Wings on My Sleeve: The World's Greatest Test Pilot tells his story

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Conner, Margaret (2001). Hans Von Ohain: Elegance in Flight. AIAA. pp.140–1. ISBN 978-1-56347-520-7.

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harmonization of the controls and the responsiveness and the effectiveness of them was not as good as the sophisticated ones today. But it was—they were such that it made you feel right at home. The airplane felt part of you is the best way I can describe it.Brown flight-tested all three of the German jet designs to see front-line action in the war: the Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe and the Arado Ar 234B Blitz, each type powered by twin Junkers Jumo 004 engines, and the single-engined BMW 003-powered Heinkel He 162A Spatz turbojet combat aircraft. [32] He would later fly the He 162A at the Farnborough Air Show, and described it as having the best controls of any aircraft he had ever flown but as being difficult to handle. [33] One of his colleagues at Farnborough died trying the aircraft type in an evaluation. [34] a b Guinness World Records. "First landing on an aircraft carrier". Guinnessworldrecords.com . Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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Captain Eric Brown died 21 February 2016 at the age of 97 in Surry, England. Brown was born in Leth, Scotland in 1919. This renewed the interest in his memoir and various biographies about Brown. This memoir was originally published in 1961. It has recently been reprinted but also is now an e-book and audiobook. Overall it does little to tell us anything about the man and his extraordinary life and personality. It is sad that obituaries, interviews in his twilight years, and documentaries have given us tantalisingly brief insights into the humour, and character of a truly exceptional man.The book starts with a brief reference to his early life and after a brief description of life before the war we are taken into an endless "listing" of his flying experiences.

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I tried to read this book after a lady at work recommended it. However, this kind of book is not for me. It is an auto-biography, and although his life and the events are probably very interesting, he is writing the book and he is not a writer, so this style of writing does not grab me and make me want to read more. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Because of the special circumstances involved, Brown didn't think that this record would ever be topped. [58] Captain Brown was an amazing pilot, test pilot, aeronaut, driver of change and development, but sadly not a great writer.Winkle’s skills became so well known that he was assigned to test “rogue aircraft,” death-laden types such as the Fairey Barracuda or the Avro Tutor, in a desperate attempt to “winkle out” the faulty flight characteristics. Eric Brown had an amazing life, full of daring adventures and a lot of flying hundreds of different aircraft. You can see the survivor bias at work: dozens of narrow escapes from death, while many a friend is killed in the line of duty. It makes for good stories.