Hi All,
I just finished this book "Wings on My sleeve". This bloke is incredible, and what a life he has had. I don't normally read Autobiograhies, cos they tend to drrone on somewhat. but this is a great read about a real hero....... I'd recommed it.
Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (born 21 January 1919) is a British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history, piloting 487 different aircraft. He is also the Fleet Air Arm’s most decorated living pilot and holds the world record for aircraft carrier landings – 2,407 as well as being the first to land a jet aircraft, a de Havilland Sea Vampire LZ551/G on a carrier deck.
Peter
I just finished this book "Wings on My sleeve". This bloke is incredible, and what a life he has had. I don't normally read Autobiograhies, cos they tend to drrone on somewhat. but this is a great read about a real hero....... I'd recommed it.
Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (born 21 January 1919) is a British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history, piloting 487 different aircraft. He is also the Fleet Air Arm’s most decorated living pilot and holds the world record for aircraft carrier landings – 2,407 as well as being the first to land a jet aircraft, a de Havilland Sea Vampire LZ551/G on a carrier deck.
Peter