Ben Murphy (aviator)

Ben Murphy
Born	(1975-07-18)18 July 1975
Nationality	Great Britain
Education	Newcastle University
Aviation career
Air force	Royal Air Force
Racing career
Aircraft	Zivko 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

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

Red Bull Air Race

Challenger Class

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

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

Gallery

References

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". 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
3. "Results page". Red Bull Air Race. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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.

External links

• Ben Murphy on Twitter