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Wings on My Sleeve (Paperback)

by Eric Brown (Author)
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  • Paperback: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; illustrated edition edition (1 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753822091
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753822098
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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TODAY'S PILOT

'fascinating... If you only buy one aviation book this year, make sure it's this one.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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'fascinating... If you only buy one aviation book this year, make sure it's this one.' (TODAY'S PILOT )

'In all the lists of those magnificent men in their flying machines, this must surely come very near the top.' (DAILY MAIL )

'The stories beggar belief.' (THE GUARDIAN )

'Copiously illustrated, filled with insights, opionion, anecdotes and observations, this is a gem of a book.' (NAVY NEWS )

'a fascinating story... for anyone interested in aviation, this is required reading.' (AEROPLANE magazine )

'a fascinating story ... full of absorbing information and insight.' (TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't I give it six stars...?, 2 Oct 2006
By Andrew Tyacke "Andy Tyacke" (Bockhorst, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wings on My Sleeve: The World's Greatest Test Pilot tells his story (Hardcover)
No test pilot in history has flown so many types of aircraft as Commander Brown and certainly no other test pilot writes as clearly and interestingly as he does. "Wings on my Sleeve" was first published in 1961 in a much shorter form. In this new edition he answers so many questions that come to mind when reading his other books - notably "Wings of the Navy" and "Wings of the Luftwaffe" - and sets these books into a much wider context of his amazing life
This is the story of his life from his first flight, with the legendary German WW1 ace and later stunt pilot and finally Director of Air Armaments in Goering's Luftwaffe, Ernst Udet, through his experiences in Nazi Germany and his encounter with the SS when they came to tell him that the two counties were at war and on through a life that included convoy escort duties and hair-raising encounters with FW Kuriers before his outstanding deck landing skills led to his being appointed to RAE Farnborough.
He then chronicles the hectic life of a war time test pilot as he flew practically every type of British and US military aircraft and evaluated captured enemy machines to develop combat tactics.
Because of his fluent German, the last days of the war found him despatched to Germany to assemble and test German aircraft. Here he accepted the surrender of a major Luftwaffe base when he landed in the mistaken assumption that it had already been captured by the allies. During this time he met and talked to Goering and Hanna Reitsch as well as every major German aircraft figure of the era.
Post war the pace did not diminish: taking delivery of the first US helicopter to be allocated to the UK, he asked about training to fly it and was handed a thick book with the words, "Here's your instructor!" High speed flights investigating the approach to Mach One were interspersed with development on the Avro Tudor and Bristol Brabazon as well as a huge range of varyingly successful (and otherwise) experimental and new military and civil aircraft.
Commander Brown's close involvement in the development of so many British and US aircraft, allied with his own evaluative and literary skills make this a book to be cherished and re-read time and again: in fact, just like his previous books!
My only complaint is that, like all good things, it leaves one wanting more of the same.
PS: Commander Brown has written far too few books! One I would love for him to write would be "Wings of the Post War Navy". Any chance, please?
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most interesting and intriguing aviation I have read, 26 Jan 2007
By M. Jeffries (North Derbyshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wings on My Sleeve: The World's Greatest Test Pilot tells his story (Hardcover)
I have little to add to the previous reviewer who has said all that I would have written. This is one of the most understated books I have read about a single person's exploits in the aviation world. For me every paragraph on every page could have (and should have) been expanded to provide greater detail to the already mind-blowing expolits of the author.
One day in his every day life would almost fit the 'wish list' of many aspiring aviators.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled: "If it had wings, I flew it"!, 2 Feb 2008
By G. Clement-Boggis "GCB" (Cambridgeshire, England) - See all my reviews
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If you have the slightest interest in aviation since the 1930's this book will leave you open mouthed in awe at the incredible experiences of the author. No-one would have the audacity to write this as fiction for fear of it being branded "too far fetched!". If being taken for a flight by Ernst Udet before WW2 and watching Hanna Reitsch fly one of the first helicopters inside the Olympic stadium isn't enough, the author goes on to fly every major UK, US, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese aircraft of world war two before being at the very forefront of the jet age and conquering of the "Sound Barrier"....and all whilst being in our Navy! Written from his personal diaries, the style is humble and events put down to good fortune when I am sure they are really due to his skill.
The book can be frustratingly thin on subjects that deserve a book of their own (how many other allied pilots flew a Me163 rocket plane under power I wonder...) and it flits back and forth in time a little confusingly but these are minor quibbles. The book is heavy due to the high quality paper needed to support the small print size to cram it all in and if more detail were given it would extend to several volumes.
Just read it and revel as iconic aircraft and characters of the 40's ad 50's are met and summarized before moving onto the next encounter.
In a time when the term "hero" has become confused with "celebrity", here folks, is the real thing...
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