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Wings on My Sleeve
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Wings on My Sleeve
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Publisher's Summary
'When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker'
Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs
'The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration'
Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer
'The stories beggar belief'
Guardian
'Fascinating reading . . . His amazing life story is quite literally "stranger than fiction"'
Today's Pilot
In 1939, Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else.
During his lifetime he made a record-breaking 2,407 aircraft carrier landings and survived eleven plane crashes. One of Britain's few German-speaking airmen, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets.
Wings on My Sleeve is 'Winkle' Brown's incredible story.
What listeners say about Wings on My Sleeve
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- Rob Budden
- 18-11-2016
an amazing book
This is truly a must read; an amazing book about an amazing life in the air.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-07-2018
Great
Interesting if you are interested in planes, fascinating if you love planes and their history
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- Hamish
- 14-07-2016
Great story about an incredible flying career.
Really enjoyed this book, but felt that i didn't really get to know much about Eric Brown personally. A couple of things that I knew about him, for example that he attended the 1933 Olympics and not shaking Hermann Goering's hand, were absent. Highly recommended nontheless.
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- Dale
- 08-10-2016
Top story
Was really interesting story and a must listen for ww2 fighter plane fans. Top narrative and well writen.
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- Smcguinn
- 17-10-2019
Unique, fascinating, humble
Definitely one of my favourite books. Eric Brown’s story is unique and well written, capturing the extraordinary times of his life and the flying experiences he had. Told with a humility that is rare amongst his peers, the story gives a glimpse of the hard work, discipline and focus on perfection that laid solid foundations for all Navy air arms for generations to come.
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- Clay
- 06-04-2020
Amazing
If you're an av geek you will absolutely love this book. An amazing story of flying pre war, during the war, and into the cold war era. Very descriptive of most aircraft he has flown, and a very good story teller.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-04-2017
For enthusiasts
This work tends toward the technical and would appeal to senior retired air crew and related support workers I believe.
The risks Eric Brown and many other test pilots accepted as part of their duty during war time and post war Britain amazed me.
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