by Jacqueline Ginley, Tahoe Quarterly

Boating, golf, days by the fire with a good book, travel.  This is what many aspire to in their golden years of retirement.

Not so for Wayne McClelland, a "mostly retired" aerospace engineer who's ushered in the golden years with humanitarian aid trips.

"I've always loved going to remote places," says the 64-year-old Incline Village resident.  "Particularly primitive remote places."

McClelland is a volunteer and past Truckee chapter president of Los Médicos Voladores, the Flying Doctors, who donate their time and spend their own gas money to fly mostly single-engine planes to bring medical care and supplies to the poorest of the poor in Mexico, Central/South America, and the Coachella Valley of Southern California.  The 100 percent volunteer-run organization was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975 and includes doctors, dentists, optometrists, translators, general volunteers, and pilots.

The following articles chronicle the tragic fatal accident of my good friend and colleague Dr. Jim Ungar:

• Los Médicos Voladores press release, 2-Aug-2012
• Additional photos of Jim's LMV trip to San Pedro de la Cueva, May 2012
• NTSB Preliminary Report
• Tahoe Bonanza article, 3-Aug-2012

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