Alejandro Maclean

Alejandro Maclean
Maclean (left) in conversation with Nigel Lamb
Surname	Alejandro Maclean
Born	August 6, 1969 in Madrid , Spain
Died	August 17, 2010 in Casarrubios del Monte
Red Bull Air Race
Racing team	Maclean Racing
plane	MXS-R
Placements / titles
Placement (year)	11th (2004) 08th (2005) 09th (2006) 06th (2007) 08th (2008) 12th (2009) 11th (2010)

Alejandro "Álex" Maclean (born August 6, 1969 in Madrid , † August 17, 2010 in Casarrubios del Monte , Toledo province ) was a Spanish aerobatic pilot and film producer . From 2003 he started in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and was known as the "flying matador".

Life

Alejandro Maclean got his last name from a Scottish grandfather. As a child he built model airplanes and financed his first microlight aircraft while studying part-time . He then gradually expanded his pilot's license and was successful as a film and television producer before he dedicated himself entirely to aviation.

After winning Spanish aerobatic championship titles, he started in the newly created Red Bull Air Race for the first time in 2003 , and was subsequently instrumental in its further development. In eight seasons he took part in around 50 races and achieved the best result on April 21, 2007, a second place in Rio de Janeiro . In the final classification he finished sixth that year. In addition, he achieved five fourth places in the World Cup. From 2005 he was also the commander of the Spanish national aerobatic team.

On August 17, 2010, Maclean was training for a show at an airfield in the province of Toledo. During a low- level maneuver, his MXS-R went into a tailspin and hit the ground. Maclean was dead on the spot. According to local authorities, the accident occurred in an aerobatic area 500 meters from the airfield runway . After Eli Thompson and Ueli Gegenschatz, the 41-year-old was the third death from the Red Bull environment within a year. He leaves behind his wife Emma and two sons.

Prior to his death, Maclean had been awarded the prestigious Tissandier Diploma by the FAI .

photos

• Red Bull Air Race
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  Race preparation (2010)

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  Race in London (2008)

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  In the cockpit of the MXS-R (2010)

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  MXS-R in the hangar (2010)

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  Team Maclean (2010)

successes

Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Single results

year	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2003 *	NC	DNS											0	NC
2004 *	DNP	8th	DNS										0	11
2005	7th	9	9	NC	10	9	10						0	8th
2006	4th	7th	DNS	C.	7th	8th	7th	DSQ	7th				3	9
2007	7th	2	5	4th	C.	7th	4th	7th	8th	8th	C.	4th	16	6th
2008	6th	7th	9	C.	10	8th	7th	8th	C.	4th			21st	8th
2009	8th	10	10	11	7th	10							16	12
2010	12	13	9	11	9	10	C.	C.					9	11

* The seasons 2003 and 2004 have not yet been counted as official world championships due to insufficient races.

• DNP: did not participate
• DSQ: disqualified
• NC: not classified
• C: Race canceled

Others

• European Unlimited Championship
• Lithuanian Open Championship
• 2 Spanish championship titles

Web links

Commons : Alejandro Maclean  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alejandro Maclean on the Red Bull Air Race website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alejandro Maclean. Speed ​​Week, accessed November 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean had a fatal accident. Austrian Wings, August 18, 2010, accessed on November 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Alejandro Maclean. Red Bull , accessed November 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Isra Álvarez: Alejandro Maclean: "Haría de Tom Cruise en 'Top Gun', pero no tengo su imagen". 20 minutos, October 2, 2009, accessed November 10, 2019 (Spanish). 
5. ^ Pedro Blasco: El piloto acrobático Alex Maclean muere en un accidente aéreo en Toledo. El Mundo , August 18, 2010, accessed November 10, 2019 (Spanish). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Mourning Maclean. ORF , August 19, 2010, accessed on November 10, 2019 .