Steve Jones (pilot)

Steve Jones
Steve Jones, 2010
Surname	Steve Jones
Born	January 5, 1960 in Hereford , England
Red Bull Air Race World Championship
plane	Edge 540
Placements / titles
Placement (year)	03rd (2004) 06th (2005) 06th (2006) 05th (2007) 06th (2008)

Steve Jones (born January 5, 1960 , in Hereford , England ) is a British pilot and aerobatic pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship between 2003 and 2008 and then became Race Director and Training Director of the racing series.

Career

Beginnings

Jones had his first flying lesson when he was only five years old, on the knees of a family friend in a Cessna in 1965. He earned both a commercial and an aerobatics - pilot license . Jones was initially a captain with British Airways and flew a Boeing 747 . His company restores wooden vintage aircraft, among other things. Privately, he works on vintage racing cars and takes part in car races with them. Born in Hereford, England, Jones is a former British master in aerobatics and, in addition to his many honors as an aerobatic pilot, has worked as an air taxi pilot, flight instructor and jet pilot.

Competitive aerobatics

Jones has been flying with Paul Bonhomme on the Red Bull Matadors team since 1994 . They have presented their show around the world from the United Arab Emirates to Japan. In 2015, Steve Jones and Paul Bonhomme fly together spectacularly in a unique performance through a barn, only meters apart.

Jones is currently exhibiting historic aircraft and is both director and test pilot for the " Electroflight P1e" project , which produces an aircraft with an electronic drive.

successes

Steve Jones and Paul Bonhomme with their Suchoi Su- 26M of the Red Bull Matadors at the takeoff in Gloucestershire in 2008

2005

FAI World Grand Prix # 22, Lausanne ( Switzerland ), gold 

FAI World Grand Prix # 21, Al-Ain ( United Arab Emirates ), bronze 

2004

FAI World Grand Prix # 20, Al-Ain ( United Arab Emirates ), gold 

2002

FAI World Grand Prix # 18, Twin Ring Motegi ( Japan ), gold 

FAI World Grand Prix # 17, Brno ( Czech Republic ), silver 

2001

FAI World Grand Prix # 16, Twin Ring Motegi ( Japan ), silver 

2000

FAI World Grand Prix # 15, Twin Ring Motegi ( Japan ), gold 

1995

David Perrin Trophy Winner (British Championship)

Note: All FAI World Grand Prix results were obtained in the team category with the Matadors Aerobatic Team (known as the "Sukhoi Duo" in 1997).

Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Steve Jones with his Edge 540 (N19ZE), 2008 in London

Steve Jones shaped the Red Bull Air Race as a dynamic competitor from 2003 to 2008, winning several podiums, including his two racing successes in 2006, 2007 and a third place in the overall ranking. In the 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Championship he won in Porto, defeating Mike Mangold , who in turn won the season at the end.

Jones retired at the end of the 2008 season as an active participant in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. In the following two racing times in 2009 and 2010 he was a technical commentator for TV and Internet reporting. After the 3-year hiatus from the Red Bull Air Race World Championship between 2011 and 2013, Jones returned in 2014 in a changing role as race director and head of the jury for the competitions of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and the Challenger Cup, as an important hub of the Sports back.

Steve Jones at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
year	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	Victories	rank
2003	NC	DNS											0	0	NC
2004	2	4th	7th										8th	0	3
2005	2	5	5	6th	6th	6th	9						12	0	6th
2006	8th	10	7th	CAN	8th	1	DSQ	DSQ	5				8th	0	6th
2007	5	8th	7th	12	CAN	4th	6th	5	1	4th	CAN	10	17th	0	5
2008	7th	9	7th	3	9	2	4th	CAN	6th				33	0	6th

( Legend: DNP = not participated; DNS = not started; DSQ = disqualified; CAN = canceled; NC = not classified)

Web links

Commons : Steve Jones  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Red Bull Air Race website
• Steve Jones' profile on airrace.redbull.com
• Matador Aerobatic Team website
• Website of the Electrolight P1e electric aircraft

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Steve Jones | Red Bull Air Race. Retrieved January 22, 2018 (German). 
2. ↑ MATADOR'S AEROBATIC TEAM. Retrieved January 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ This flight maneuver is unique (360 ° video) - flight through a barn. Retrieved January 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ Electroflight - Worlds First High Performance Electric Aircraft. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 5, 2017 ; accessed on January 25, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ FAI World Grand Prix - Results - MATADORS. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .