Scott Crossfield R.I.P.

~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:
Scott Crossfield was a name that every boy in the fifties and sixties
knew. He was one of several legendary test pilots who regularly swapped
positions as the fastest men alive during that period of technological
upheaval. But while obituaries and encomiums today will polish the
legend of "Scott Crossfield, Test Pilot," he wasn't just a test pilot.
As an engineer and engineering manager, he was standing in the back
rank of the technical revolution at the same time he was strapped into
its hurtling nose cone.

Does anybody else remember the story, I believe from his book
"Always Another Dawn," that after his Mach 2 flight he was at a dinner
seated next to some famous actress such as Marilyn Monroe or Zsa Zsa
Gabor, and after the dinner she said something like, "They say he's
the fastest man in the world, but I've been sitting next to him for a
couple of hours and he hasn't made a move."

"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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Does anybody else remember the story, I believe from his book
"Always Another Dawn," that after his Mach 2 flight he was at a dinner
seated next to some famous actress such as Marilyn Monroe or Zsa Zsa
Gabor, and after the dinner she said something like, "They say he's
the fastest man in the world, but I've been sitting next to him for a
couple of hours and he hasn't made a move."



Maybe he was so fast, she didn't notice ....



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

Dave Kearton wrote:
"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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Does anybody else remember the story, I believe from his book
"Always Another Dawn," that after his Mach 2 flight he was at a dinner
seated next to some famous actress such as Marilyn Monroe or Zsa Zsa
Gabor, and after the dinner she said something like, "They say he's
the fastest man in the world, but I've been sitting next to him for a
couple of hours and he hasn't made a move."



Maybe he was so fast, she didn't notice ....

"This won't hurt, did it?"

after flying x planes, whats the thrill
in hittin' on brain dead women ?

"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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Joe Delphi wrote:

"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message
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I am somewhat interested in hearing the final determination
of the cause of the accident. From my arm chair, it kind of
looks like such a intelligent and talented pilot made a rookie
mistake by flying into weather.

-john-

Yeah, I was wondering about that too when I heard about the bad weather
in
the area.

I also saw where someone traced the registration number of the aircraft
and
looked it up in a database and found that under a previous owner, that
same
aircraft had been involved in a hard landing incident a few years back.
It
will be interesting to see if the the turbulence from the weather caused
something to become overstressed and break off causing the crash.

OTOH - he was 84 and sometimes your health can go very suddenly....

I was wondering if anyone else was going to mention the glaringly obvious
possible reason for his crash, before speculating on pilot error/Wx.
Maybe the
man just checked out.

I wondered the same thing. If you want to go quick what better way and
doing someting you love.



Guy