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Growing up in Wichita, Kansas—known as the air capital of the world—Clay Lacy began flying at age 12 and had 1,500 hours under his belt in January 1952 when he joined United Airlines as copilot on the DC-3 aircraft. During his career at United Airlines, he flew the Convair 340, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, DC-10, Boeing 727 and Boeing 747-400. He retired seniority No. 1 in 1992 after more than 41 years of incident-free flying.
In 1953, Clay joined the California Air National Guard at Van Nuys Airport, where he flew the F-86 fighter jet and became the officer in charge of instrument training.
In 1962, Clay and fellow Air National Guard pilot Jack Conroy, founder of Aero Spacelines, made the first test flight of the Pregnant Guppy, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser modified to carry the Saturn rocket booster in support of the nation’s space program to put man on the moon. Overall, he has made first flights in five new or heavily modified airplanes.
In 1964, Clay flew the first Learjet into Van Nuys Airport as a demonstrator for Pacific Learjet, distributor in 11 western states, shaping
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Clay Lacy was born in 1932 and grew up in Wichita, Kansas, the birthplace of aviation manufacturing. Interested in model airplanes since age 5, Clay built his first flying model in 1940 when he was only 8 years old. He had his first flight at age 12. Lacy is the founder of Clay Lacy Aviation, one of the largest corporate jet providers in the country. Clay Lacy Aviation's roots begin in the early 1960s when Clay Lacy and Bill Lear offered the first Learjet available in the Western United States. The Lacy Lear gained instant acceptance and notoriety with the high profile entertainment industry. Clay Lacy Aviation operates the largest diversified fleet of charter aircraft in the west. Today, Clay Lacy Aviation flies more charter flights than any other West Coast carrier. Lacy was inducted in the National Aviation Hall of Fame's class of 2010. He is a movie pilot and has helped with, or flown in Top Gun, Flight of the Intruder, The Client, and Firefox. He has over 50,000 total flying hours.
Inducted in 2009.
Portrait Location: Hall of Fame Hallway
Induction Video
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Lacy Clay
American politician (born 1956)
For other people with similar names, see William Clay.
Lacy Clay | |
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| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Clay |
| Succeeded by | Cori Bush |
| In office September 1991 – January 2001 | |
| Preceded by | John Bass |
| Succeeded by | Pat Dougherty |
| In office November 1983 – September 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Nat Rivers |
| Succeeded by | Frank Williamson |
| Born | William Lacy Clay Jr. (1956-07-27) July 27, 1956 (age 68) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Ivie Lewellen (m. 1992; div. 2011)Pat Goncalves (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Bill Clay (father) |
| Education | University of Maryland, College Park (BA) |
William Lacy Clay Jr. (born July 27, 1956) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2021. His congressional career ended after he lost in a D
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