Scott Anderson (pilot)
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Scott D. Anderson was an F-16 fighter pilot
for the Air National Guard
in Duluth, Minnesota
. He was also a test pilot
for Cirrus Design
. He was killed in an aircraft crash while testing Cirrus's SR20
. Anderson is also the author of Distant Fires, an outdoor adventure autobiography
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Fighter pilot
A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting...
for the Air National Guard
Air National Guard
The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...
in Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. He was also a test pilot
Test pilot
A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
for Cirrus Design
Cirrus Design
The Cirrus Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1984 by Alan and Dale Klapmeier to produce the VK-30 kit aircraft....
. He was killed in an aircraft crash while testing Cirrus's SR20
Cirrus SR20
The Cirrus Design SR20 is a piston engine composite monoplane that seats four. The SR20 is noted for being the first production general aviation aircraft equipped with a parachute designed to lower the aircraft safely to the ground after loss of control or structural failure.-Design and...
. Anderson is also the author of Distant Fires, an outdoor adventure autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
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External links
- Scott Anderson Leadership Foundation
- Distant Fires by Scott Anderson, ISBN 978-0938586333
- Essay on Cirrus's SR20 and Scott Anderson