Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:21:51 -0500, "Bryan"
wrote:


Fame. More information, including some comments by Chuck Yeager, can be
found at Yahoo! News:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/..._crossfield_12


Typical Yeager comments, I'd like to add.
One cause why I detested Yeager's biography.

One cause why I loved Crossfield's biography is that he never spoke
bad about about anyone else.


Bye
Andreas
Second that.

Crossfield came across as a gentleman. It is a great pity if the commments
attributed to Chuck Yeager were accurate. One would have thought that this would
be a good occasion for dignity.

I have to observe that you don't get to be a test pilot and reach 84 by taking
chances. Whatever his faults, Scott's contribution was enormous. His book
"Always another dawn" is a must read if you are interested in the glory days of
the NACA X program, and a different perspective on events.

Some referrence info is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Crossfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15

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Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.