| Wings on My Sleeve: The World's Greatest Test Pilot Tells His Story Contributor(s): Brown, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0753822091 ISBN-13: 9780753822098 Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2021 Annotation: Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came when the Gestapo arrested him, not knowing he was an RAF pilot. The rest is history. He is the only man alive to have flown every major and most minor combat aircraft of the Second World War (as well as all the early jets), and has been interviewed by the top Nazis. While testing the Nazi jets in war-stricken Germany, he interviewed (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts, his amazing life story deserves to be told in full--from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Transportation | Aviation - History - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.22" W x 7.83" (0.89 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history. In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. During his lifetime he made a record-breaking 2,407 aircraft carrier landings and survived eleven plane crashes. One of Britain's few German-speaking airmen, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets. WINGS ON MY SLEEVE is 'Winkle' Brown's incredible story. |