Capt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Axis aircraft and ejection systems
2015 ж. 20 Там.
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In this video, our patron talks about a number of German aircraft, their ejection systems and 'Schrage Musik'. Warning: contains some mature content.
Read his book, wings on my sleeve, i got an ecopy via google books, these clips are almost a spoken version. When you realise what he did, without instruction on so many aircraft of all types, just raw ability, i dont mind saying i was in awe of his natural talent.
"without instruction" = Test Pilot?
The Martin Baker seat in the Australian Avon Sabre worked well but pilots died in otherwise successful ejections - the top of their head had been taken off by the canopy which was separated by explosive bolts. This was fixed by disarming the bolts and putting a bolt on top of the seat which simply smashed through the canopy. Or so I recall. I was a radio tech, not armourer.
Could listen to him all day.
What a remarkable chap, such a vivid memory and knowledge.
Planes and especially WW11 era Planes have been my thing since a child in the 60's. I'm ex RAF, having worked on Lightnings amongst others. 'Nine Lives ' , as Winkle was otherwise known, is a hero of mine. I really appreciate these videos and praise the foresight of the guys that made them. Thankyou Eric and thankyou all.
Met and spoke to him in 2011. A remarkable man and a privilege to meet.
Amazing man. Lived not far from where I used to live. Wish I'd had a chance to speak to him. 'Wings on my sleeve' is a great book for those interested in his life.
I met this gentleman so many times what a legend blue skies soft landings to you sir
Thank you for your bravery & service sir.RIP.
This man had the wings of an angel whilst he walked on earth - RIP
fact.
The Dornier 335 is my favourite plane of the war so interesting that he had so much to say about it.
agreed...ever seen the 335 hybrid?...prop in the front/jet in back...
The Do335 was developed due to the jet-engine-probs. And they needed fast props to fight Mustangs at their air-bases.
He wasn't afraid to give credit where it was due. Maybe that interfered with his knighthood.
my least favourite aircraft. My uncle who was Winkles commanding officer at Farnborough died in one in Jan 1946.
dude is just peak gentleman/aviator
Astonishing man. Just read his book that I found in 'Works' for £2. I see the Horten IX V2 'flying wing' model in the background. I thought this was a figment of Steven Speilberg's imagination!
So why don't you mention Alexander Lippisch, who was doing flying wings before Northrop.
what has that got to do with it ?
@@thehobgoblin9790 why didn’t you reference Dunne or Junkers?
@@robertpatrick3350 Why didn't I mention Penaud, Ellehammer, Etrich, Cheranovsky or Arnoux for that matter. And the Junkers G38 wasn't a flying wing, and Dunne's also had a short fusalage.. You will notice that Welshpete12 's comment is no longer there. IIR (this was 4 years ago) he was on about Northrop being the first to come up with the idea, and bringing it to fruition.....Hence the answer.
Eric Brown, a God of aviation!
His log book will never be equaled
Wonderful man I am full of admiration of him. So knowledgable and erudite, but of course he was a test pilot, he had to be able to talk about what he experienced in the cockpit in minute detail. But he has a remarkable recall all those years later.
Brilliant MAN! I have all the books about his career and this adds even more insights. I would love to meet him!
David Daly Too late, David!!! He is R.I.P.
What he is showing is respect. I salute u you mein kamarad.
Deutsch bitte.
I could listen to him read the phonebook and be in awe
😆 "Winkle" was the real-deal holyfield......
Thank you great video
excellent interview and thanks for posting. also it a bit funny to watch the auto translate try to figure out what he's saying lol.
What a man.
What a guy. LEGEND.
"Sit back and think of England" - from a Scot. Absurd and funny at the same time.
As a half Scot, that made me laugh!
A man whose legend and insights will be long remembered, unlike Wilbur soaringtractorcrosstimbers2Finnigan who will be instantly FORGOTTEN on his long hoped for death !!!
@fifthof viscious, but factual.
Would be nice if he would have said a bit more about the he280 but still a great interview.
Why wasn't he knighted?
He should be on the fourth statue plinth at Trafalgar Sq
We are fed a contrived diet of inconsequential insecure celebrities with lashings of corporate egg and spoon race all lavishly packaged in political correctness.
Because he is Scottish
Perhaps he didn't want to become a freemasonic, satanic piece of shit in the process.
@@topmangaz So was Queen Mum
Interesting
RIP
2:28 Why I like the Do 18 and Do 26 more than the Do 335 :-O
He 219 didn’t have the mossie performance but did it really need it? It just had to be faster than the bombers. It wasn’t like there was s shortage of targets later in the war. There were 1000 plane raids. Their biggest problem was running out of ammo!
Well yes, if you want to shoot down the target marking or reconnaissance Mosquitos it was a problem. Both would have helped to get the British night bombers off target. Way more effective than shooting them down.
Little known fact: with creating the first ejection systems they discovered that it was imperitive that the first priority was to ensure the release of the canopy - otherwise the pilot experienced a funny "thudding" sensation to his nut!! 🤣🤣🤣
Build him a statue wtf
This flying hero is patently Scottish - or he would have been dubbed SIR Eric Brown. Shame.
No aircraft "out of control" and intact and "stable" enough to create "4G" had better get the best of a "legend" like this windbag.
Speaking of ill informed windbags, what’s your point?
What a stupid comment
Lose a wing on jet and you get 4G easily. That is when you really need an ejection seat.
Windbag? You are an ignorant fool.
Complete clown.