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01-23-2014 | 02:15 AM
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01-23-2014 | 06:20 AM
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Eric is the most amazing pilot having flown a Staggering number of plane types. His talks are entertaining and interesting and there are a number of interviews on Youtube. As the article says he was the only allied pilot to fly the Me163 under power and Eric's account of it can be found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PN9AP710e0
His huge list of 487 aircraft types flown is listed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...inkle%22_Brown
Without any exaggeration the greatest pilot ever, especially as many of the types were experimental and far from easy to fly. He was the person that discovered why Geoffrey de Havilland was killed in the Dh108 when he flew one of the 3 prototypes and it went into a rapid uncontrolled pitch up and down at close to Mach 1. Eric managed to control it and slow up till it stopped. It must have taken great courage to fly planes like the He162 when he would have known that the prototype crashed making a display when the wing failed due to a wooden skin coming apart.
His book the 'Wings of the Luftwaffe Flying the captured German aircraft of World War II" is a great read.
John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PN9AP710e0
His huge list of 487 aircraft types flown is listed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...inkle%22_Brown
Without any exaggeration the greatest pilot ever, especially as many of the types were experimental and far from easy to fly. He was the person that discovered why Geoffrey de Havilland was killed in the Dh108 when he flew one of the 3 prototypes and it went into a rapid uncontrolled pitch up and down at close to Mach 1. Eric managed to control it and slow up till it stopped. It must have taken great courage to fly planes like the He162 when he would have known that the prototype crashed making a display when the wing failed due to a wooden skin coming apart.
His book the 'Wings of the Luftwaffe Flying the captured German aircraft of World War II" is a great read.
John
01-23-2014 | 01:19 PM
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Weird, me and Beardy were discussing him today in the office. A definite dinner party guest wish. We'd need to start at breakfast to maximise the listening time...
01-23-2014 | 01:54 PM
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Went to see him last year at the Chalk Valley festival. It was a very moving experience for me to be in the same tent as the greatest aviator
that has ever or will ever grace this wonderful planet of ours.
that has ever or will ever grace this wonderful planet of ours.
01-23-2014 | 02:24 PM
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Agree, Andy, been to many of his lectures too. He is usually present at the big Air Shows in the UK, eg Flying Legends at Duxford.
Amongst his wonderful books :;
"Wings on my Sleeve" , his autobiography.
"Wings of the Weird and Wonderful".
'Wings of the Luftwaffe".
All fantastic reads, problem is once started you can't put them down.
We shall never see his like again.
David.
Amongst his wonderful books :;
"Wings on my Sleeve" , his autobiography.
"Wings of the Weird and Wonderful".
'Wings of the Luftwaffe".
All fantastic reads, problem is once started you can't put them down.
We shall never see his like again.
David.
01-30-2014 | 02:12 AM
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If you guys enjoy Eric Brown's books you will certainly enjoy a History Channel film available on YouTube called "Luftwaffe 1946" with much footage I had not seen previously.
There's quite a bit on the ME 262 (which Eric Brown holds in very high regard, except for its very high SE safety speed, 180, mph, even worse than the Meteor and Canberra, 160mph ).
As an aside, last Sunday I saw a letter from a Mr Williams, a British MOS official to Frank Whittle. This letter, dated 1937, and subsequent , suggests that German development of their gas turbine engines, was based on British, Whittle, research which was leaked due to poor security. (as a result of initially poor British Government interest in the jet concept) This means, according to a letter from Frank Whittle's son, that ALL current gas turbine engines, world wide, can trace their lineage back to the basic Whittle design. This letter is considered to be one of the most important ever written concerning engineering.
The letters are on display in the RAF club in London.
David
There's quite a bit on the ME 262 (which Eric Brown holds in very high regard, except for its very high SE safety speed, 180, mph, even worse than the Meteor and Canberra, 160mph ).
As an aside, last Sunday I saw a letter from a Mr Williams, a British MOS official to Frank Whittle. This letter, dated 1937, and subsequent , suggests that German development of their gas turbine engines, was based on British, Whittle, research which was leaked due to poor security. (as a result of initially poor British Government interest in the jet concept) This means, according to a letter from Frank Whittle's son, that ALL current gas turbine engines, world wide, can trace their lineage back to the basic Whittle design. This letter is considered to be one of the most important ever written concerning engineering.
The letters are on display in the RAF club in London.
David
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