"I Flew Them All!". Eric "winkle" Brown On Aircraft, WW2 Events, And Key Protagonists.

[Dronescapes]

"I Flew Them All!". Eric "Winkle" Brown On Aircraft, WW2 Events, And Key Protagonists.
These are never seen before extensive raw interviews used for his biography.
A priceless document for posterity

View: https://youtu.be/003o4h5__Lw

 

[Gnomey]

Good one!

 

[DDonSS3]

I always enjoyed reading his reports in the old Air Enthusiast/Air International magaines and even bought a couple of his books.

 

[tyrodtom]

I always enjoyed reading his reports in the old Air Enthusiast/Air International magaines and even bought a couple of his books.

I've got some early1960's era RAF Flying Review magazines. Eric Brown often wrote articles for them.
They cost 1s,9d, or 35 cents then.
My local drugstore, in very rural Virginia, would get maybe 2 each month.
I have no idea why they started displaying them, but they fed my 12 year old flying addiction

 

[Reluctant Poster]

I've got some early1960's era RAF Flying Review magazines. Eric Brown often wrote articles for them.
They cost 1s,9d, or 35 cents then.
My local drugstore, in very rural Virginia, would get maybe 2 each month.
I have no idea why they started displaying them, but they fed my 12 year old flying addiction

DH Clarke's What Were They Like To Fly articles were also interesting. I have my father's collection of RAF Flying Review from 1959 to the 70s

 

[Barrett]

I was fortunate to know Eric and Lynn tolerably well--we exchanged visits Over There and Over Here.

Mid-late 80s: I showed them through the Champlin Fighter Museum here in Arizona. We had just entered the WW II hangar when Eric spotted the Wildcat. He stretched his arms wide, "Ah, the love of my life!"

The ambient temperature lowered about 10 degrees.

Eric, quit-thinking aviator that he was, immediately added, "Except you, my dear."

Lynn shot him a sideways glance. "Nice recovery"