Doug MacLean

Aug 26, 2024 | ayrshiredailynews.co.uk | Doug MacLean

By Doug Maclean – Aviation EditorWe regularly update readers with some interesting activity from Ayrshire’s airport at Prestwick. We always accompany our stories with excellent pictures or videos. I asked 2 of the best aviation photographers if they had taken any interesting pictures recently and boy they came up with some beauties. The C17 Globemaster is a real workhorse of many modern air forces around the world.

Jun 7, 2024 | ayrshiredailynews.co.uk | Doug MacLean

Article by Doug Maclean – Ayrshire Daily News Aviation EditorForming a new airline is not an easy or quick task. Forming a new airline to fly super jumbos is a task very few companies would attempt. The aviation world was very impressed when the first Global Airlines Airbus 380 super jumbo arrived at Prestwick. Global intends to establish the highly popular A380 as its flagship aircraft and eventually plans to have a fleet of these huge aircraft.

May 28, 2024 | slowtwitch.com | Doug MacLean

Swimming water quality issues have been a recurring theme over the last couple of years, so now seems like a good time to go over some basics to help you be more aware of what you’re jumping into when starting a race. When it comes to triathlon open water swim quality, there are two basic areas to cover: 1) What’s in the water? 2) How do race organizations respond to what’s in the water? So first, let’s go over the major players in terms of water quality for open water swimming:E. coliBacteria.

Oct 3, 2023 | simonandschuster.com | Doug MacLean |Scott Morrison

How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind By Doug MacLean and Scott Morrison Hardcover LIST PRICE $28.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Table of Contents About The Book Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness—or fail to—on hockey’s most anticipated day. A Moneyball for hockey.

Sep 18, 2023 | slowtwitch.com | Doug MacLean

Old-timey medical researchers got a lot wrong. They also got a lot right. And in 1916, Frederic Lee and Ernest Scott started off a paper with the sentence, “It is a fact of common experience that a human being in a hot and humid atmosphere feels a disinclination to perform muscular work.” I’m guessing something similar has entered your brain at mile 17 of an Ironman marathon. I’m not exactly discovering general relativity here. Obviously racing in heat and/or humidity slows you down.