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Aug 06, 1969 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain Died on 17 Aug 2010 (aged 41)
Spanish air racer
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About Alejandro Maclean
- Alejandro "Álex" Maclean (6 August 1969 – 17 August 2010) was a Spanish TV film producer and aerobatics pilot, who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship under the number 36.
- Maclean was nicknamed "The Flying Matador". Maclean, whose grandfather was Scottish and hence his family name, was fascinated by airplanes as a child.
- So, he built and collected model airplanes, and later stepped up to remote controlled planes.
- At the age of 18, he bought his own Ultralight.
- Soon, he began to try out some basic manoeuvres in his new plane.
- The aerobatics resulted in his first accident.
- Maclean later experienced two more serious air accidents during aerobatics flights. In 2005 Maclean became captain of the Spanish aerobatics team. He had a partnership in a TV film production company, enjoyed skydiving, flying helicopters, horse-riding and waterskiing.
- Maclean was married to Emma.
- The couple has two sons Alejandro and Eduardo. He died on 17 August 2010, when his plane crashed into the ground, while performing a manoeuvre during a training exercise in Casarrubios del Monte, Spain.
