Background
McLeod grew up in Corinth, Mississippi, the son of a Methodist minister.
chemical engineer Central Intelligence Agency agent
McLeod grew up in Corinth, Mississippi, the son of a Methodist minister.
The Catholic University of America.
He was the first person to fly around the North Pole in an open-cockpit biplane. McLeod is a 1976 graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, District of Columbia On April 17, 2000, he became the first person to fly around the North Pole in an open-cockpit biplane. McLeod is an entrepreneur who, in 2004, lived in Laytonsville, Maryland.
However in 2004 he was also reported to live in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
McLeod is working with Florida Atlantic University and the Federal Aviation Administration to create a course on aviation history for middle schools. McLeod was featured in a four-column article in the Smithsonian (magazine) because he planned to fly his "..Beech 18 solo from the South Pole to the North Pole, a 32,000 mile trip, in about two months" (Smithsonian).
The United Kingdom aeronautic company Cobham plc reports in an employee newsletter that McLeod is a former Central Intelligence Agency chemist, and is currently a businessman based in Maryland. Works Appearances Television — Inside Base Camp: Tori Murden and Gus McLeod, 2002 Television — The Amazing Race 6, November 14, 2004.