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Old 04-20-2006, 04:33 PM
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Very Sad!! What a Great Man!!!! I met him at EAA.

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Does anyone know yet if it was a mechanical, or a medical problem that brought him down?
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I saw on the news he was in (near) a level 6 thunderstorm and (this from RV friend Don Hull who saw the data on FlightAware) that his groundspeed was down to 96kts from 150kts for the last 30 minutes of the flight. Maybe this was to reduce his airspeed to below maneuvering speed.

Very sad.
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I can give you a ground based report that the weather in that area was awful at the time of his crash. Hail the size of golfballs, lightning, wind, rain, etc. Not the place for any GA aircraft, and I imagine the big iron was avoiding it too.

An unfortunate way to lose an aviation legend.
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:47 PM
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This is very sad. God Speed to you Scott Crossfield.
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It's always sad when one of the great ones die. He will be missed! My condolences to his family.

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