Péter Besenyei

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Péter Besenyei
Besenyei being interview
Red Bull Air Race World Series Record
Date of Birth June 8, 1956
Team Red Bull
Year of Début 2003
Country Hungary Hungary
Best Position 2nd (2005, 2006)
2006 Position 2nd (35 points)
Plane Zivko Edge 540
Website besenyeipeter.hu

Péter Besenyei (1956) is a renowned Hungarian aerobatics pilot and world champion.

He was born on June 8, 1956 in Körmend, Hungary. He lived near the airport of Budapest and became interested in flying as he was a child. From watching 1962 World Aerobatic Championships he decided to become a pilot. At 15 years of age he flew a glider for the first time. In 1976 Peter entered his first flying competition by piloting a glider and showed his talent, finishing at second place.

Peter Besenyei became an aerobatics pilot and won several titles in national and international championships. He won his first gold medal in 1982 at the Austrian National Championships. His specialty is free-style aerobatics. He invented a number of original snap rolls and, in 1984, the "knife-edge spin". In 1995 Peter Besenyei won 2 gold and 2 silver medals and he was named the most successful aerobatics pilot of his time. In 2001 Besenyei flew upside down under the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, that spans the river Danube in Budapest, a maneuver that became a standard in air races today.

He was asked, in 2001 by Austrian energy-drink company Red Bull, to help develop the concept of an air racing competition. With enthusiasm he helped set up the rules and regulations and carefully selected the most daring pilots, with skills and courage, to handle the extreme physical and mental challenges of the air race. The first race was held in 2003 in Zeltweg, Austria. After two years the competition became a worldwide organization of Red Bull Air Race World Series.

He is currently a test pilot for the Hungarian Aviation Office and a flying instructor for aerobatic pilots on Zivko Edge 540. Enjoying car racing, skiing, sky diving and photography, Peter Besenyei is married to Tünde and they have two daughters Dóra and Nicolette.

[edit] Achievements

1982
  • Austrian National Championships – overall winner
1990
  • World Aerobatics Championships – 2nd
1993
  • Breitling Aerobatics World Cup - 3rd
1994
  • World Champion of the Compulsory Program
1995
  • European Champion Freestyle
  • European Champion of the Compulsory Program
1998
  • FAI World Grand Prix Series 1st
2000
  • World Champion Freestyle
2001
  • FAI World Grand Prix Series 1st
2003
2004
2005
2006

[edit] Honors

  • 1996 - "Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Hungary" by President Árpád Göncz

[edit] References

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Red Bull Air Race World Series Pilots

     2006 Numbers

01. Mike Mangold • 02. Péter Besenyei • 03. Kirby Chambliss • 04. Klaus Schrodt • 07. Nicolas Ivanoff • 10. Nigel Lamb • 19. Steve Jones • 36. Alejandro Maclean • 55. Paul Bonhomme • 69. Frank Versteegh • 99. Mike Goulian
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