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2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the thirteenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Aircraft and pilots Master Class ;Pilot changes * Peter Podlunšek retired the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race following the final round of the 2017 season. * 2017 Challenger Class pilot of Red Bull Air Race Ben Murphy made his debut in the Master Class. Challenger Class * All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2. ;Pilot changes * Italy's Dario Costa and South Africa's Patrick Davidson will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. Race calendar and results The eight-event calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 8 November 2017. Chiba of rounds 3 were announced on 6 March 2018. On 24 July 2018, the season finale was announced to be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Championship standings Master Class ;Master Class scoring system Challenger Class ;Challenger Class scoring system References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and created by Red Bull GmbH, the event involves competitors navigating a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time. Pilots fly individually against the clock and have to complete tight turns through a slalom course consisting of pylons, known as "Air Gates". The races are held mainly over water near cities, but are also held at airfields or natural wonders. They are accompanied by a supporting program of show flights. Races are usually flown on weekends with the first day for qualification then knockout finals the day after. The events attract large crowds and are broadcast, both live and taped, in many nations. At each venue, the top eight places earn World Championship points. The air racer with the most points at the end of the Championship becomes Red Bull Air Race World Champion. After a three-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Ivanoff
Nicolas Ivanoff (born 4 July 1967 in Ajaccio, Corsica) is a French pilot and flying instructor, who currently races in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 7. Ivanoff is nicknamed "The Quick Corsican". His highlight of 2010 so far is the attendance of the Headstart Aerospace Course at the University of Liverpool (UK) to play guest pilot of eight modified Grob G115E "Tutors." He makes numerous donations to charities and aeronautical organisations. At the Red Bull Air Race World Series, he has been sponsored by the Hamilton Watch Company. Racing record Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2004-2010 2014- Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not participate * DNS: Did not show * DQ: Disqualified * NC: Not classified Gyarary See also * Competition aerobatics Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which ground-based judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying. It is practised in both piston-powered single-engine airplanes and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Coleman (aviator)
Kevin Coleman may refer to: * Kevin Coleman (musician) Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's depart ..., drummer with Smash Mouth * Kevin Coleman (soccer) (born 1998), American soccer player * Kevin Coleman (politician), American politician from Michigan {{hndis, Coleman, Kevin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Chiang
Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ó Cionnaith'', also spelt ''Ó Cionnaoith'' and ''Ó Cionaodha'', meaning "descendant of Cionnaith". It was once popular in the 16th-century in Leinster, Munster, parts of Connacht and in County Tyrone in Ulster, and was Anglicised as O'Kenna, O'Kenny, O'Kinney, Kenna, Kenny, and Kinney amongst other variations. One bearer of the name was Cainnech of Aghaboe, better known in English as Saint Canice - a sixth-century Irish priest and missionary from near Dungiven, after whom the city and county of Kilkenny is also named. The Irish form ''Cill Chainnigh'' means "Church of Canice". It is thought that the ''Ó Cionnaith'' sept was part of the Uí Maine kingdom, based in Connacht. Within this area, the name is associated traditionally with counties Galway and Roscommon. Kenny is ranked at number 76 in the list of the most common surnames in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Bergér
Florian Bergér (born 31 March 1989) is German pilot. He is a co-pilot of A320 in Lufthansa and a pilot of the Challenger class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Biography Florian Bergér is the first German ever to claim the Challenger Cup title and the only pilot of any nationality to have earned the honour twice. Against the most competitive field yet, he's looking for a hat-trick in 2018, all the while working toward his ultimate goal: securing a spot in the Master Class. "The first time I got in touch with aviation was when my father took me for a ride. He's a pilot as well," remembers Bergér, who was born in Eichstätt in 1989. "Ever since, I've been fascinated by aviation." Bergér began his career by piloting gliders and still cross-trains with them when time permits, in addition to flying the A320 as a First Officer for Lufthansa. He received his foundational aerobatic training at the flying school of champion Red Bull Air Race pilot Matthias Dolderer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Astles
