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. , 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 UH-1H 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.

2005–2010 Nigel Lambat the Red Bull Air Race World ChampionshipYear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12PointsWinsRank 2005 DNP DNP DNP DNP9th8th7th 0 08th 20069th6th8th CAN6th DQ 6th8th8th 3 09th 200711th7th8th 8th CAN10th7th6th7th3rd CAN8th 5 09th 20088th6th12th CAN8th5th6th5th CAN2nd 30 07th 20094th6th8th9th11th2nd 32 06th 20102nd4th2nd4th2nd4thCANCAN 5503rd Series not held between 2011 and 2013

2014–2016 Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8PointsWinsRank 20145th8th 1st2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd 62 11st 20155th5th5th8th5th13th6th10th 20 07th 201611th3rd4th6th6th10th2nd CAN 37.75 04th

See also Competition aerobatics

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