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 ****.

On 22 Apr 2006 08:02:39 -0700, "sculley"
wrote:

Jesus. I just met that guy...

Strange conicidence... though I never met him, just so happens I was
rereading (for the first time in many years) "The Right Stuff", and in
fact was in the chapter where Crossfield is discussed, when I heard
the news.

It *does* seem odd that with all his experience he'd make a decision
to fly into that situation... the autopsy results could be
interesting, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find he had, say,
terminal cancer and chose (conciously or otherwise) a cleaner way to
go.

-Dana
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