Capt Eric Brown (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 176pp. Many ill.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. tall blue hardcover 4to ~ 4ş (quarto ~8"x11"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (nap) of this edition (1977 original). 176p. glossy pages throughout. every page illustrated with b&w photos & diagrams. postscript. aviation history. military history. world war ii. nazi germany. third reich. ~ Eric "Winkle" Brown enjoyed one of the most extraordinary careers of any test pilot during more than two decades of uninterrupted flying and there can be few pilots whose log books list a greater variety of aircraft types flown. The first naval officer to head the elite Aerodynamics Flight of the worldrenowned Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, "Winkle" Brown had already developed a fascination for German aircraft as a boy and World War II was to provide him with the opportunity to fulfil his ambition to fly them. Indeed, he was to fly no fewer than fifty~five individual German aircraft types, ranging from such exotic creations as the prone~pilot Berlin B 9 and Horten IV, the push~and~pull Dornier DO 335 and the remarkable little Heinkel He 162 Volksjager, to the highly innovative combat types that were entering the inventory of the Luftwaffe shortly before the demise of Germany's Third Reich. "Winkle" Brown also interrogated many of the leading German wartime aviation personalities, such as Willy Messerschmitt, Ernst Heinkel, Kurt Tank and Hanna Reitsch. From this unique background of knowledge of German aviation, "Winkle" Brown has selected what he considers to have been the most important or the most promising of the aircraft employed by the Luftwaffe or evolved for that air arm in Germany during World War II ~ the true Wings of the Luftwaffe ~ and here describes their background and their characteristics, providing as a permanent record an assessment by a former enemy of the contribution to the annals of military aviation made in the late 'thirties and early 'forties by an aircraft industry that proved itself truly second to none in ingenuity.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd Edition. Oversized book. 176pp. Many ill. Inked inscription on ffep else a V.G. copy.

This is a tight copy, spine is in good shape, no torn or wrinkled pages. Dust jacket is in near-perfect condition. There is a fair amount of neat underlining and notation throughout the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd ed. 222p. Photos. Maps. In mylar. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd ed. 222p. Photos. Maps. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover and edges may have some wear.

Hardback. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The former test pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having flown more types of aircraft than any other pilot in the world. Ever. This achievement is all the more remarkable given that only pilot-in-command flights count and that marks or variants of a basic type of aircraft are not included - so the 14 marks of Spitfire that he has flown, for example, count as just one of the 490 aircraft types in his Log Books.This extraordinary record is reflected in the fact that Captain Brown is also the most decorated Fleet Air Arm and British test pilot and has a string of other records to his name, including the world's first landing of a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier. He was lucky enough to be a test pilot through the most extraordinary period in aviation history and now has opened up the pages of his Flying Log Books to reveal his experience of some of the most famous, rare, exotic and unusual aircraft ever built.From the infamous Mitsubishi Zero-Sen, to the US Navy's piston-engine Grumman F8F- 2 Bearcat; from the supersonic research de Havilland Swallow to dangerous experimental types such as the General Aircraft GAL/56, Eric 'Winkle' Brown knows their virtues and vices first hand. From rarities such as the North American Savage, designed to take-off from an aircraft carrier with a nuclear bomb, to icons such as the Lancaster, Flying Fortress, Mustang and Seafire, Eric 'Winkle' Brown has tested their qualities and takes the reader into the cockpits of these exciting aircraft, sharing the joys and hazards of flying 53 of the most weird and wonderful aircraft to ever fly. From the infamous Mitsubishi Zero-Sen and US Navys piston-engine Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat to the post-war swept wing de Havilland Swallow. From the North American Savage designed to take off from an aircraft carrier with a nuclear bomb to the Supermarine Attacker, Eric Winkle Brown has tested their qualities and takes the reader into the cockpits of those exciting aircraft to thrill to the joys and hazards of flying both weird and wonderful aircraft with one of the greatest of all pilots. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable. Any access codes or passwords originally included with the book may be expired, used or no longer valid. Image is stock photo and cover art edition may be different than pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 1945 Eric Brown led the team from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough which scoured the British Zone of Occupation in post war Germany for captured Luftwaffe aircraft and aeronautical installations. They uncovered an Aladdin's cave of aviation riches and amazed by the advanced level of technology and production they found, brought back over a hundred aircraft for detailed testing and analysis. Of particular interest were the high-speed wind tunnels, which had allowed the Germans to develop such ground-breaking aircraft as the rocket powered Me 163B and the first production jetfighter, the Me 262. The information gathered by this small group of aviators and scientists has influenced aircraft design to this day.Wings of the Luftwaffe is a unique and definitive appraisal of the background and characteristics of all the major German aircraft of World War II, written by probably Britain's most outstanding test pilot and the only pilot to have flown them all.Covering 11 manufacturers and 33 types, this new edition with over 250 photographs, colour profiles, cockpit layouts and sectional drawings provides an in-depth assessment of the contribution made to the annals of military aviation in the late 1930s and early 1940s by the innovative German aircraft industry. From his unique knowledge of German aviation, Winkle Brown has selected the most important and most promising aircraft employed by the Luftwaffe and those evolved for that air arm in Germany during World War II the true wings of the Luftwaffe. He describes their background and characteristics, and together with more than 200 photographs, color profiles, and sectional drawings provides an in-depth assessment of the contribution made to the annals of military aviation in the late 1930s and early 1940s by an aircraft industry that proved itself truly second to none in ingenuity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 176p. Photos. Full page cut away line drawings of each plane, cockpit layout diagram. US & British planes: Swordfish, Chesapeake, Skua, Wildcat, Dauntless, Albacore, Fulmar, Corsair, Helldiver, Barracuda, Hurricane, Avenger, Seafire, Firefly, Firebrand, Hellcat. Oversize. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine Copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ VG+. 176pp. More than 275 photos. Size: Small Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 0891141297. Oversized Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dust jacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No Signature.

Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 176 pps.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. 2010. Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 b&w photos, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1472. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.