From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2006 - 17:29:44 PDT
Died doing what he loved. What a way to go.
Rick
--- Jonathan Boos <acfarer@cox.net> wrote:
> HOLY SMOKES! What a glorious career. Thank you Alan,
> for distributing this
> info. I've got some reading to do.
>
> Jonathan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Wise" <awise1@cinci.rr.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:13 PM
> Subject: [MV] Godspeed, A. Scott Crossfield
>
>
> > One of the greatest test pilots.....
> >
> > April 20, 2006
> >
> >
> > Missing Single Engine Aircraft Located
> >
> >
> > (Georgia) - The 1960 Cessna 210A aircraft
> belonging to A. Scott
> > Crossfield
> > of Herndon, Va. has been located. Crossfield was
> on a flight from
> > Prattville, Ala. to Manassas, Va. Tuesday morning
> when the aircraft
> > disappeared from radar. The last radar contact
> with the aircraft was in
> > the
> > north Georgia area. The Civil Air Patrol conducted
> air and ground searches
> > along the flight path and located the crash site
> in Gilmer County. There
> > were no survivors.
> >
> > Crossfield, 84, was born in Berkely, Calif. on
> Oct. 2, 1921.
> >
> > Crossfield was a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol.
> He was a strong
> > supporter
> > of the Civil Air Patrol and, in particular, CAP's
> aerospace education
> > program. He created the A. Scott Crossfield
> Aerospace Education Teacher
> > of
> > the Year Award to recognize and reward teachers
> for outstanding
> > accomplishments in aerospace education and for
> their dedication to the
> > students they teach. The Scott Crossfield Award
> for senior members is
> > CAP's
> > highest award in aerospace education.
> >
> > At his 80th birthday, in 2001, Crossfield was
> still flying 200 hours per
> > year as a private pilot/instrument rating. He was
> a fighter gunnery
> > instructor in the U.S. Navy during WWII. In 1950,
> he joined NASA's
> > predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for
> Aeronautics, and was a
> > research pilot for the next five years at the High
> Speed Flight Research
> > Station at Edwards, Calif. Crossfield was the test
> pilot for numerous
> > research aircraft, including the X-1, X-4, X-5,
> XF-92, the D-558-I and
> > D-558-II while at Edwards. It is possible that no
> other test pilot in
> > aviation history has test flown as many aircraft
> that are now displayed in
> > flight museums -- The Smithsonian National Air and
> Space Museum's
> > Milestones
> > of Flight Gallery includes the #1 X-15 and the #2
> Skyrocket. He also flew
> > the #2 Bell X-1, the sister ship of the #1
> ("Glamorous Glennis"), which
> > also
> > hangs in the same gallery. On Nov. 20, 1953, he
> set four speed records
> > before becoming the first man to reach Mach 2
> (twice the speed of sound)
> > in
> > the air-launched, rocket-propelled D-558-2.
> Crossfield capped his
> > distinguished test pilot career as the NASA
> program manager and first
> > project pilot on the X-15 rocket powered research
> aircraft, taking the
> > aircraft to the fringes of outer space.
> > Among his countless honors, Crossfield received
> the Lawrence Sperry Award,
> > Octave Chanute Award, Iven C. Kincheloe Award,
> Harmon International Trophy
> > and the Collier Trophy. He was inducted into the
> National Aviation Hall of
> > Fame (1983), the International Space Hall of Fame
> (1988) and the Aerospace
> > Walk of Honor (1990).
> >
> >
> >
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