Wings On My Sleeve
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Wings On My Sleeve
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-09-18
Wings On My Sleeve written by Eric Brown and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history. In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. During his lifetime he made a record-breaking 2,407 aircraft carrier landings and survived eleven plane crashes. One of Britain's few German-speaking airmen, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets. WINGS ON MY SLEEVE is 'Winkle' Brown's incredible story.
Wings On My Sleeve
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Wings On My Sleeve written by Eric Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. He is the only man alive who has flown every major combat aircraft of the Second World War as well as all the early jets. Speaking perfect German, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing - among others - Hermann Goering and Werner von Braun. He would have been the first man to break the sound barrier, except that the British government cancelled the programme and gave the technology to America. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts, his amazing life story is now told in full - from crashing in front of Winston Churchill, to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s, to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets.
Wings On My Sleeve
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Author : Eric Melrose Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Wings On My Sleeve written by Eric Melrose Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Air pilots categories.
Selvbiografi om oplevelser og hændelser i et langt liv som pilot, herunder testpilot i den engelske flåde og testcenteret i Farnborough. Samtidig er det en historisk beskrivelse af Fleet Air Arm
Wings On My Sleeve
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Wings On My Sleeve written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Selvbiografi om oplevelser og hændelser i et langt liv som pilot, herunder testpilot i den engelske flåde og testcenteret i Farnborough. Samtidig er det en historisk beskrivelse af Fleet Air Arm. NB. dette er en revideret udgave fra 2007.
Wings Of The Luftwaffe
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Wings Of The Luftwaffe written by Eric Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Aerospace engineering categories.
"During the first chaotic months after the fall of the Third Reich, the RAE sent test pilots throughout the British Zone of Occupation to collect examples of the Luftwaffe's standard aircraft and then ferry them to Farnborough. Captain Eric Brown was a pilot in this ferrying operation. Here Brown delivers a detailed assessment of the characteristics of these principal German aircraft: Fw200C; Heinkel He162; Junkers Ju87; Dornier Do217; Messerschmitt Me262, Bf109G, Bf110, Me163, and several others."--Publisher's description.
Wings Of The Luftwaffe
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Release Date : 1993
Wings Of The Luftwaffe written by Eric Brown and has been published by Crowood Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Air warfare categories.
At the end of World War II, Eric Brown had the extraordinary experience of testing no fewer than 55 captured individual German aircraft types. These ranged from such exotic creations as the prone-pilot Berlin B9 and Horten IV, the push-and-pull Dornier DO335 and the remarkable little Heinkel He 162 Volksjager, to the highly innovative combat types that were entering the inventory of the Luftwaffe shortly before the demise of Germany's Third Reich. Brown also interrogated many of the leading German wartime aviation personalities, such as Willy Messerschmitt, Ernst Heinkel, Kurt Tank and Hanna Reitsch. From this background knowledge of German aviation he has selected those he considers the most important, and presents detailed descriptions of their background and characteristics.
Wings Of The Weird Wonderful
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Wings Of The Weird Wonderful written by Eric Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Eric 'Winkle' Brown, the former Chief Naval Test Pilot and Commanding Officer of the renowned Aerodynamics Flight at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having flown more types of aircraft than any other pilot in the world. The ground rules for this assessment were that only pilot-in-command flights should count, and that marks or variants of a basic type of aircraft were not included. This remarkable record is reflected in the fact that Captain Brown is both the most decorated Fleet Air Arm and British test pilot. The variety of aircraft he has flown is incredible, and though his test and naval flying writings are already internationally known, he now has opened up pages of his flying log books to reveal some of the more unusual types in his unique experience, and to relate their virtues or vices. From the infamous Mitsubishi Zero-Sen and U.S. Navy's piston-engine Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat to the post-war swept-wing de Havilland Swallow. From the North American Savage designed to take off from an aircraft carrier with a nuclear bomb to the Supermarine Attacker, Eric 'Winkle' Brown has tested their qualities and takes the reader into the cockpits of those exciting aircraft to thrill to the joys and hazards of flying both weird and wonderful aircraft with one of the greatest of all pilots.
Winkle
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Author : Paul Beaver
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-06-08
Winkle written by Paul Beaver and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye. From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers from the deck of a carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping death when his ship was torpedoed, to accumulating a never-to-be repeated litany of world records and firsts as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft - more than any other pilot in history. A rival to Chuck Yeager and hero to Neil Armstrong, by the time of his appearance on Desert Island Discs' 1000th episode Winkle had become a legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure. But despite his enormous fame, there have always been mysteries at the heart of Winkle's story. Now, drawing on previously unseen documents and unfettered access to Winkle's own personal archive, Paul Beaver uncovers the complex and enigmatic man behind the legend - the real story of Britain's greatest pilot. A story Winkle insisted could only be told after his death . . . ---------- 'Compelling, fascinating and frequently jaw-dropping. A brilliant and revelatory biography' JAMES HOLLAND 'Beaver recounts the story of a man he regarded as a mentor in unshowy but fascinating detail, and restores a British hero to his rightful place' OBSERVER '[A] thumping great biography by Britain's leading aviation historian' DAILY MAIL, 'BOOK OF THE WEEK' 'Winkle Brown's astonishing adventures make for fascinating reading' SUNDAY TIMES 'An excellent biography' PATRICK BISHOP, DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The extraordinary story [of] a fearless pilot and decorated war hero. Epic' THE HERALD 'A thrilling new biography' DAILY EXPRESS 'A thumping great biography of the flying ace who made Top Gun look tame ... enthralling' DAILY MAIL 'Riveting ... one of those must-read books, compelling and full of incidents that leave you gasping with surprise ... an incredible story' FLYER 'An incredible life ... Brown took a secret to the grave that makes his story all the more remarkable' THE SUN
Duels In The Sky
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Author : Eric Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Duels In The Sky written by Eric Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
First Light
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Author : Geoffrey Wellum
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-05-17
First Light written by Geoffrey Wellum and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with History categories.
Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF . . . Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum finds himself flying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s. Over the coming months he and his fellow pilots play a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. But of the friends that take to the air alongside Wellum many never return.