Crash Claims Aviation Pioneer Scott Crossfield
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Pilot's pilot and aerospace pioneer Albert Scott Crossfield died Apr. 19 when his Cessna 210A crashed in a remote part of Georgia. He was 84. In 1953, Crossfield became the first pilot to fly Mach 2, in the D-558-II Skyrocket. He was the first to reach Mach 3, in 1960. Crossfield was the sole person...
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