RIP Scott Crossfield

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:36 pm

Rack the Right Stuff

Hope someone drives Chuck Yeager home tonight.

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Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:38 pm

talk about BALLS--
test pilots !!

biggest of them all

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:10 am

Did he auger in, then?

The first chapter of The Right Stuff is an absolute head-splitter.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:23 am

Nishlord wrote:Did he auger in, then?

The first chapter of The Right Stuff is an absolute head-splitter.

..he did indeed auger in...

RANGER, Georgia (AP) -- Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the wreckage of a single-engine plane in the mountains of northern Georgia, his son-in-law said.

Degenerate · Post by **Degenerate** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:03 pm

[Zyclone]My uncle knew Crossfield well from his time as a consultant to the House Science Committee in the '80s and early '90s. I had the good fortune of meeting him.[/Zyclone] RIP

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:05 pm

Dude was 84 years old. Most people that age shouldn't be driving a car. Drive an airplane too slow and it'll stall.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:09 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Dude was 84 years old.

Did he leave his blinker on?

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:35 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Dude was 84 years old. Most people that age shouldn't be driving a car. Drive an airplane too slow and it'll stall.

Hate when that happens :x

Risa · Post by **Risa** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:28 pm

it wasn't on purpose?

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:33 pm

Risa wrote:it wasn't on purpose?

Naw, nobody means to put one down where it's not suppose to. I have about 300 hours in a Centurion and know better then to fly them around T-storms.

Can you say "flyswatter"?

Some Damn Retard · Post by **Some Damn Retard** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:36 pm

Jerkovich wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:Dude was 84 years old. Most people that age shouldn't be driving a car. Drive an airplane too slow and it'll stall.

Hate when that happens :x

They faked it. The damage to the house is too small given the wingspan.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:42 pm

This is a conspiracy. There was no plane crash, just like on 9-11 and the Pentagon story. These things I know, and I could argue them in a court of law. Not traffic court where I am now, but in real court with real lawyers.

Sincerely,

TVO

Rip City

Some Damn Retard · Post by **Some Damn Retard** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:46 pm

Jerkovich wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:Dude was 84 years old. Most people that age shouldn't be driving a car. Drive an airplane too slow and it'll stall.

Hate when that happens :x

A plane hit this building? yea right.

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:48 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Dude was 84 years old. Most people that age shouldn't be driving a car. Drive an airplane too slow and it'll stall.

Risa · Post by **Risa** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:57 pm

Jerkovich wrote:
Risa wrote:it wasn't on purpose?
Naw, nobody means to put one down where it's not suppose to. I have about 300 hours in a Centurion and know better then to fly them around T-storms.

Can you say "flyswatter"?

i just meant he's old. if you're gonna die, and flight is your life,
why not die in the cockpit?

or is that not how pilots work?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:13 pm

Risa wrote:
Jerkovich wrote:
Risa wrote:it wasn't on purpose?
Naw, nobody means to put one down where it's not suppose to. I have about 300 hours in a Centurion and know better then to fly them around T-storms.

Can you say "flyswatter"?
i just meant he's old. if you're gonna die, and flight is your life,
why not die in the cockpit?

or is that not how pilots work?

Do you have to tard up every thread on the board?

Edit: That would be just great if he crashed it into your fucking house.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:37 pm

Being test pilots is something only people with big, shiny, metal balls have. Sure, there might be a couple of crazies mixed in, but damn, exploding into microbits at 50,000 feet is one thing, but doing it for years is just amazing.

Years ago, our police department had a "test" project involving Smith & Wesson's semi-auto, I think the model 59. Held a buttload of ammo, but it also had a safety lever on the thumb side of it. Just a handful of officers were allowed to carry them. One guy got into some hellacious fight, and had the gun pulled from his holster. Bad guy stuck the gun to his head and pulled the trigger several times to no avail.

Obviously the cop was happy with the safety that day, but the department opted to stay with the revolvers until the Glocks came around. About the only test programs I'd partake in now involve the month long Charmin Toilet Tissue comparisons at Freds.

Was John Denver a test pilot?

Rip City

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:39 pm

Not sure, but his singing voice surely should have been quashed in the beta phase. Perhaps his scream hit a perfect middle C whilst tailspinning groundward...

Fat Bones · Post by **Fat Bones** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:44 pm

I wonder if Toddowen knows how to fly.

Some Damn Retard · Post by **Some Damn Retard** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:23 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:
Risa wrote:
i just meant he's old. if you're gonna die, and flight is your life,
why not die in the cockpit?

or is that not how pilots work?
If he was offing himself, I doubt he'd try to take out a house with him.

No a nut job is someone who can look at the pic I posted (I can post a non photoshopped one if you like) on the first page and say a plane hit that building because the government said so. Now THAT'S a nut job.