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Ben Murphy (aviator)

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Ben Murphy
Born(1975-07-18)July 18, 1975
Nationality Great Britain
EducationNewcastle University
Aviation career
Air forceRoyal Air Force
Racing career
AircraftZivko Edge 540 V2

Ben Murphy is a British pilot. He is a pilot of The Blades aerobatic team, and master class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] He is a former Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Force display team The Red Arrows

Biography

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His grandfathers were Royal Air Force pilots. While attending Newcastle University, he belonged to the Air Squadron.

In 1997, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force. In 2006, he was appointed team pilot of Red Arrows.

In 2016, he joined the Red Bull Air Race as Challenger class pilot. In 2018, he was promoted to the master class from the Challenger class of Red Bull Air Race.[2]

In 2019, he finished 4th in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in only his second season as a Master Class Pilot [3]

He uses Zivko Edge 540 V2 (Aircraft registration: N540BM) in the air race.[4] The aircraft's liveries are Union Jack.[5] The original owner of this aircraft was Peter Podlunšek (S5-MPP).

Results

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Red Bull Air Race

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Challenger Class

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Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Position
2016 United Arab Emirates
4th
Austria
DNP
Japan
5th
Hungary
2nd
United Kingdom
6th
Germany
3rd
United States
3rd
United States
CAN
20 0 6th
2017 United Arab Emirates
4th
United States
DNP
Hungary
DNP
Russia
3rd
Russia
5th
Portugal
5th
Germany
4th
United States
3rd
19 0 6th

Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified

Master Class

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Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Position
2018 United Arab Emirates
6th
5
France
10th
1
Japan
11th
0
Hungary
8th
3
Russia
5th
6
Austria
13th
0
United States
4th
7
United States
4th
7
29 0 7th
2019 United Arab Emirates
13th
1
Russia
5th
14
Hungary
2nd
22
Japan
8th
11
-- -- -- -- 48 0 4th
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References

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  1. ^ "BEN MURPHY". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Britain is back in the Master Class". 2017-11-15. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  3. ^ "Results page". Red Bull Air Race. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  4. ^ "Social Bites: Pre Abu Dhabi prep". Red Bull Air Race. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ "SLICK NEW PAINT FOR 2018". Red Bull Air Race. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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