Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown RIP

On 24/02/2016 07:26, PVK wrote:
On 22/02/2016 00:00, gemil wrote:


My Hero.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854


Flew most German rocket/jet aircraft.
Flew 487 different types of aircraft, a world record that is unlikely
ever to be matched.
Piloted 2,407 aircraft carrier landings
Appointed MBE, OBE and CBE
Survived 11 plane crashes and the sinking of HMS Audacity in 1941
Was at the liberation of Bergen Belsen.
Interrogated some of the leading Nazis after the war, including Heinrich
Himmler, Hermann Goering and Belsen's chief guards Josef Kramer and Irma
Grese ~~
Dingo



In addition to all of his aviation achievements and records, Captain
Brown once sang with the Glenn Miller orchestra, and was complimented on
his voice by Glenn himself.

Regards
Paul

Incredible, a man of so many talents! I can't even sing, let alone pilot
an aircraft.

Ri©ardo

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