Wings of the Weird and Wonderful Volume 1

Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, the former Chief Naval Test Pilot and Commanding Officer of the renowned Aerodynamics Flight at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having flown more types of aircraft than any other pilot in the world. The ground rules for this assessment were that only pilot-in-command flights should count, and that marks or variants of a basic type of aircraft be not included.
This remarkable record is reflected in the fact that Captain Brown is both the most decorated Fleet Air Arm and British test pilot. The variety of aircraft he has flown is incredible, and though his test and naval flying writings are already internationally known, he now has opened up new pages of his Flying Log Books to reveal some of the more unusual types in his unique experience, and to relate their virtues or vices.
For the first time, in many cases, you will be taken into the cockpits of exciting aircraft, whose flying characteristics have never before been described. You will thrill to the joys and hazards of flying both weird and wonderful aircraft with one of the greatest of all pilots.



by Captain Eric Brown
Published by Airlife 1983 1st edn. 163pp prof. illus. 18x25 page 95 creased at corner, otherwise near fine, including d/j.



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