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Five93H

02-21-2016 09:12 AM

Eric 'Winkle' Brown

Legendary aviator, flew over 400 different aircraft, countless other records.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...inkle%22_Brown

1919-2016

UAL T38 Phlyer

02-22-2016 07:56 AM

Wow.

Amazing life and accomplishments.

RIP, Sir.

Packrat

02-22-2016 10:16 AM

Only a true aviation pioneer could amass a resume like that. Can you imagine have 400 airplanes in YOUR logbook? Obviously this guy was one of the premier test pilots of the last century. Fair winds...

block30

02-23-2016 01:50 PM

British Test Pilot Eric Brown Dies At 97 - AVweb flash Article

Just saw this on avweb. Thanks for posting, Five93H

MarineFAC

02-27-2016 12:41 PM

I had the chance to hear him give a lecture at the Smithsonian back in the mid-80's and was awe struck with his stories about his experiences as a Naval Test Pilot. A true giant of a aviation.

727C47

03-08-2016 10:26 AM

Respect !!!

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