Lacy was in Wichita recently, where he was hosted by Bombardier to see the final Learjet, a Learjet 75, before it is delivered. Lacy, who began flying at age 12, is founder and former CEO of Clay ...

In May 1965, a cross-continent flight with pilots Clay Lacy and John Conroy (joined by five observers) covered 5,005 statute miles from Los Angeles to New York and back in 11 hours, 36 minutes.

This is Learjet's golden anniversary, and Clay Lacy, a longtime friend of William P. “Bill” Lear and one of the aircraft's original distributors, bore witness from the start. The first Learjet ...

Well, I did, and it did, and I could,” he said, at least according to fellow aviation legend and friend Clay Lacy, who was a Learjet pilot and salesman early on. A prototype Learjet 23 executive ...

In 1964, Lacy was a demonstration pilot for Pacific Learjet, and he flew one of the first Learjet 24s into Van Nuys, California (KVNY), an airport that would become identified with him over the ...

The plane belongs to former Wichitan Clay Lacy and his Clay Lacy Aviation in California. ... Lacy was a sales rep for Learjet, and he says the plane was one of the first demonstration Learjets.

From left: Clay Lacy, Bill Lear and Danny Kaye in the Lear Liner 40 mockup in 1965. Courtesy Clay Lacy Aviation Fifty years ago, on Aug. 12, 1966, the Lear Jet 25 made its maiden flight in Wichita ...

By the late 1960s, Lear had sold his company to the Gates Rubber Company and with it went the dealerships (and the name was contracted to Learjet). Clay Lacy went on to start the first jet charter ...

But up in the skies, 83-year-old Clay Lacy continues to wow air show crowds with aerobatic displays in his Learjet 23 as if it was still 1964 and Frank Sinatra was on the phone.

Note to editors: There is a photo associated with this press release. The high-performance Bombardier Learjet 75 aircraft has set a world speed record in its class, flying round trip between New ...

Wichita native Clay Lacy will be the speaker at the next Wichita Aero Club luncheon. The event will begin at noon on March 22 at the Wichita Airport Hilton. Lacy was inducted into the National ...

According to TMZ, DJ AM, who goes by the legal name of Adam Goldstein, filed suit against Learjet, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Global Exec Aviation, Clay Lacy Aviation and the estates of the ...