Nigel Lamb
| Nigel Lamb | |
|---|---|
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At the Red Bull Air Race, London on 28 July 2007 | |
| Born |
17 August 1956 Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom  |
| Racing career | |
| First race | 2005 |
| Best position | 1st (2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship) |
| Aircraft | MXS-R |
| Website | |
| nigellamb.com | |
Nigel Lamb is an English aerobatics pilot. Lamb is the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Champion.
Nigel Lamb was born on 17 August 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, 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.
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.
Achievements
- 1986 -1993
- British Unlimited Aerobatic Champion – 8 times. consecutively
- 1989
- Masters of Aerobatics South Africa – Silver medal
- Member of British team in three World Aerobatic Championships and two European championships.
- British Freestyle Champion – 4 times.
| Nigel Lamb at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| 2014 | 5th |
 8th |
 1st |
 2nd |
2nd |
2nd |
2nd |
2nd |
62 | 1 | 1st | ||||
Legend:
- CAN: Cancelled
- DNP: Did not participate
- DNS: Did not show
- DQ: Disqualified
- NC: Not classified
See also
Filmography
- Flyboys (2006) (chief pilot)
- Hart's War (2002) (pilot: P-51 Mustang)
- Tmavomodrý svet (2001) (pilot: Spitfire), aka Dark Blue World (International: English title), aka Leidenschaft in dunklen Tagen (Germany: TV title)
References
External links
- Channel 4
- IMDb Internet Movie Database
- Aerobatics
- Red Bull Air Race World Championship official website
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Paul Bonhomme (2010) |
Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion 2014 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Current pilots - Master | |
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| Current pilots - Challenger |
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| Former pilots | |
