by Linda Burdette, Feature Article Editor

Albert Scott Crossfield was born in Berkeley, California on October 2, 1921 and grew up in California and
Washington. His father was a petroleum chemist who carried the scars of World War I gas warfare and was
an executive with Union Oil Co. Union Oil was probably one of the first corporations to have a business
aircraft fleet and Carl Lienesch was one of the company pilots. Lienesch gave Crossfield his first flight at the
age of six in an oil company plane, an Alexander Eaglerock. Lienesch always claimed that Crossfield fell
asleep during the flight, but nevertheless that flight awoke in Crossfield a passion for aviation.

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