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Learjet 25 Clay Lacy Aviation

Registration: N564CL Type: Learjet 25D Engines: 2 × GE CJ610-8 Serial Number: 25-060 First flight: 1970

Clay Lacy Aviation's Learjet 25 N564CL, equipped with the innovative Astrovision camera system, this Learjet became Hollywood's eye in the sky, capturing breathtaking aerial sequences for blockbuster films like Top Gun, Firefox, and The Concorde… Airport '79.

A memorable moment in the career of the N564CL storied career came in 1981, when it took center stage in David Copperfield's television special The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane. As a result of this stunt, the plane simply disappeared from the scene.

Clay Lacy, the founder of the company, often sat at the helm himself, conducting specialized aerial photography. His Astrovision camera remembers Space Shuttle launches, test flights of experimental aircraft, and prototype tests.

Today, the N564CL is still in the public spotlight, now as an exhibit at the Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento. That's the unusual fate of this plane.