Nigel Lamb

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Nigel Lamb
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Lamb in 2007
Born (1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 69)
NationalityBritish
Website nigellamb.com

Nigel Lamb (born 17 August 1956) is an English aerobatics pilot and the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Champion.

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Early life

Lamb was born in the Eastern Highlands of Southern Rhodesia and was inspired to fly by his father, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot iduringWorld War II. Lamb first applied to join the Rhodesian Air Force at 11[ citation needed ], and persisted until he was finally accepted at 18, in 1975, having finished his schooling at Umtali Boy's High School.

Career

After gaining his wings he did an Operational Conversion on de Havilland Vampire jets before becoming a helicopter pilot, flying the Alouette II and Alouette III and Augusta Bell UH-1H in the Rhodesian Bush War. In 1980, following the election of Robert Mugabe, Lamb, by then an instructor, left the Air Force and moved to England to join the Marlboro Aerobatic team. [1] He was a professional display pilot for 36 years, flew 1,900 public displays in over 30 countries worldwide including leading the first civilian aerobatics display team to fly in China in 1996. Nigel was the British Unlimited Aerobatic Champion 8 times consecutively and spent eight years putting his skills to the test in the highly challenging Red Bull Air Race World Championship, winning the 2014 world championship title.

He also featured in some major movie productions as an aerial display pilot flying a variety of historical aircraft including a Spitfire, P-51 Mustang and a P-40 Kittyhawk.

Personal life

Nigel Lamb is married to successful aerobatic pilot Hilary, and together they have three sons, Max, Daniel and Ben. He enjoys skiing, scuba diving and squash.

2005–2010

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2014-2016

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37.7504th

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Dunnell Aeroplane June 2016, pp. 92–94.

Sources

Sporting positions
Preceded by Red Bull Air Race World Champion
2014
Succeeded by