Clay Lacy
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Hershel Clay Lacy (born August 14, 1932) is the founder and former CEO of Clay Lacy Aviation, established in 1968 as the first executive jet charter company in the Western United States.[1]
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Clay Lacy | |
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Born | |
Known for | Clay Lacy Aviation; aerial cinematographer; accumulating the most turbine jet flight hours in history at c. 50,000 |
Aviation career | |
First flight | Beechcraft Staggerwing |
Famous flights | Friendship One; Classroom in the Sky; Midway 2000 |
Website | claylacy |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | California Air National Guard |
Years of service | 1954–1964 |
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His professional resume includes airline captain, military aviator, experimental test pilot, air race champion, world record-setter, aerial cinematographer, and business aviation entrepreneur. Lacy has flown more than 300 aircraft types, logged over 50,000 flight hours and accumulated more hours flying turbine aircraft than any other pilot in history.