Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot
Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.
From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping from a torpedoed ship, to a never-to-be-repeated litany of world records as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft-more than any other pilot in history.
A legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure, there have always been mysteries at the heart of his story…
Format - Paperback
544 pages
Language - English.
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$6.65Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot
Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.
From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping from a torpedoed ship, to a never-to-be-repeated litany of world records as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft-more than any other pilot in history.
A legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure, there have always been mysteries at the heart of his story…
Format - Paperback
544 pages
Language - English.
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Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.
From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping from a torpedoed ship, to a never-to-be-repeated litany of world records as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft-more than any other pilot in history.
A legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure, there have always been mysteries at the heart of his story…
Format - Paperback
544 pages
Language - English.
