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Scott Crossfield missing
USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody
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BillJ wrote:
USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody have details? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...a074738D89.DTL 04-20) 07:49 PDT Lawrenceville, Ga. (AP) -- A single-engine airplane registered to legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man to fly at Mach 2 and Mach 3, was missing Thursday, a day after it left Alabama for the Washington, D.C., area. The plane was last spotted on radar Wednesday in Georgia, north of Atlanta, the Civil Air Patrol's Georgia Wing said. Capt. Paige Joyner said officials had no confirmation that Crossfield was in the plane and the air patrol does not "have any confirmation who the pilot was." A man who answered the phone at Crossfield's home in Herndon, Va., declined to say whether Crossfield was missing and referred questions to the Civil Air Patrol. The plane left Prattville, Ala., around 9 a.m. Wednesday en route to Manassas, Va. Crossfield, now 84, became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound piloting the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket to a speed of 1,291 mph in November 1953, according to the Edwards Air Force Base Web site. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN VE |
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BillJ wrote:
USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody have details? Flight track at flightaware.com for N6579X. Track stops north of Atlanta. Ground speed suddenly drops by 60 knots at 11,000 Ft. |
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On 4/20/2006 11:14 AM, BillJ wrote the following: USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody have details? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/geo...ane/index.html |
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BillJ wrote:
Flight track at flightaware.com for N6579X. Track stops north of Atlanta. Ground speed suddenly drops by 60 knots at 11,000 Ft. Airliners.net has a picture of the aircraft in better days: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0048724/L/ In this particular photo, it doesn't appear that the aircraft was equipped with weather radar. -- Peter |
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Scott Crossfield missing
In a previous article, said:
On 4/20/2006 11:14 AM, BillJ wrote the following: USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody have details? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/geo...ane/index.html It's now confirmed that he's dead: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...a111425D26.DTL http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19633 -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ I forsee one of those "open your wallet and repeat after me, _help yourself_" moments in your local friendly workshop. -- Tanuki |
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Too bad, he will be missed.
-- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... | In a previous article, said: | On 4/20/2006 11:14 AM, BillJ wrote the following: | USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody | have details? | | http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/geo...ane/index.html | | It's now confirmed that he's dead: | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...a111425D26.DTL | http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19633 | | | -- | Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ | I forsee one of those "open your wallet and repeat after me, | _help yourself_" moments in your local friendly workshop. | -- Tanuki |
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:11:20 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote: Too bad, he will be missed. Yes, he and Yeager the most famous X series pilots. Can anyone recommend a book on the X series and the pilotting? I'd like to read up on what it was really like for them. Stan |
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