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Crossfield and received
Crossfield received an honorary doctor of science degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1982.

Crossfield and Award
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.
A. Scott Crossfield Award ribbon
The A. Scott Crossfield Award is named after American naval officer and test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield.
The Crossfield Award is presented to members who have " earned the master level rating in the aerospace education specialty track and served as aerospace education officer.

Crossfield and 1954
In September 1954 Crossfield was forced to make a dead stick landing in the North American F-100 Super Sabre he was evaluating at Dryden, a feat which North American's own test pilots doubted could be done, as the F-100 had a high landing speed.

Crossfield and C
The Laffertys were formerly members of a very small splinter group called the School of Prophets, led by a man named Robert C. Crossfield ( also known by his prophet name Onias ).

Crossfield and .
Members of rock groups Squeeze and Dire Straits lived on the Crossfield Estate in Deptford in the late 1970s, along with Mark Perry, founder of the punk fanzine Sniffin Glue and punk rock band Alternative TV.
The DJ and music journalist Danny Baker also lived near the Crossfield Estate, where he was born and brought up.
Long Lake is part of the 1. 1 million acres ( 4, 500 km² ) acquired from the Mohawk Indians as part of the 1771 Totten and Crossfield Purchase.
There are vast areas planted with rubber in the early days under the Guthrie Ropel Group, Asiatic Plantations, Harrison Crossfield and various other rubber companies.
Crossfield wangers are typically attempted from deep when the opposing full back is drawn towards the middle and there is an open channel in the flank for the on rushing winger.
* November 20-Scott Crossfield flies the Douglas Skyrocket past Mach 2 in a dive, the first flight to reach this speed.
* 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.
* Scott Crossfield, Yeager's direct rival and the first pilot known to have reached Mach 2.
Albert Scott Crossfield ( October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006 ) was an American naval officer and test pilot.
Born in Berkeley, California, Crossfield grew up in California and Washington.
In 1950, Crossfield joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ' ( NACA ) High-Speed Flight Station ( now the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as an aeronautical research pilot.
Crossfield demonstrated his flight test skills on his very first student solo.
His instructor was not available on the designated early morning, so Crossfield, on his own, took off and went through maneuvers he had practiced with his instructor, including spin entry and spin recovery.
During the first spin, Crossfield experienced vibrations, banging, and noise in the aircraft that he had never encountered with his instructor.
In later years, Crossfield often cited his curiosity about this solo spin anomaly and his desire to analyze what was going on and why it happened, as the start of his test pilot career.
With 99 flights in the rocket-powered X-1 and D-558-II, Crossfield had — by a wide margin — more experience with rocketplanes than any other pilot in the world by the time he left Edwards to join North American Aviation in 1955.
Crossfield made a perfect approach and touchdown, but was unable to bring the unpowered aircraft to a halt in a safe distance, and was forced to use the wall of the NACA hangar as a makeshift brake after narrowly missing several parked experimental aircraft.
Crossfield was uninjured, and the F-100 was later repaired and returned to service.

Crossfield and American
As chief engineering test pilot for North American, Crossfield played a major role in the design and development of the North American X-15 and its systems.
Crossfield is the only American to be honored in the White House for his contributions in advancing aeronautical science-or any other discipline-more than once, let alone two consecutive years.
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.
** A. Scott Crossfield, North American X-15 Program
* Scott Crossfield, 36, North American Aviation ( NAA )

Crossfield and Society
The society was founded on September 14, 1955, as the " Testy Test Pilots Society " and had Scott Crossfield of NACA, Ray Tenhoff of Northrop, Joe Ozier of Lockheed, Dick Johnson and John Fitzpatrick of Convair, Tom Kilgariff of Douglas, and Lou Everett of Ryan Aeronautical Company as its original members.

Crossfield and International
It passes immediately west of the Calgary International Airport before continuing north to the City of Airdrie, which is bisected by Highway 2, while a number of other smaller communities such as Crossfield are bypassed.

Crossfield and 1961
* 1961 Scott Crossfield

Crossfield and at
Crossfield at the 2004 launch of Space Ship One
When asked to name his favorite airplane, Crossfield replied, " the one I was flying at the time ," because he thoroughly enjoyed them all and their unique personalities.
Knight began formal riding training at the Deep Dale Ranch, Crossfield, Alberta, in the spring of 1918.
At the first competition he entered at Crossfield in June, 1918, Knight won second place in the bucking contest.
This supersonic rocket plane first flew on June 8, 1959 with Scott Crossfield at the controls.

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