Word: crossfield
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...close to "augering in." As an Air Force test pilot on captain's pay, he took the same risks as his high-salaried civilian counterparts. He resented those who flew for the money and was riled by flyers he felt did not listen to an experienced country boy. Scott Crossfield "just knew it all, which is why he ran a Super Sabre through a hangar." Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon and "the last guy at Edwards to take any advice from a military pilot," ignores a warning and sticks his aircraft in mud. Yeager's comment...