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.
Achievements European champion in unlimited aerobatics The winner of 1998 Lithuanian Open Aerobatic Championship Two-time Spanish aerobatics champion
Alejandro Macleanat the Red Bull Air Race World ChampionshipYear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12PointsWinsRank 2003 NC DNS 0 0 NC 2004 DNP8th DNS 0 011th 20057th9th9th TP10th9th10th 0 08th 20064th7th DNS CAN7th8th7th DQ7th 3 09th 20077th2nd5th4th CAN7th4th7th8th8th CAN4th 16 06th 20086th7th9thCAN10th8th7th8thCAN4th 21 08th 20098th10th10th11th7th10th16012th 201012th13th9th11th9th10thCANCAN9011th
Legend: CAN: Cancelled DNP: Did not participate DNS: Did not show DQ: Disqualified NC: Not classified TP:Technical Problems
See also
Competition aerobatics
References
External links
Red Bull Air Race World Championship official website