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Nigel Lamb

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Nigel Lamb
Lamb in 2007
Born (1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 68)
NationalityBritish
Websitenigellamb.com

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

Early life

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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

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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.[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

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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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United Kingdom 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 United Arab Emirates
DNP
Netherlands
DNP
Austria
DNP
Republic of Ireland
DNP
United Kingdom
9th
Hungary
8th
United States
7th
0 0 8th
2006 United Arab Emirates
9th
Spain
6th
Germany
8th
Russia
CAN
Turkey
6th
Hungary
DQ
United Kingdom
6th
United States
8th
Australia
8th
3 0 9th
2007 United Arab Emirates
11th
Brazil
7th
United States
8th
Turkey
8th
Spain
CAN
Switzerland
10th
United Kingdom
7th
Hungary
6th
Portugal
7th
United States
3rd
Mexico
CAN
Australia
8th
5 0 9th
2008 United Arab Emirates
8th
United States
6th
United States
12th
Sweden
CAN
Netherlands
8th
United Kingdom
5th
Hungary
6th
Portugal
5th
Spain
CAN
Australia
2nd
30 0 7th
2009 United Arab Emirates
4th
United States
6th
Canada
8th
Hungary
9th
Portugal
11th
Spain
2nd
32 0 6th
2010 United Arab Emirates
2nd
Australia
4th
Brazil
2nd
Canada
4th
United States
2nd
Germany
4th
Hungary
CAN
Portugal
CAN
55 0 3rd
Series not held between 2011 and 2013

2014-2016

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Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2014 United Arab Emirates
5th
Croatia
8th
Malaysia
1st
Poland
2nd
United Kingdom
2nd
United States
2nd
United States
2nd
Austria
2nd
62 1 1st
2015 United Arab Emirates
5th
Japan
5th
Croatia
5th
Hungary
8th
United Kingdom
5th
Austria
13th
United States
6th
United States
10th
20 0 7th
2016 United Arab Emirates
11th
Austria
3rd
Japan
4th
Hungary
6th
United Kingdom
6th
Germany
10th
United States
2nd
United States
CAN
37.75 0 4th

See also

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References

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Footnotes

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

Sources

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  • Dunnell, Paul (June 2017). "Aeroplane meets Nigel Lamb". Aeroplane. Vol. 45, no. 6. pp. 90–97. ISSN 0143-7240.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion
2014
Succeeded by