Michael Goulian

Michael George "Mike" Goulian (born September 4, 1968 in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is an American aerobatic national champion aviator who raced in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 99.

Michael Goulian
Goulian in 2010
Born (1968-09-04) September 4, 1968
Nationality United States
Spouse(s)Karin Goulian
Websitemikegoulian.com
Goulian flying his Edge 540 at the 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

Biography

Goulian 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.[1] 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 drive a car and soloed in 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, Goulian 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).

Goulian is co-author of a series of books called Basic and Advanced Aerobatics, published by McGraw Hill, which became the industry standard for aerobatic flight training manuals.

He is the co-founder of two Bedford, Massachusetts, United States-based aviation companies: Linear Air, which offers air taxi services using very light jets and piston-powered aircraft, and Mike Goulian Aviation, which is a Cirrus aircraft training, management and rental company.

Goulian flies a Cirrus SR22T for his business and personal travels.[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.

Racing record

2004-2010
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
CAN
CAN		 24 0 9th
Series not held between 2011 and 2013

2014-
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2014
DNS
12th
12th
9th
12th
11th
10th
6th		 3 0 12th
2015
12th
6th
4th
11th
9th
7th
9th
6th		 13 0 10th
2016
5th
10th
13th
10th
4th
6th
10th
CAN		 19.75 0 10th
2017
6th
8th
5th
12th
3rd
10th
14th
7th		 28 0 9th
2018
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
2nd
12th
1st
8th		 73 2 3rd
2019
3rd		 21 3rd

Legend:

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

See also

References
  1. "Executive Flyers Aviation celebrates 50 years". General Aviation News.
  2. "Bremont Watch Company Teams Up with Mike Goulian".
  3. "Cirrus Aircraft Announces 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship Sponsorship".
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