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Nigel Lamb

{{Short description|English aerobatics pilot (born 1956)}}

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|name = Nigel Lamb

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|caption = Lamb in 2007

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|08|17|df=y}}

|birth_place = {{nowrap|Eastern Highlands, Southern Rhodesia}}

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|nationality = British

|first_race = 2005

|racing_best = 1st (2014)

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|website = {{URL|nigellamb.com}}

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

Early life

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. {{citation needed span|Lamb first applied to join the Rhodesian Air Force at 11|date=May 2017}}, and persisted until he was finally accepted at 18, in 1975, having finished his schooling at Umtali Boy's High School.

Career

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

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! 2016

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See also

References

= Footnotes =

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Sources

  • {{cite magazine|last=Dunnell|first=Paul|title=Aeroplane meets Nigel Lamb|magazine=Aeroplane|volume=45|issue=6|date=June 2017|pages=90–97|issn=0143-7240}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0482999}}

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Category:1956 births

Category:Aerobatic pilots

Category:British air racers

Category:English aviators

Category:Living people

Category:Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilots

Category:Red Bull Air Race World Championship winners

Category:Rhodesian Air Force personnel

Category:Rhodesian military personnel of the Bush War

Category:White Rhodesian people

Category:Zimbabwean people of British descent

Category:Rhodesian aviators