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.Rovinj Challenger Cup results - Red Bull Air Race World Championships 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 Murska Sobota. Since 2008 he has been flying the Extra 330SC and participated in more than 250 airshows across Europe, China and Libya. In his two decades of flying he has clocked more than 1,000 flight hours - 450 of those being in aerobatics. Peter announced that he will retire the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race in the 2017 season.
Red Bull Air Race Challenger Class Peter Podlunšekat the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8PointsWinsRank 2014DNP3rd65th2DNP5th24th4DNPDNP 12 09th 2015DNP6th04th43rd64th44th42nd82nd 18 02nd
Master Class Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8PointsWinsRank 2016 Abu Dhabi13th Spielberg8th Chiba11th Budapest12th Ascot10th Lausitz13th Indianapolis11th Las VegasCAN 4 013th 2017 Abu DhabiDSQ San Diego2nd Chiba12th Budapest13th(DNS) Kazan14th Porto9th Lausitz13th Indianapolis14th 14 012th *season in progress Legend: CAN - cancelled DNP - did not participate DNS - did not show DQ - disqualified NC - not classified
See also Competition aerobatics
References
External links
Peter Podlunšek Peter Podlunšek - Red Bull Air Race profile