Nigel Lamb

Nigel Lamb
At the Red Bull Air Race, London on 28 July 2007
Born	August 17, 1956 (1956-08-17) (age 55)
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 Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). He was inspired to fly by his father, who was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in World War II, and at age 11 first applied to join the Air Force and persisted until he was finally accepted at 18.

After finishing his schooling at Umtali Boy's High School, Umtali, (now Mutare) Nigel Lamb joined the Rhodesian Air Force in 1975 and 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 and 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.

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 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:

• CAN: Cancelled
• DNP: Did not participate
• DNS: Did not show
• DQ: Disqualified
• NC: Not classified

See also

• Competition aerobatics

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)

References

External links

• Channel 4
• IMDb Internet Movie Database
• Aerobatics
• Red Bull Air Race World Championship official website

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