Alejandro Maclean

Alejandro Maclean, known as Alex and nicknamed The Flying Matador, was a Spanish television and film producer and aerobatics pilot, born on 6 August 1969. His grandfather was Scottish, which explains his family name. Fascinated by airplanes as a child, he built and collected model airplanes, moved on to remote controlled planes, and at 18 bought his own ultralight, where he began trying basic manoeuvres. He survived three air accidents during aerobatics flights. In 2005 he became captain of the Spanish aerobatics team, and he competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship under the number 36. He also had a partnership in a television film production company. He died on 17 August 2010 when his plane crashed during a manoeuvre on a training exercise at Casarrubios del Monte, Spain.