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Albert Scott
Crossfield
Albert Scott Crossfield’s
military career spanned from flight and gunnery instructor to test pilot
and record-breaking flyer. After
attending an experimental flight test
pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base, the outbreak of the Korean War
left him to take full responsibility for the Edwards test program. Under
his leadership, the program flourished. Undaunted by any plane, he made
his first flight in the X-1 rocket plane in 1951 and when the windshield
iced over, he used his own sock to clear a hole large enough to allow him
to land the plane safely. The X-15 became Crossfield’s pet project and on
November 15, 1960, Crossfield exceeded Mach 3, becoming the first man to
accomplish such a feat and live to tell about it.
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