Big Brass Ones
Edwards X-15 Crossfield
Today on the news it was announced that the wreckage of a plane flown by Scott Crossfield was found in Georgia. The guy was 84 and still a pilot. He was in the brotherhood of Edwards Air Force Base test pilots that included such luminaries as Chuck Yeager and Gordo Cooper (Mercury 7). Crossfield set many speed and altitude records during his stint as a test pilot. To do what he did he had to have great big gigantic brass .... cajones. He was also one helluva an engineer as well. May his memory be eternal.
Today on the news it was announced that the wreckage of a plane flown by Scott Crossfield was found in Georgia. The guy was 84 and still a pilot. He was in the brotherhood of Edwards Air Force Base test pilots that included such luminaries as Chuck Yeager and Gordo Cooper (Mercury 7). Crossfield set many speed and altitude records during his stint as a test pilot. To do what he did he had to have great big gigantic brass .... cajones. He was also one helluva an engineer as well. May his memory be eternal.
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