Janusz Centka

{{Short description|Polish glider pilot (born 1950)}}

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Janusz Centka (born 20 April 1950, in Tonowo) is a Polish glider pilot who has won two European and three World Gliding Championships.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927095548/http://www.fai.org/gliding/rankings/displaypilotdets.php?pilotid=203 FAI IGC pilot ranking: Janusz Centka], European Gliding Championships, World Gliding Championships – accessed 2008-02-02{{dead link|date=December 2015}}

In 2002 he established a world record in speed over a triangular course of 1000 km (144.95 km/h) in the 15m class in a SZD 56 Diana from Ely, Nevada (USA).[https://web.archive.org/web/20030516080030/http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?id=207&from=gliding FAI world records by Janusz Centka] – accessed 2008-01-11

In 2003, he was awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma, and in 2004 he was awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale gliding commission.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927095606/http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3957 FAI awards received by Janusz Centka] – accessed 2008-01-11

He is a member of the gliding club at Leszno and works as a Boeing 767 captain and flight instructor for PLL LOT.[http://www.lot.com/Portal/EN/aspx/Content_Our_pilots.aspx Famous pilots of PLL LOT] – accessed 2008-01-11