New Posts For Thread: RIP Eric Winkle Brownhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brownLegend Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown, who has died aged 97, flew 487 different types of aircraft, made 2,407 decklandings at sea and 2,721 catapult launches, world records unlikely ever to be broken.Brown flew every major combat aircraft of the SecNo z lister TV celeb was this man. Lest we forget.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=548387287#548387287No z lister TV celeb was this man. Lest we forget.Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:13:33 -0500Spot on ribero.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547932113#547932113Spot on ribero.Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:42:55 -0600Why wasn't he knighted?He should have ridden a bike instead,would have been a certainty then.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547932083#547932083Why wasn't he knighted?He should have ridden a bike instead,would have been a certainty then.Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:38:20 -0600Brown’s asperity and his single-minded advocacy of naval aviation would explain the lack of a knighthood.Being unnecessarily impolite and unable to see other people's point of view aren't necessarily the way onto the Honours List. Nor is calling thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547931887#547931887Brown’s asperity and his single-minded advocacy of naval aviation would explain the lack of a knighthood.Being unnecessarily impolite and unable to see other people's point of view aren't necessarily the way onto the Honours List. Nor is calling thSat, 27 Feb 2016 03:56:52 -0600The "tipping" v1, I'd heard of before. I think the reason was because if you blew it up, it'd likely blow YOU up. I think it was that they flew with a gyproscope to hold direction and if you put that off axis enough the controls just gave up the plothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547930997#547930997The "tipping" v1, I'd heard of before. I think the reason was because if you blew it up, it'd likely blow YOU up. I think it was that they flew with a gyproscope to hold direction and if you put that off axis enough the controls just gave up the plotFri, 26 Feb 2016 20:28:36 -0600A truly amazing man, who lived an incredible ' boys own ' hero of a life. The documentary was outstanding. If you didn't know it was true , you'd have said it was made up or exaggerated.One of the facts I found staggering, was he flew planes alongshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547930577#547930577A truly amazing man, who lived an incredible ' boys own ' hero of a life. The documentary was outstanding. If you didn't know it was true , you'd have said it was made up or exaggerated.One of the facts I found staggering, was he flew planes alongsFri, 26 Feb 2016 18:51:06 -0600RIP A hero who lived an amazing life.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547929771#547929771RIP A hero who lived an amazing life.Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:56:58 -0600I'm certainly not a failure in life but I'm in awe as well, most of us live a fraction of the life he lead.If it was a film you'd think it far fetched. Flew me262s? Was there to liberate Belsen and interogated the guards and then Goering? Survived ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547929409#547929409I'm certainly not a failure in life but I'm in awe as well, most of us live a fraction of the life he lead.If it was a film you'd think it far fetched. Flew me262s? Was there to liberate Belsen and interogated the guards and then Goering? Survived aFri, 26 Feb 2016 16:17:29 -0600totally in awe of a man like that. True hero and nerves of steel.RIPhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547929269#547929269totally in awe of a man like that. True hero and nerves of steel.RIPFri, 26 Feb 2016 16:08:38 -0600The good documentary about him is being shown on BBC2 right now, should be on iPlayer if you miss it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30656517/rip-eric-winkle-brown?post_id=547926171#547926171The good documentary about him is being shown on BBC2 right now, should be on iPlayer if you miss it.Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:29:30 -0600