Eric 'Winkle' Brown has passed

Oberon · 02-21-16, 12:06 PM

I'm hearing reports on twitter that Eric Brown, probably Britains best test pilot, has died at the age of 97. Using the word legend is no hyperbole for this man who flew pretty much all there was to fly during WWII and its aftermath. British avitation owes a great deal to this man who had many close scrapes with death and yet always came through.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30039300

RIP Eric, and thank you.

02-21-16, 12:06 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Eric 'Winkle' Brown has passed I'm hearing reports on twitter that Eric Brown, probably Britains best test pilot, has died at the age of 97. Using the word legend is no hyperbole for this man who flew pretty much all there was to fly during WWII and its aftermath. British avitation owes a great deal to this man who had many close scrapes with death and yet always came through. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30039300 RIP Eric, and thank you.