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To: NormsRevenge; Dashing Dasher
Among his many honors, Crossfield was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983.

My mother was the director of the Will Rogers Memorial in the 80's when Rogers was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame. She was one of the dignitaries for the presentation, and during the day of the ceremony she was met by the AHoF people and given a tour of the place.

She and my dad were driven all over the air base for several hours by this nice guy, who they were introduced to as "a pilot". He told them about everything and was a great host. They had no idea who he was.

At the presentation that night, the previous inductees were on the dais, and their driver turned out to be Scott Crossfield. My dad said he could have kicked himself. He'd have loved to ask him about all his flying experiences, but they didn't know who he was.

Have a good flight West, Scott.

57 posted on 04/20/2006 1:03:55 PM PDT by narby
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To: narby

I would have recognized him.

;-)


59 posted on 04/20/2006 1:08:44 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (God made mud, God made dirt, God made boys so girls could flirt.)
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