Re: Off topic - Scott Crossfield

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

Back in the early days of space exploration, Crossfield was the only X-15
test pilot to have survived a crash and burn without his X-15 having left
the ground.

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:13:48 -0500 jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net> writes:
> For those of us who focus on flight, this is very much on topic.
> 
> Many of you who have met or listened to the legendary pilot, Scott 
> Crossfield, may wish to know what an acquaintance just learned on a 
> 
> conference call with the National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. 
> Scott 
> Crossfield apparently went down yesterday while flying his Cessna 
> 210 over 
> the mountains of Georgia. The Georgia Wing thinks they located the 
> crash 
> site just before dark, and a ground team was on the way to the site 
> earlier 
> Wednesday evening. He is 85 years old. Please include him in your 
> prayers.
> 
> 
> 


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