Paul Bonhomme

Paul Bonhomme, born on 22 September 1964, is a British aerobatic pilot who also works as a commercial airline pilot. He owned and raced for Team Bonhomme in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2003 to 2015. He grew up in a family of aviators and started flying in 1980 at White Waltham Airfield, then began aerobatics in 1986, moving from the Pitts Special through the Yak-50 and Extra 300 to the Sukhoi Su-26. With his colleague Steve Jones he flew formation as The Matadors and won three gold medals and one silver medal in the FAI series. In the air race he took 46 podium finishes in 65 races, including 19 wins, and was world champion in 2009, 2010 and 2015. He received the Segrave Trophy in 2009 and the Guild Sword of Honour in 2010.