Kirby Chambliss flies above the Flying Z Ranch at the 2021 Training Camp in Los Alamos, California, USA on 5 April, 2021.
Kirby Chambliss poses with his race plane ahead of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Spielberg, Austria on April 23, 2016

Kirby
Chambliss

United States

United States

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Air Racing

A Red Bull Air Race World Champion, Kirby Chambliss, who hails from Texas, is regarded as one of the best aerobatic pilots in the world.

Date of birth

October 18, 1959

Birthplace

Corpus Christi, Texas

Age

66

Nationality

United States

United States

Career start

1997

Disciplines

Aerobatic airshows / Air Racing

Kirby Chambliss is a five-time winner of the US National Aerobatic Championship and a former Men’s Freestyle World Champion. He’s also fast, world-class fast – in fact he is one of only two American pilots ever to win the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

Kirby and his Red Bull Edge 540 raceplane must sustain a radical span of 18 Gs, so he follows a rigorous exercise regimen of skydiving and motocross to stay in shape. And with a runway at his Arizona home, he can train on his doorstep (to the delight of his wife and young daughter...).