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On this day in 2006, the world lost Scott Crossfield—the first human to fly faster than twice the speed of sound (roughly 1,300 mph). Pictured here, his pioneering Mach 2 flight on November 20, 1953, was accomplished in a Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket. 📸: Reuters https://t.co/4iE8cVl57X — PolitiTweet.org