Eric Melrose Brown
✓ Source-basedstableBritish aviator, Royal Navy officer, test pilot, author (1919-2016)
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Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown,, Hon FRAeS was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history.
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On 3 December 1945, Brown became the first pilot to land on and take off (pictured) from an aircraft carrier in a jet aircraft, when he flew a de Havilland Sea Vampire to HMS Ocean.
A 1941 image of HMS Audacity after her July 1941 conversion to an escort carrier; Brown served on her with 802 Squadron until the carrier was torpedoed in the Atlantic in December 1941
A Royal Air Force Hoverfly I of the type flown by Brown from Speke to Farnborough in 1945
The captured Heinkel He 177 A-5 variant in British markings flown by Brown at Farnborough in September 1944
The high-speed DH 108 VW120 that Brown flew. This aircraft later crashed, killing Brown's successor at the RAE, Sqn Ldr Stuart Muller-Rowland.Awards 3
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Paul Scully-PowerAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical SocietyAntony FisherAlso won Air Force Cross
Vincenzo CamporiniAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of HamiltonAlso won Air Force Cross
Patrick M. ShanahanAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Henry TizardAlso won Air Force CrossAbout this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2016 · aged 97
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13 languages
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