Ben Murphy is a

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. He is a pilot of The Blades aerobatic team, and master class of the

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. He is a former Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Force display team

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Biography

His grandfathers were

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pilots. While attending

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, he belonged to the Air Squadron. In 1997, he enlisted in the

. In 2006, he was appointed team pilot of

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. In 2016, he joined the

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as Challenger class pilot. In 2018, he was promoted to the master class from the Challenger class of Red Bull Air Race. In 2019, he finished 4th in the

in only his second season as a Master Class Pilot He uses

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V2 (

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: N540BM) in the air race. The aircraft's liveries are

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. The original owner of this aircraft was

Peter Podlunšek Peter Podlunšek (born May 25, 1970) is a Slovenian aerobatics pilot. He competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Challenger Cup competition. His first Red Bull Air Race was on 12 April 2014 in Rovinj where he took third place. ...

(S5-MPP).

Results

Red Bull Air Race

Challenger Class

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

Master Class

Gallery

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Ben 1975 births Living people British aviators British air racers Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilots Aerobatic pilots