Wings on My Sleeve: The World's Greatest Test Pilot tells his story

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His father’s RFC background led to them meeting the aviator Hanna Reitsch and the first world war ace and senior Luftwaffe officer Ernst Udet who, taking Brown for a flight, ignited his interest in flying. The venture was not without risk, as before their capture, the Germans had destroyed all the engine log books for the aircraft, leaving Brown and his colleagues no idea of the expected engine hours remaining to the machines. Some incredibly informative and unbelievable stories from a charming and humble individual who genuinely seems to love aviation in all its forms. as the plane porpoised wildly my chin hit my chest, jerked hard back, slammed forward again, repeated it over and over, flogged by the awful whipping of the plane.

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Indeed, he was not the first pilot to survive the sound barrier, or be a martyr to high-speed flight, nor be a holder of the world air speed record. Winkle’s skills became so well known that he was assigned to test “rogue aircraft,” death-laden types such as the Fairey Barracuda or the Avro Tutor, in a desperate attempt to “winkle out” the faulty flight characteristics.

From this point on, he moved with the assurance of a sleepwalker through flight training to launching in Grumman Martlets from HMS Audacity, the very first escort carrier, to shooting down Focke Wulf Fw-200C Kuriers over the heaving North Atlantic. He had never seen one of these tail-rotor machines, so a trip to Farnborough was arranged and Brown had a short flight as a passenger in one. The fighter hit the crash barrier, sheared off its undercarriage and shredded the propeller, but he was unhurt. If a pilot has this perfect harmony of control you feel you're part of the aeroplane and you're bonded with it really. His career has covered every aspect of naval flying, and as a test pilot he was the first naval officer to head Aerodynamic Flight at Farnborough where he flew, in every variety of experimental work, all sorts of different aircraft.

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Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came when the Gestapo arrested him, not knowing he was an RAF pilot.Veuillez lire les politiques de confidentialité des tiers avant de partager des renseignements personnels ou d'effectuer une transaction sur leur site.