Nigel Lamb

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. Template:Citation needed span, 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 UH1-H 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. 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

Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon DNP	Template:Flagicon DNP	Template:Flagicon DNP	Template:Flagicon DNP	Template:Flagicon 9th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 7th						0	0	8th
2006	Template:Flagicon 9th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon DQ	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 8th				3	0	9th
2007	Template:Flagicon 11th	Template:Flagicon 7th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 10th	Template:Flagicon 7th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 7th	Template:Flagicon 3rd	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 8th	5	0	9th
2008	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 12th	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 2nd			30	0	7th
2009	Template:Flagicon 4th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 9th	Template:Flagicon 11th	Template:Flagicon 2nd							32	0	6th
2010	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 4th	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 4th	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 4th	Template:Flagicon CAN	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 1st	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon 2nd	62	1	1st
2015	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 8th	Template:Flagicon 5th	Template:Flagicon 13th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 10th	20	0	7th
2016	Template:Flagicon 11th	Template:Flagicon 3rd	Template:Flagicon 4th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 6th	Template:Flagicon 10th	Template:Flagicon 2nd	Template:Flagicon CAN	37.75	0	4th

See also

• Competition aerobatics

External links

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