Lucyna Krzywonos

Teodora Lucyna Wlazło-Bajewska Krzywonos (known as Lucyna Wlazło for the early part of her competitive career) (1 October 1928 – 26 January 2007) was a Polish glider pilot and gliding instructor. She set 6 world records and 11 national records.

Early life and learning to fly Teodora Lucyna Wlazło was born on 1 October 1928 and grew up in Białystok. She was a member of the Białystok Aeroclub, and later the Aeroklub Warszawski (Warsaw Aero Club).

In 1951 she appeared in a film where she was teaching glider pilots at the Warsaw Aero Club on how to loop de loop.

Record breaking glider flights 12 November 1950, she flew a record 4963 metres high with fellow pilot Irena Kempówna in a IS-C Żuraw two-seater.

28 July 1951, Wlazło set the national Polish gliding record in a target flight of 123 wkm.

18 July 1958 she set two world records in target and open flight in a two-seater glider totalling 489.8 km at the international competition in Leszno.

18 July 1958, she set a world record in target flight of 489.80 km, taking off together with Krystyna Cieślik as her crew in a SZD Bocian.

26 June 1960 she set a world record in target-return flight of 387 km. She continued to fly until 2005. awarded to pilots who fly 300 km to a pre-defined goal, go 500 km in one flight (but not necessarily to a pre-defined goal), and gain 5,000 m in height. Earning all three "diamonds" qualifies the pilot for the FAI registry as a Diamond Badge holder. 1969 Medal Tańskiego (pl.) 2002 Dominika Medal (awarded to the woman pilot of the year, created by Dominik Orczykowski, a Capuchin friar and chaplain to Polish aviators).