Alan Tracy

Alan Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show "Thunderbirds" and the subsequent films "Thunderbirds Are GO" and "Thunderbird 6". The character also appeared in the live action movie "Thunderbirds".

Fifth and youngest son of Jeff Tracy (instigator and financier behind International Rescue), he was named after astronaut Alan B. Shepard. Sources vary in the canon of the "Thunderbirds" series as to Alan's age and birth date, although one written source suggests that he was born on March 12, 2005.cite book
title=Thunderbirds ARE GO!
author=Marriot, Alan
coauthors=Anderson, Gerry (foreword)
id=ISBN 1-85283-164-2
publisher=Boxtree
date=1992
location=London
chapter=2
pages=23] An accomplished sportsman and driver, he can be hot-headed at times. Alan studied at Harvard University, where his natural impetuousity led to a clash with authorities over the launch (and subsequent crash) of an unsanctioned self-built rocket. His father took charge of the situation, steering the interest toward more constructive ends, ultimately leading to Alan's role as astronaut and principal pilot of Thunderbird 3.

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