Mélanie Astles is the reigning aerobatics champion of France. Biography Melanie Astles was born on 30 May 1982 in Rugby, England, to a French mother and a British father. Melanie and her parents left for France when she was three years old. Brought up in the south of France in a very modest home environment she went to school in Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word ... and left at the age of eighteen before graduating. As a student she did quite well, but quickly she became bored of the classroom and would often day dream about flying. She wanted to become a fighter pilot but was quickly discouraged by the fact that there was only one female pilot in the army at the time. She was also told her low scores in maths and physics would make this dream impossible. Upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Red Bull Air Race Of Indianapolis
The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis was the eighth round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the twelfth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis, the United States. Master Class Qualification Round of 14 * +0:02 * +0:03 * +0:07 Round of 8 * +0:03 * +0:05 Final 4 Final result Challenger Class Qualification The final game was canceled due to bad weather. The players were given half the usual points according to the preliminary ranking. Standings after the event ;Master Class standings ;Challenger Class standings References External links Indianapolis Red Bull Air Race , - style="text-align:center" , width="35%", Previous race: 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz , width="30%", Red Bull Air Race 2017 season , width="35%", Next race: 2018 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi , - style="text-align:center" , width="35%", Previous race:201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. redbullairrace.com He uses two racing aircraft; an Extra 300L and an Extra 330SC. He has flown aerobatic aircraft since 1994 and has won eight national championships in aerobatics. He is based in Slovenia's aerobatics hotbed of |
Juan Velarde (aviator)
Juan Velarde is a Spanish pilot who currently competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and created by Red Bull GmbH, the event involves competitors navigating a .... He has extensive amounts of experience with various types of aircraft and is currently Spain's top pilot. In 2014 he joined the Challenger Class of the Red Bull Air Race. He was promoted to the Master Class in 2015, but he failed to score a point all season, finishing ahead of only fellow Master Class debutant and 2014 Challenger Class champion, François Le Vot. His 2016 campaign started strongly, finishing as the top qualifier in Spielberg. Results Challenger Class Master Class ''*season in progress'' Gallery File:2017RedBullAirRaceChibaN26VE.jpg, 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba N26VE References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Šonka
Martin Šonka (born 26 March 1978 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem) is a Czech aerobatics (unlimited) and a former fighter pilot in the Czech Air Force. He has raced in Red Bull Air Race World Championship since 2010, becoming the World Champion in the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season. Biography Beginnings Martin Šonka began his aviation career in 1997. In this year he flew a glider for the first time and started his studies at University of Defence in Brno as a pilot. In 1999 he gained his Private Pilot Licence. Between 2001 and 2005 he attended Jan Perner Transport Faculty at University of Pardubice (Department of Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics). He finished his studies with a master's degree in 2005. The Czech Air Force His military career started in 2000 in Pardubice. Two years after he moved to the air base in Náměšť nad Oslavou and in 2006 to 21st Tactical Air Force Base at Čáslav where he began flying L-159 Alca. In 2012 he has fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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. In 2019, he finished 4th in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in only his second season as a Master Class Pilot He uses Zivko Edge 540 V2 (Aircraft registration: N540BM) in the air race. The aircraft's liveries are Union Jack. The original owner of this aircraft was Peter Podlunšek Peter Podlunšek (born May 25, 1970) is a Slovenian aerobatics pilot. He competes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihide Muroya
is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He started glider flight training in 1991 because it was an inexpensive way to fly. Muroya went to the United States privately to earn his airplane license at the age of twenty. After that, he worked long hours to earn enough money to get his training in the United States for a period of two months a year. At the same time, he continued glider training in Japan and learned long-distance flight techniques in Australia. In 2009 he participated in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as first Japanese and first Asian pilot. Special Team Mate Robert Fry joined as Team coordinator. In the final race in Barcelona, Spain he took 6th place. In 2017 he became Red Bull Air Race's World Champion. Until now, he has held some 170 air-shows over 12 years without incident. In 2021, Muroya partnered with Lexus to launch Lexus/Pathfinder Air Racing, a joint team competing in the Air Race World Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
