Thread: holy shit. 84 year old Scott Crossfield died in his plane's crash. i dunno if that's the right stuff.... but MAN that's some glorious shit.
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Old April 21st 06, 05:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.military
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Default holy ****. 84 year old Scott Crossfield died in his plane's crash. i dunno if that's the right stuff.... but MAN that's some glorious ****.

Doc Martian wrote:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...field20ww.html

Famed aviator Scott Crossfield dies in plane crash

P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

Scott Crossfield, the University of Washington graduate who was the first
man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the
wreckage of his single-engine plane in Georgia.

Crossfield, 84, dueled with Chuck Yeager a half century ago in piloting
rocket-powered aircraft. He helped design and then piloted the X-15 rocket
plane. He was a legend to aeronautic students at the UW, but he considered
his cutting-edge career an ordinary profession.


Sad and tragic that the guy went over the twice the speed of sound, but
died behind the yoke of a lowly bug-smasher. ; ( Hopefully he's in the
hangar in the clouds now.