Clay Lacy
Clay Lacy was born in Wichita, Kansas, United States on August 14th, 1932 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 91, Clay Lacy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Hershel Clay Lacy (born August 14, 1932) is the creator and former chief executive officer of Clay Lacy Aviation, which was established in 1968 as the first executive jet charter company in the Western United States.
He has worked as a flight captain, military aviator, experimental test pilot, world record holder, aerial cinematographer, and business aviation entrepreneur.
Lacy has flown more than 300 aircraft, completed more than 50,000 flight hours, and spent more hours on a turbine aircraft than any other pilot in history.
Aviation career
Lacy became captivated with flight as a child on a farm near Wichita, Kansas, during the Great Depression. At age five, he learned how to build model planes and designed his first gasoline-powered flying machine at age eight. Lacy piloted his first plane at Cannonball Airport, which was constructed on his grandmother's farm about three miles outside of Wichita's city limits. He worked in exchange for flying time. He earned a flight instructor's certificate in 1948 at the age of 16.
Lacy had nearly 2,000 hours of flight time as both an instructor and ferry pilot by age 19. Lacy joined United Airlines as copilot on the Douglas DC-3 plane in January 1952 and was stationed at Los Angeles International Airport, where he was based for his entire airline career. Lacy flew the Convair 340, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-10, Boeing 727-400, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-10, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-9, Douglas DC-10, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8 He resigned from seniority No. 3 is a director of the University of No. After 4112 years of incident-free flying, there was one in 1992.
Lacy took military leave from United Airlines to join the California Air National Guard at Van Nuys Airport, where he flew the F-86 Sabre jet and became the officer in charge of instrument instruction. He was called to active service in 1961 during the Berlin crisis, piloting the C-97 Stratofreighter on missions to Japan and Vietnam. He resigned from active service three years after.
Lacy launched the first Learjet into Van Nuys Airport in 1964, directly across from Hollywood's burgeoning film industry, heralding a new era of corporate air transportation and mobility. Clay Lacy Aviation, the first jet charter firm on the West Coast, was founded in 1968 as one of the world's most experienced private jet operators.
Lacy found time between flying for United Airlines and operating his own charter company to fly his P-51 Mustang in air races around the United States from 1964 to 1972. In 1970, he came first in the Reno National Air Races Unlimited class competition.
Lacy helped pioneer air-to-air cinematography in the 1970s with the Astrovision camera system. He has been recognized with more than 3,000 film projects for film, motion pictures, and television, including the majority of airline commercials featuring air-to-air photography.
Lacy was one of the first and most popular pilots to cross the picket line and go back to work during the 1989 United Airlines pilot strike, undermining the unionized pilots' attempts for better compensation and work laws. Many in the industry had sluggish feedback about his decision, and he was subsequently listed on the airline labour market's "US Master Pilot Scablist."
Lacy holds 29 world speed records, including a 36-hour, 54-minute, and 15-second around the world record in 1988, when she was flying a Boeing 747SP called "Friendship One" which raised $530,000 for children's charities.
Lacy was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame on July 17, 2010 for his contributions as an aviation pioneer. He was given the Pathfinder Award by the Seattle Museum of Flight and the Federal Aviation Administration's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award the same year. Lacy was inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame in November 2011, which is located at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas. Clay Lacy was one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in June 2020 for the fifth year in a row.