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| | Idaho Mountain Express: Mach 2 pilot's slow-flight dream - April 26, 2006 |
 | | Some years after his celebrated 1953 flight in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket at 1,320 miles per hour, Crossfield joined Miami-based Eastern Airlines as an executive, whereupon he volunteered for the Greater Miami Chamber Aviation Action Committee, of which I was chair, to add his expertise. |
 | | With an eye for drama, Crossfield borrowed a high-wing, 18-passenger DeHavilland DHC-6 twin-engine turboprop Otter, a STOL aircraft popularized by bush pilots, for demonstrations that seemed like stunts, but were to prove Crossfield's point. |
 | | Otter's slow, steep landing approach with double-slatted flaps, jackrabbit takeoff climb and reversible propellers allowed operating in less than 1,500 feet and landing at under 100 miles power hour. |
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