Talk:Albert Scott Crossfield

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[edit] yeager

In RE: Yeager commenting on the death: I found no media references that Crossfield said anything to the media about Yeager's coming off the runway in 2003. That may not mean much. The biggest story I saw was 198 words (AP regional wire, 10/2/03), very small; and the subject is minor enough that likely no reporter would think it worthwhile to get comment from anyone else. In short, we don't know what Crossfield said about Yeager's accident, if anything, because likely no reporter called him. Crossfield's death, on the other hand, is a big deal, and it's only natural to expect that reporters pursued Yeager (rather than the other way around) as a former coworker. --Thatnewguy 01:54, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


This bio is almost completely a verbatim copy of the Edwards AFB bio from USAF (not NASA, as the attribution claims.) Is that kosher? Hmmm. -N328KF 19:04, 2004 Jul 21 (UTC)

Some more background here. I took some from the awards, but haven't played with the rest. This is also marked part two of two. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=bd026744-a86c-42e0-ae69-9ace738d3567 --Thatnewguy 13:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Date of Death

According to this AP story, the crash was on Wednesday April 19th, but the body wasn't discovered until the Thursday April 20th.Blackeagle 18:16, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't mind hearing what type of plane it was that he crashed, if you can find it Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 19:23, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Type aircraft

I knew him slightly. He owned a Cessna 206 last I heard. B Tillman

FAA Registry N-Number Inquiry Results

N6579X is Assigned


Aircraft Description


Serial Number 21057579
Type Registration Individual
Manufacturer Name CESSNA
Certificate Issue Date 12/11/1989
Model 210A
Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine
Type Engine Reciprocating
Pending Number Change None
Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None
Mode S Code 52125144
MFR Year 1960
Fractional Owner NO

Registered Owner


Name CROSSFIELD A SCOTT
Street 12100 THOROUGHBRED RD
City HERNDON State VIRGINIA Zip Code 20171-2009
County FAIRFAX
Country UNITED STATES

Airworthiness


Engine Manufacturer CONT MOTOR
Classification Standard
Engine Model I0-470 SERIES
Category A/W
Date 12/06/1960

[edit] Scott Wilson

Link to Scott Wilson goes to the wrong Scott Wilson (a judge, not an actor). I'm going to disable the link for lack of a proper stub to go to. --Thatnewguy 19:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename

I moved it back to its original name. You just now decided to move the article, after it's had this name for over a year? Anyhow, there are tens of thousands of Google references to "A. Scott Crossfield," and many articles here had him referenced as such within the article itself (not referring to the links.) Also, that's how he's officially cited in many cases. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 19:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scott Flew a Cessna 210A

FAA registry number was N6579X. Info on the aircraft is available on the FAA web site at: <http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/nnumsql.asp?NNumbertxt=6579X>

Skeet Shooter 17:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Funeral Flyover Made By F/A-18s Not F-22s

Scott's funeral at Arlington included a flyover/missing man formation by Navy F/A-18s, not Air Force F-22s as was posted. Reference <http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ascrossfield.htm>

I've held off editing the article to reflect F/A-18s instead of F-22s until I could find additional web references, but I have been unable to find any attribution for the flyover other than the Esquire article. I am 100% certain that F/A-18s performed the flyover as I've seen the USAF video of the funeral and my father had lunch with the F/A-18 pilots. But I'm trying to follow the spirit of Wiki...

Skeet Shooter 04:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I concur with Skeet Shooter that F/A-18s would be the most logical aircraft for any flyover of a deceased naval aviator's funeral. Something about the airliner flying over in a slight bank so the passengers could see sounds made up. If indeed the flyover crossed a runway departure corridor, I'm pretty sure that the Air Traffic Control would have prevented an airliner from taking off until the Navy jets were clear, since the missing man formation involves one aircraft climbing above and away from the others. Unless anyone else has any objections I'm going to update the info about the aircraft and remove the reference to an airliner over the missing man formation on 14 Feb, 2007. Anynobody 04:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
I meant Feb 4th not 14th, sorry about any confusion. Anynobody 23:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scott An Astronaut?

Could someone post a reference to Scott receiving astronaut wings? I noticed the page was changed to list him as a USAF astronaut. Although Scott had many outstanding accomplishments, I didn't think he passed the 50 mile limit needed to receive astronaut wings. Skeet Shooter 21:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC).

I did a quick search but found only the following article which states that three NASA test pilots (Bill Dana, Jack McKay, and Joe Walker) were awarded astronaut wings for flying the X-15 above 50 miles. Skeet Shooter 03:27, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the Talk page for Astronauts, the definition of "astronaut" is in a state of flux. I had assumed that to be a USAF astronaut, one would require USAF astronaut wings, but that may not be the case, at least per the Wiki definition. Since Scott trained to be an astronaut, he meets the definition of astronaut on the current Wiki page. Therefore, I retract my comment. Skeet Shooter (talk) 05:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!


The web page has been saved by the Internet Archive. Please consider linking to an appropriate archived version: [1]. --Stwalkerbot 21:40, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. Now linked to http://web.archive.org/web/20061009111238/http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/people/pilot_crossfield.html --rogerd 23:26, 29 August 2007 (UTC)