Where is Albert Scott Crossfield now? Salary, Relationship



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Albert Scott Crossfield was born on October 2, 1921, in Berkeley, California. His parents were both teachers. He had two brothers and one sister. He attended Berkeley High School, where he was an excellent student and athlete. He played football and baseball, and was captain of the track team. After high school, he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied engineering. He graduated with honors in 1943.

Crossfield began his career as a test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA. He made his first solo flight in a rocket-powered airplane in 1949. He also worked as a test pilot for North American Aviation, where he helped develop the X-15 rocket plane. In 1953, he set a world speed record of 1,600 miles per hour (2,575 kilometers per hour) in the X-15.

In 1955, Crossfield became the first person to fly twice the speed of sound. He also made the first landing of an airplane on an aircraft carrier. In 1962, he flew the X-15A-2 to an altitude of 314,687 feet (96,069 meters), which remains the highest altitude ever reached by an airplane.

Crossfield left North American Aviation in 1966 to become a professor of aeronautical engineering at the University of Washington. He retired from teaching in 1985.

Crossfield was married three times and had four children. He died on April 19, 2006, at the age of 84.

Crossfield was one of the most accomplished test pilots of his generation. He made significant contributions to the development of supersonic and hypersonic aircraft. He was also a gifted teacher, who inspired many students to pursue careers in aerospace engineering.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia