Episode 125: Britian’s Greatest Pilot Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Captain Eric Brown, highlighting his achievements beyond being an outstanding pilot.

You may have seen the BBC documentary Britain's Greatest Pilot. Yes, he was an outstanding pilot, but there was much more to him than just that. I published extracts from an interview with Captain Eric Brown in April 2011. Much of that interview was not published .. until now.

People in this episode

Host: Gurbir Singh

Topics covered

• aviation
• biography
• military history
• interview
• pilot
• documentary

Keywords

• Eric Brown
• pilot
• aviation history
• BBC documentary
• interview
• military aviation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

Places: Britain

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