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
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.
nigel, lamb, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, potentia. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Nigel Lamb news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Nigel Lamb born 17 August 1956 is an English aerobatics pilot and the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Champion Nigel LambLamb in 2007Born 1956 08 17 17 August 1956 age 66 Eastern Highlands Southern RhodesiaNationalityBritishWebsitenigellamb wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 3 1 2005 2010 3 2 2014 2016 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Footnotes 6 Sources 7 External linksEarly life EditLamb 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 EditAfter 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 EditNigel 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 Edit Nigel Lambat the Red Bull Air Race World ChampionshipYear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Wins Rank2005 DNP DNP DNP DNP 9th 8th 7th 0 0 8th2006 9th 6th 8th CAN 6th DQ 6th 8th 8th 3 0 9th2007 11th 7th 8th 8th CAN 10th 7th 6th 7th 3rd CAN 8th 5 0 9th2008 8th 6th 12th CAN 8th 5th 6th 5th CAN 2nd 30 0 7th2009 4th 6th 8th 9th 11th 2nd 32 0 6th2010 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 2nd 4th CAN CAN 55 0 3rdSeries not held between 2011 and 20132014 2016 Edit Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank2014 5th 8th 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 62 1 1st2015 5th 5th 5th 8th 5th 13th 6th 10th 20 0 7th2016 11th 3rd 4th 6th 6th 10th 2nd CAN 37 75 0 4thSee also EditCompetition aerobaticsReferences EditFootnotes Edit Dunnell Aeroplane June 2016 pp 92 94 Sources EditDunnell Paul June 2017 Aeroplane meets Nigel Lamb Aeroplane Vol 45 no 6 pp 90 97 ISSN 0143 7240 External links EditNigel Lamb at IMDbSporting positionsPreceded byPaul Bonhomme 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion2014 Succeeded byPaul Bonhomme 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nigel Lamb amp oldid 1058130993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
