Originally Posted by RN website 4 Aug 2014
The Fleet Air Arm's most decorated Pilot delivered a lecture on Highlights of a life in Aviation at the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Museum at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton.
Captain Eric Melrose ‘Winkle’ Brown CBE, DSC, AFC, KCVSA, PhD Hon FRAeS, RN at the age of 94 is a former test pilot who has flown in 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history and a record unlikely ever to be broken! Winkle Browns second world record is for the most aircraft carrier landings performed, 2407 in total!
On the night of 29 July over 400 people gathered beneath the Wings of Concord in the Museum to listen to who can only be described as a living legend in the world of aviation. Silence fell as Winkle Brown took to the podium next to a commissioned portrait of himself on loan to be hanged at RNAS Yeovilton...