Nigel Lamb

Nigel Lamb

At the Red Bull Air Race, London on 28 July 2007
Born August 17, 1956 (1956-08-17) (age 55)
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Nationality United Kingdom
Racing career
First race 2005
Best position 3rd (2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship)
Aircraft MXS-R
Website
nigellamb.com

Nigel Lamb is a renowned English aerobatics pilot.

Nigel Lamb was born on August 17, 1956 in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and was inspired to fly by his father, who was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in World War II. Lamb first applied to join the Rhodesian Air Force at 11, and persisted until he was finally accepted at 18, in 1975, having finished his schooling at Umtali Boy's High School. He gained his wings to fly jets and helicopters in 1976.

In 1980, Lamb left the Air Force as an instructor and moved to England to join the Marlboro Aerobatic team. He has now been a professional display pilot for 30 years, flown over 1,750 public displays in over 30 countries worldwide including leading the first civilian team to fly in China in 1996. Nigel is the only pilot to have won the British National Unlimited Aerobatic Championship 8 times consecutively, and has spent the last five years putting his skills to the test in the highly challenging Red Bull Air Race World Championship, finishing the 2010 season in third position.

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.

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.

Contents

Achievements

1986 -1993
1989
Nigel Lamb
at the Red Bull Air Race World Series
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

Legend:

See also

Filmography

  1. Flyboys (2006) (chief pilot)
  2. Hart's War (2002) (pilot: P-51 Mustang)
  3. Tmavomodrý svet (2001) (pilot: Spitfire), aka Dark Blue World (International: English title), aka Leidenschaft in dunklen Tagen (Germany: TV title)

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