- Born
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- Birth nameAlbert Scott Crossfield
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Scott Crossfield was born on October 2, 1921 in Berkeley, California, USA. He was married to Alice Virginia Knoph. He died on April 19, 2006 in Ranger, Georgia, USA.
- SpouseAlice Virginia Knoph(April 21, 1943 - April 19, 2006) (his death, 6 children)
- Multiple-award-winning test pilot and aeronautical engineer famous for setting four speed records before becoming the first man to reach Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) in 1953 while flying the D558-II. He is also noted for flying the experimental X-15 rocket airplane in the late 1950s. Crossfield helped to design the fully pressurized suit that served as the prototype of those worn by the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronauts. He was named a vice-president in 1968 of Eastern Airlines. In the 1960s the Crossfields settled in Coral Gables, Florida.
- Inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983.
- Inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1988.
- Died when the small Cessna plane he was piloting crashed during a storm.
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