Winkle

The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot

Author  Paul Beaver
Winkle

Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot

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Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.


From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers from the deck of a carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping death when his ship was torpedoed, to accumulating a never-to-be repeated litany of world records and firsts as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft - more than any other pilot in history.


A rival to Chuck Yeager and hero to Neil Armstrong, by the time of his…