By age 12, he was working at an airport trading his time for flying instruction.
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The man who once said, “I have seldom met an airplane I didn’t like,” grew up in the birthplace of aviation manufacturing, Wichita, KS, and knew by of the age of 7 that he wanted to be a pilot. In 1988, he set an “around-the-world speed record” in a United B-747 SP, while raising $530,000 for children’s charities. Lacy was national champion of the Reno National Air Races/Unlimited Class in 1970. Lacy is a world-renowned pilot with over 50,000 hours of flying time whose lifetime in aviation has included experience as an Air Force pilot and airline pilot, fame as a national air racer, and international success as a director and videographer specializing in air-to-air sequences for Hollywood blockbuster movies and television commercials.Īs a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America, Lacy has participated in aerial scenes for dozens of movies, including faking the gear-up landing of a Learjet for the movie, “Capricorn One,” and performing an actual gear-up landing with a DC-3 for the film, “The Island.” His director credits include aerial sequences for “Top Gun” and “The Right Stuff.”
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Meritorious Service to Aviation Award Recipient Clay Lacy "NBAA is proud to recognize these two outstanding leaders in the business aviation community for their lifelong service and invaluable contributions to the industry," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. The Doswell Award is granted for lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals and objectives of business aviation. The Meritorious Service to Aviation Award is NBAA’s most distinguished honor, presented annually to an individual who, by virtue of a lifetime of personal dedication, has made significant, identifiable contributions that have materially advanced aviation interests.
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Spruston will receive the 2011 NBAA John P. – The National Business AviationĪssociation (NBAA) on Monday announced legendary pilot andĮntrepreneur Clay Lacy will receive the 2011 NBAA Meritorious Service toĪviation Award, and international business aviation pioneer Don