Winkle
We have recently had the honour of a TV interview at the Farnborough Aerospace & Science Trust with Eric 'Winkle' Brown - the renown Fleet Air Arm and Test Pilot. Can anyone enlighten me where he got the name 'Winkle' from? The story doing the rounds at the Trust is that there has to be an extant RN pilot with the nickname and he was appointed that honour when he was in service and will hold it until he goes to the great carrier in the sky.