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Record-Setting British Pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown Dies at 97

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Eric "Winkle" Brown, a British pilot who flew more kinds of aircraft than anyone in history and was the first person to land a jet on an aircraft carrier, has died. He was 97. (abcnews.go.com) More...

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bmcleansr
Bernard E. McLean 1
Check his book "Wings On My Sleeve" (Amazon) and Netflix bioflick...very interesting!
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LoralThomas
Loral Thomas 6
Wonder how many of the type aircraft Captain Brown flew are still flying today? My bet is he outlived quite a few of them.
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 3
Godspeed, Captain Brown.
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pilot62
Scott Campbell 6
Wow ! what a record, I imagine never to be broken. Enjoy flying thru the Universe Captain !
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SmokedChops
SmokedChops 5
hats off and a raised glass to Group Captain Brown!
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