Lachlan Macleay
Lachlan Macleay | |
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1965 USAF MOL Group 1 | |
Missions | None |
Lachlan "Mac" Macleay (born June 13, 1931) is a retired
Macleay was born in
Macleay was a flight instructor in the
The MOL program was not as memorable to me as the friends I made there. I got to be around some of the smartest and most dedicated people in the world, and I wouldn't trade that for anything.
— Macleay, describing his MOL experience.[5]
Macleay continued flying for the Air Force and served a combat tour in Southeast Asia during the
Macleay retired from the Air Force on May 1, 1978, and joined
The history of the MOL program was presented in the Public Television series NOVA episode called Astrospies which aired February 12, 2008.[7] Several of the MOL astronauts, including Lachlan Macleay, were interviewed for this documentary.[8]
References
- USAF. 2006-09-12. pp. 60–62. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ a b c d "Astrospies Macleay biography". NOVA. PBS. December 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ USAF Test Pilot School 50 Years and Beyond. Privately Published. 1994. p. 246.
- ^ Nutter, Ashley (2008-06-02). "Suits for Space Spies". NASA. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "SECRET ASTRONAUTS – Col. Lachlan Macleay, USAF". Pbs.org.
- ISBN 1557509468. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Astrospies". NOVA. PBS. December 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Astrospies transcripts". NOVA. PBS. December 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-10.