RANGER, Ga. — Scott Crossfield, the hotshot test pilot and aircraft designer who in 1953 became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was killed in the crash of his small plane, ...
Scott Crossfield, who died at 84 Wednesday when his single-engine Cessna crashed in mountains north of Atlanta, was an aircraft engineer and test pilot, who in 1953 became the first person ever to ...