Nigel Lamb

Nigel Lamb
Lamb in 2007
Born	(1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 69) Eastern Highlands, Southern Rhodesia
Nationality	British
Website	nigellamb.com

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

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

Nigel Lamb at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	Wins	Rank
2005	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	9th	8th	7th						0	0	8th
2006	9th	6th	8th	CAN	6th	DQ	6th	8th	8th				3	0	9th
2007	11th	7th	8th	8th	CAN	10th	7th	6th	7th	3rd	CAN	8th	5	0	9th
2008	8th	6th	12th	CAN	8th	5th	6th	5th	CAN	2nd			30	0	7th
2009	4th	6th	8th	9th	11th	2nd							32	0	6th
2010	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	CAN	CAN					55	0	3rd
Series not held between 2011 and 2013

2014-2016

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Rank
2014	5th	8th	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	62	1	1st
2015	5th	5th	5th	8th	5th	13th	6th	10th	20	0	7th
2016	11th	3rd	4th	6th	6th	10th	2nd	CAN	37.75	0	4th

See also

• Competition aerobatics

References

Footnotes

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

Sources

• Dunnell, Paul (June 2017). "Aeroplane meets Nigel Lamb". Aeroplane . Vol. 45, no. 6. pp. 90–97. ISSN   0143-7240.

External links

• Nigel Lamb at IMDb

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paul Bonhomme (2010)	Red Bull Air Race World Champion 2014	Succeeded by Paul Bonhomme (2015)