Eric "Winkle" Brown passes away

[bob225]

True hero sadly departs.

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

 

[Grey Havoc]

Rest In Peace.

 

[fightingirish]

This evening I will read some excerpts in honour of Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown!

Like many of my generation and presumably like many other forum members, his book inspired me reading and finding out more about aircraft prototypes and aircraft projects.

May he rest in peace and his soul fly supersonic towards heaven.

 

[Silencer1]

Rest In Peace!

First knew about him from old "Air International" series of articles about testing the aircraft...

 

[CJGibson]

A gent.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14292107.VIDEO__The_decorated_life_of_Great_Scot_and_aviator_Captain_Eric__Winkle__Brown_who_has_died__aged_97/

 

[starviking]

The man was a legend.

Rest in Peace.

 

[AeroFranz]

I dreaded the day, but it was going to happen given his advanced age...
One of the people i admired the most in the aerospace world. His books on test flying aircraft were incredibly entertaining (the Luftwaffe one being possibly the best), and of course his biography (wing on my sleeves) was very good too.

Hals und beinbruch, as he once told Hermann Goering at the end of WWII

 

[Michel Van]

here is the impressive list of aircraft Brown has flow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_flown_by_Eric_%22Winkle%22_Brown

Eric Brown about how to fly a Me 163 Komet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PN9AP710e0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXLcUKB-jws

 

[Steve Pace]

The man was a legend.

Rest in Peace.

Yes, he was a living legend at that! Rest in peace "Winkle." -SP

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12167611/Captain-Eric-Winkle-Brown-obituary.html

 

[Mike Pryce]

“In an era of outstanding test pilots,” said the one-time Hawker chief test pilot Bill Humble, “‘Winkle’ was simply the best.”

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/22/eric-winkle-brown-obituary

 

[Richard N]

View: https://youtu.be/xIKG1fqJ1TA

 

[Foo Fighter]

Thanks for that, you know there is one thing I have not found out about that man, how many aircraft did he shoot down in total?