Edition:
Unabridged edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2023.
Collation:
10 compact discs (11 hr.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Read by the author and Steve John Shepherd.
Summary:
The extraordinary life story of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - aviator, record-breaker, and Britain's greatest pilot. Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers from the deck of a carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping death when his ship was torpedoed, to accumulating a never-to-be repeated litany of world records and firsts as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft - more than any other pilot in history. A rival to Chuck Yeager and hero to Neil Armstrong, by the time of his appearance on Desert Island Discs' 1000th episode Winkle had become a legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure. But despite his enormous fame, there have always been mysteries at the heart of Winkle's story.
ISBN:
9781399166119 (sound discs)
Dewey Class:
358.40092
920BRO
SP/BEA 358.4
PC
Bookmark Link:
https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=3630715
