Legendary pilot Scott Crossfield killed in small plane crash
The Associated Press
RANGER, Ga.
Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first person to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the wreckage of a single-engine plane in the mountains of northern Georgia, his son-in-law said.
Searchers with the Civil Air Patrol and others discovered the wreckage of the plane Thursday afternoon but didn’t immediately identify the body inside.
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California2/Missing_Plane_233837CA.shtml
By: Spitfire Pilot - 24th April 2006 at 14:58
Poor chap………… R I P good sir 🙂 Mark
By: Pilot Officer Prune - 24th April 2006 at 14:03
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/georgia.plane.ap/index.html
By: Jeff - 23rd April 2006 at 23:21
Scott Crossfield and Mary Anne Thompson (Air Force Association Education Fund). This photo was taken Monday afternoon at the Prattville, AL, airport just after he’d landed. He had come down to Maxwell AFB to speak to the new 2nd Lts. on Tuesday. He took off Wednesday morning to go home.
I was suprised at Yeagers response on hearing about Crossfields death.He said he wasn’t suprised as Crossfield was the kind of pilot that took risks. Asked what sort of risks, he said flying in weather that he (Yeager) wouldn’t have gone up in.
Whatever, he certainly had the right stuff and died what he loved doing.
Can you provide a link to Yeagers response?
By: Pilot Officer Prune - 23rd April 2006 at 19:13
I was suprised at Yeagers response on hearing about Crossfields death.He said he wasn’t suprised as Crossfield was the kind of pilot that took risks. Asked what sort of risks, he said flying in weather that he (Yeager) wouldn’t have gone up in.
Whatever, he certainly had the right stuff and died what he loved doing.
By: steve rowell - 23rd April 2006 at 02:57
Sad to hear.
I must admit that I can’t remember having heard or read anything about him before, though.
The man is a legend
By: Primate - 22nd April 2006 at 23:20
Sad to hear.
I must admit that I can’t remember having heard or read anything about him before, though.
By: Jeff - 22nd April 2006 at 15:33
…Should he have still been flying at that age??
Sure. I don’t see a problem with someone flying at age 85 or even beyond that. As long as they can pass their physical, are not suffering from dementia and are able to meet all the required criteria, why not?
I’ll bet Chuck Yeager still flies.
By: barrythemod - 21st April 2006 at 12:09
No! But he was a legend.One of the first to “push the envelope” but eventually “he bought the farm”.Now his picture can go behind the bar at Pancho’s.Thank you Sir. R.I.P.
By: steve rowell - 21st April 2006 at 01:55
Scott Crossfield was 85, should he have still been flying at that age??
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