Martin Šonka: My Flight to Heaven
The inspiring story of aerobatic pilot Martin Šonka, who became the 2018 World Champion of the respected Air Race series
But his journey to the absolute top of the world also shows how it pays to dream, because even seemingly unrealistic desires can - if you work hard and go for them - be fulfilled one day. An ordinary boy from Sezimovo Ústí, as he likes to call himself, has made a name for himself in an industry in which money often decides. Despite the fact that his mother was a single mother, he and his brother slept in a broom truck, and the Czech Republic is not an attractive location for big sponsors, he grew up to be an elite world pilot. And the anonymous man became a respected sports personality in the country. The confessions of the father of three are complemented by interviews with his closest friends and his great rivals.
Martin Šonka and Robert Sara
Martin Šonka (1978) After graduating from the Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering in Tábor, Martin decided to devote himself to flying. Therefore, in 1997, he joined the Military Academy in Brno, where he graduated as a fighter pilot and continued his studies at the University of Pardubice in Management, Marketing and Logistics in Transport. At that time also came the first racing. In 2001 aerobatics on gliders and in 2003 the beginning of aerobatics on powered aircraft. In 2004, he joined the Czech national team in aerobatics. In 2010, Martin Šonka became the first Czech pilot in the prestigious Red Bull Air Race series, and in 2018 he became the overall winner of the elite series. In addition to many other laurels, he can boast three European championship titles, two world vice-championship titles in freestyle and a European vice-championship title in classic acrobatics.
Robert Sára (1980) has been working as a sports journalist since 1999. He started in the regional branch of MF DNES in his native Jihlava, then moved to the local editorial office while studying journalism and history at Masaryk University in Brno, and from there in 2005 he headed to the national editorial office in Prague. Since 2021, he has worked at the Sport.cz website and the Právo daily. He writes mainly about hockey - he has participated as a journalist in 13 world championships and the Olympic Games - and motorsport. His book debut was an interview with Dakar Rally motorcycle racer Lukas Kvapil called Tears of the Dakar Knight. The biography about the aerobatic pilot Martin Šonka has been two years in the making. He lives in Roztoky near Prague and he and his wife Iva have two sons Jonáš and Albert.
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