Lamb Air

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Donald Lamb (Tom's second oldest son) Oct 12, 1932 - Dec 26, 2003

Lamb Air Ltd. was an airline that began operations in 1934 in The Pas, Manitoba, Canada that went out of business in 1981. Originally the company was called "Thomas Lamb Airways Ltd.", later renamed "Lamb Airways" and then "Lambair".

The founder of the airline was Tom Lamb. When Tom's father, Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb, emigrated from England in the later 1800s, THP Lamb turned from school teacher to fur traders. In 1900, THP started Lamb's Store in Moose Lake, Manitoba.

Tom's six sons (in order of age) are: Greg Lamb, Donald Lamb, Dennis Lamb, Jack Lamb, Doug Lamb and Connie Lamb and all of them were pilots with the company.

Donald's son Todd Lamb was actively involved in Lamb Air and other airlines in Canada, China and Africa.

Lamb Air operated many aircraft. Below is a partial list:

• C-46 Commandos
• De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters
• De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters
• De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers
• Various Cessnas
• Fokker F27 as built by Fairchild
• Noorduyn Norseman
• Britton Norman BN2A-26
• Bristol Freighter
• DC-3s
• Piper Aztecs

• Aérospatiale Gazelle
• Aérospatiale Alouette II
• Bell Helicopter

External links

• [Flight from Kabul]
• [DC-3 Through the Ice]
• [Keith Olsen - pilot with Lamb Air]
• [Lamb Air's C46 "Miss Piggy" crashed at Churchill, Manitoba]
• [Jack Lamb's book "Life in the North"]
• [Meredith Lamb's Web Site (Donald's daughter]]
• [Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb]

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