Scott Crossfield, the hotshot test pilot and aircraft designer who in 1953 became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was killed in the crash of his small plane, authorities said Thursday. He was 84.
During the 1950s, Crossfield embodied what came to be called "the right stuff," dueling the better-known Chuck Yeager for supremacy among America's Cold War test pilots. Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947; only weeks after Crossfield reached Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, Yeager outdid him.
Some interesting links
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147296main_crossfield.pdf
http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/people/pilot_crossfield.html
Thursday, April 20, 2006
A tribute to test pilot Scott Crossfield
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