"The World's Greatest Pilot" Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown RN Has Passed Away.
Article about: It's with great sadness I heard today that Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown RN, WWII naval fighter ace, test pilot, and much else has passed away aged 97. ?World?s greatest? aviator Eri
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Sad day indeed, an amazing man and Great Briton !!! RIP
This is a very good BBC documentary about him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szten4iypCM
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Bloody sad news, RIP Eric!.....
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paulscoot
A true hero in every sense of the word, Unfortunatley I don't think we will ever see men of his calibre ever again 'Regards,Paul
Indeed, in those days we had brave talented young men like Eric, now our country seems proud of young men like Joey Essex and similar non entities...
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