Captain Eric Brown dies

[tsubaki]

Living to 97 after six years of war and rather more than that test flying planes is some achievement. Rest in peace, though.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/21/royal-navy-most-decorated-pilot-dies-erc-winkle-brown

 

[Toast]

WAFU.

RIP.

 

[dandydan]

Climbing into captured aircraft with no training on the model and then throwing them about the sky to work out how best to counter them? That's a brave man! RIP