'Winkle' Brown lecture video
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'Winkle' Brown lecture video
Winkle here speaking at Farnborough to raise funds for Cody statue.
Seems he got his love of speed from riding a Norton on a Wall of Death!
A fantastic watch.
Seems he got his love of speed from riding a Norton on a Wall of Death!
A fantastic watch.
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He is lecturing on June 29th at the Daily Mail Chalke Valley Festival - Airshow at 14:30
Event 51 ? THE DAILY MAIL CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL AIRSHOW | Chalke Valley History Festival
Tickets arrived yesterday......
Event 51 ? THE DAILY MAIL CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL AIRSHOW | Chalke Valley History Festival
Tickets arrived yesterday......
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Err yes; I was thinking of Wings on My Sleeve. Sorry Genghis.The list is formidable: For those like me who just did not know of his accomplishments - See his wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_B...pilot%29#Books.
Beware though, there's a reference to a 4000 ft dive height in the account of his tests of the strengthened DH108 ! that seems wrong.
Why oh Why is this Test Pilot not better known ?
CAT III
Beware though, there's a reference to a 4000 ft dive height in the account of his tests of the strengthened DH108 ! that seems wrong.
Why oh Why is this Test Pilot not better known ?
CAT III
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Err yes; I was thinking of Wings on My Sleeve. Sorry Genghis.The list is formidable: For those like me who just did not know of his accomplishments - See his wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_B...pilot%29#Books.
Beware though, there's a reference to a 4000 ft dive height in the account of his tests of the strengthened DH108 ! that seems wrong.
Why oh Why is this Test Pilot not better known ?
CAT III
Beware though, there's a reference to a 4000 ft dive height in the account of his tests of the strengthened DH108 ! that seems wrong.
Why oh Why is this Test Pilot not better known ?
CAT III
The Daily Mail don't get much right generally, but recently described him as "The man who makes Biggles look like a wimp", and I think that was pretty much spot on.
As for why he's not better known - I can't explain it either.
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Yes, it was a pleasure to meet him and to hear him speak. He took part in our (Hatfield RAeS Branch) 1990 symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the DH Mosquito, when he told us the story of his first deck landings with a twin-engined type (for transcript see pp 94-104 of "The Mosquito 50 years on" GMS 1991).
As the result of his comment in the questions "I never flew a de Havilland product that was not a pilot's aeroplane" we asked him to come back to talk to us for a whole evening on his experiences with our "pilot's aeroplanes" and he did and it was wonderful.
As the result of his comment in the questions "I never flew a de Havilland product that was not a pilot's aeroplane" we asked him to come back to talk to us for a whole evening on his experiences with our "pilot's aeroplanes" and he did and it was wonderful.
