A. Scott Crossfield

[tessler]

Bummer.

Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man 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, authorities said.

To read more of the AP article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_us/missing_plane

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/USAF_x15-29_072.jpg

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

Bummer.

Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man 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, authorities said.

To read more of the AP article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_us/missing_plane
How's that for irony, folks. . . Scott Crossfield is the first man to fly Mach 2 in a research aircraft, goes on to fly the legendary X-15 to 88,000 feet in the late 50’s, lives a full and productive life in aviation then dies in a thunderstorm while flying his own small Cessna 210 at the age of 85.

R.I.P. SCOTT CROSSFIELD (1921 – 2006) ` Thanks for your service.

(thanks for the update, tessler)

[Grey_Matter]

It is ironic for such an accomplished pilot to perish this way.

RIP

[tessler]

Indeed it was ironic. But for what it's worth (and pardon the oft-used phrase) Crossfield really had The Right Stuff. RIP.

[James.A]

I think I'd prefer to die doing what I love to do than to die farting in a nursing home. Well done, I say.

[BubbaZanetti]

still piloting, very cool

[soffiler]

I think I'd prefer to die doing what I love to do than to die farting in a nursing home. Well done, I say.

My thoughts exactly!! Irony schmirony.

[tdomek]

There is an old adage among pilots:
There are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.
Scotty Crossfield proved that one wrong. Godspeed.

[tdomek]

I think I'd prefer to die doing what I love to do than to die farting in a nursing home. Well done, I say.
But I love to fart...