Oliver R Crawford - Further Work

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In addition to his accomplishments as a business and civic leader, Crawford has flown nearly 100 types of civilian aircraft and has more than 13,000 hours in his log books. He is the only P-40 pilot from World War II who until recently, was still piloting the Commemorative Air Force's P-40 Warhawk in airshows. He is vice chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation and a trustee of the Falcon Foundation of the Air Force Academy. Crawford and his wife, Nancy, live near San Antonio Texas.

In 2009, Crawford became the oldest person to receive a high-flight in the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady. After receiving training on the use of a pressure suit and experiencing the decompression chamber at Beale Air Force Base in California, Crawford reached an altitude of over 60,000 feet on his U-2 flight.

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