flyingtiger1013 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=637592 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtiger1013 Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 They just found him dead in the plane crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Little humor (very little) I remember from a while back. Somebody pointed out that Oklahoma City (where I used to live), has two major airports: Will Rogers International, and Wiley Post Field. Named after two people who died in the same plane crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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