Ben Murphy (aviator)

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

Ben Murphy
Born	July 18, 1975
Nationality	Great Britain
Education	Newcastle University
Aviation career
Air force	Royal Air Force
Racing career
Aircraft	Zivko Edge 540 V2

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

Challenger Class

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Position
2016	4th	DNP	5th	2nd	6th	3rd	3rd	CAN	20	0	6th
2017	4th	DNP	DNP	3rd	5th	5th	4th	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	6th 5	10th 1	11th 0	8th 3	5th 6	13th 0	4th 7	4th 7	29	0	7th
2019	13th 1	5th 14	2nd 22	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". 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. 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