunication company.[1] [4]
| Achievements in glider aerobatic competitions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | contest | location | category | ranking | team ranking | |
| 2002 | Salzmann-Cup | Kirn, Germany | advanced | 9 | ||
| 2003 | Salzmann-Cup | Babenhausen, Hesse, Germany | advanced | 4 | 1 | |
| 2003 | Open Hessian Championships | Schwalmstadt-Ziegenhain (Hesse), Germany | advanced | 1 | n/a | |
| 2004 | Salzmann-Cup | Nagold, Germany | advanced | 2 | 3 | |
| 2004 | German National Championships | Biberach an der Riß, Germany | unlimited | 9 | n/a | |
| 2005 | Serpukhov (Drakino airfield), Russia | unlimited | 18 (best German) | |||
| 2005 | Open Baden-Württembergian Championships | Tannheim, Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2005 | Open Dutch National Championships | Deelen, The Netherlands | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2006 | Salzmann-Cup | Donauwörth, Germany | unlimited | 1 | ||
| 2006 | FAI European Championships | Rybnik, Poland | unlimited | 11 | 3 (Schaal-Feyerabend-Schmidt) | |
| 2006 | German National Championships | Bad Frankenhausen, Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2007 | Salzmann-Cup | Stölln/Rhinow, Germany | unlimited | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Niederöblarn, Austria | unlimited | 6 | 2 (Schmidt-Feyerabend-Schaal) | ||
| 2008 | Salzmann-Cup | Hornberg (Württemberg), Germany | unlimited | 5 | ||
| 2008 | German National Championships | Rothenburg (Oberlausitz), Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2008 | Radom (Piastów airfield), Poland | unlimited | 3 (best German) | 3 (Feyerabend-Schmidt-Resch) | ||
| 2009 | German Regional Championships | Pfarrkirchen, Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2009 | World Air Games | Turin, Italy | (similar to) unlimited | 7 | n/a | |
| 2010 | German National Championships | Brandenburg, Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2010 | Jämijärvi, Finland | unlimited | 8 (best German) | 4 (Feyerabend-Schmidt-Teichmann) | ||
| 2011 | Salzmann-Cup | Hayingen (Württemberg), Germany | unlimited | 3 | ||
| 2011 | German National Championships | Rothenburg (Oberlausitz), Germany | unlimited | 3 | n/a | |
| 2011 | Toruń, Poland | unlimited | 10 (best German) | 4 (Feyerabend-Teichmann-Schmidt) | ||
| 2012 | 21st German National Championships[10] | Koblenz-Winningen, Germany | unlimited | 1 | n/a | |
| 2012 | Dubnica n/Váhom, Slovakia | unlimited | 3[11] | n/a | ||