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* Scott Crossfield, Yeager's direct rival and the first pilot known to have reached Mach 2.
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* September 17 – In the second North American X-15, 56-6671, Scott Crossfield makes the first powered X-15 flight, reaching Mach 2. 11 at 52, 341 feet ( 15, 954 meters ).
* Scott Crossfield reaches Mach 2. 15 in the second North American X-15, 56-6671.
* November 5 – After suffering an in-flight engine fire, the second North American X-15, 56-6671, piloted by Scott Crossfield, breaks its back making an emergency landing on Rosamond Dry Lake, California.
* November 15 – Scott Crossfield reaches Mach 2. 97 in North American X-15 56-6671.
* The Scott Crossfield Foundation
The first " Commercial Astronaut " Michael Winston " Mike " Melvill, reviews the first private space flight with Scott Crossfield
Albert Scott Crossfield ( October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006 ) was an American naval officer and test pilot.
Crossfield was played by Scott Wilson in the 1983 film The Right Stuff.
In 1986 he created and funded the A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award presented annually under the stewardship of the Civil Air Patrol during the National Congress on Aerospace Education now called the National Conference on Aerospace Education ( NCASE ).
He was also most proud of his A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award which is awarded annually at what is known as the " Oscar Night " in aviation, the Annual Enshrinement Ceremony Weekend at the National Aviation Hall of Fame held each year at the end of July in Dayton, Ohio.
* Spacefacts biography of Albert Scott Crossfield
* A. Scott Crossfield Elementary School near his former residence
* Accident That Killed Famed Aviator Scott Crossfield, NTSB Releases Final Report
* Scott Crossfield Foundation web site, retrieved March 25, 2008
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President John F. Kennedy used the occasion to confer the most prestigious award in American aviation, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, jointly to White and three of his fellow X-15 pilots ; NASA's Joseph Walker, Commander Forrest S. Peterson of the U. S. Navy, and North American Aviation test pilot Scott Crossfield.
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Scott Derrickson was set to direct " Hyperion Cantos " for Warner Bros. and GK Films.
After a year working on the film adaptation of Dune, and following the sudden death of his brother Frank, Scott signed to direct the film version of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ?.
On 31 July 2009, news surfaced of a two part prequel to Alien with Scott attached to direct.
The project, ultimately reduced to a single film called Prometheus, which Scott described as sharing " strands of Alien's DNA " while not being a direct prequel, was released in June 2012.
Earlier ( in 2009 ) Scott had stated that he would direct a film adaptation of the Red Riding trilogy.
During the 1911 winter his confidence increased ; On 2 August, after the return of a three-man party from their winter journey to Cape Crozier, Scott wrote, " I feel sure we are as near perfection as experience can direct ".
Although hired to direct a film adaptation of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card that was scheduled for release in 2008, he " moved on " from the project.
Scott continued to appear in and sometimes direct Broadway productions throughout the 1960s.
By hiring Scott out in a free state, Emerson was effectively bringing the institution of slavery into a free state, which was a direct violation of the Missouri Compromise, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Wisconsin Enabling Act.
In 2010 voters approved the direct election of mayor, with Scott LeMarr becoming the first directly elected mayor.
The Kelso ZIP code of 63758 appears to be for residents who wish to receive their mail at the Kelso post office ; direct mail delivery in Kelso appears to use the Scott City ZIP code of 63780.
The same year saw the release of Revenge, in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, directed by Tony Scott ( Costner had wanted to direct it himself ).
Henry Hathaway made his directorial debut with Heritage of the Desert ; he would go on to direct a total of seven out of the 10 Zane Grey adaptations that Scott would appear in.
Beulah Annan became " Roxie Hart "; Belva Gaertner, " Velma Kelly "; Albert Annan, " Amos Hart "; and the two lawyers, William Scott Stewart and W. W. O ' Brien, were combined in a composite character, " Billy Flynn " ( O ' Brien seems to have been the closest direct match ).
His Scott and Scotland advanced the claim that Scotland can create a national literature only by writing in English, an opinion that placed him in direct opposition to the Lallans movement of Hugh MacDiarmid.
In May and June 2010, commercial filmmaker and Ridley Scott protégé Carl Erik Rinsch was hired to direct and screenwriter Alex Garland was brought on board to write the script.
right Shiloh – Scott ( St. Louis MetroLink ) rail station links Scott Air Force Base with direct trains to downtown St. Louis on MetroLink's Red Line.
Tony Scott took time out in 1975 to direct a television adaptation of the Henry James story The Author of Beltraffio.
In 1985, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer approached Scott to direct Top Gun on the strength of The Hunger, as well as a commercial he had done for Swedish automaker Saab in the early 1980s, where a Saab 900 turbo is shown racing a Saab 37 Viggen fighter jet.
Scott, though reluctant at first, agreed to direct Top Gun.
Scott was also slated to direct Narco Sub, from a script by David Guggenheim and Mark Bomback, about " a disgraced American naval officer forced to pilot a sub carrying a payload of cocaine to America.
General Winfield Scott learned of Ross's role and offered him a direct commission in the Army.
Variety reported on July 13, 2008 that Richard Linklater is attached to direct again, and Scott Rudin is returning as producer.
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