Scott Crossfield came by the school once. This man has flown the X-1 and the
X-15 and possibly everything in between and has a ton of x-plane time. (more
than anyone?) One might think that this would give him a swelled head, but
this is not the case; he is a regular guy.
In fact, he said HE envied US because he always wanted to get his mechanic
certificate and never did.
A humble man.
John Herrera
>From: "mordy dunst/ gasket works" <gasket.works@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: "mordy dunst/ gasket works" <gasket.works@verizon.net>
>To: <fot@autox.team.net>
>Subject: test pilot heros
>Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:03:29 -0700
>
>sometimes my regular work affords me the opportunity to meet some special
>people... this fellow is singularly unique. He has flight records
>that
>are likely not to be duplicated.
>
>
>So, a patient of mine is a former x15a2 pilot and has astronaughts wings.
>
>When I can I chat about things. It was just a yesterday that I asked him
>how
>much time elapsed from when the x15 was dropped to touch down at the
>landing site.....
>
>------ He said about 12 to 15 minutes.
>
>I was under the impression that the flight was substantially longer lived.
>
>So, How many g's did it pull when the rockets lit ?
>
>-------4g's for a while until the sky was black.
>
>
>
>.........to be able to chat with living history.
>
>
>
>md
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