Remarkable man.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045pbq2/britains-greatest-pilot-the-extraordinary-story-of-captain-winkle-brown

Saw it, a man that has my complete and utter respect.

Think we saw this a while ago – excellent programme! Well worth rewatching, though, cheers.

Book is very good as well

On BBC Four at 2200 tonight 😀

saw the arse end of it on tuesday, watched the rest of it in iplayer yesterday. Brilliant. What an amazing chap – whilst quite possibly also certifiably nuts.

On a related note, this is a very good read

What an amazing life this guy had & balls the size of space hoppers, very much respect

landing the Mosquito on the carrier was mind blowing

biggest thing ever landed + twin engine + below stall speed???

there must have been enough material to make 2 1hr show’s

It was a brilliant programme and I totally agree that it could have been significantly longer. What an interesting fella. Some of the situations he found himself in were amazing.

Amazing period in Aviation history. Was talking to the old man (exRAF) and he has a USAF buddy who started flying in a Stearman trainer (biplane thing), and ended his career flying F4s in Vietnam via WW2 and Korea!

I liked the ambiguity ‘working for the diplomatic service’…….I’m sure they’d call it something else these day’s….clearly he’s been so much more than just an incredibly talented pilot….

Read a couple of books about him, but that programme was brilliant. The word legend is bandied about far too much, but Winkle Brown more than deserves it. That rocket plane…… inspiring stuff.

Overshadowed by Yeager who like Winkle Brown and nickc’s old man’s friend was also born at that perfect time to live through air combat and test piloting in both the prop and jet age. Both amazing stories.

Sqdn Ldr Christopher Draper – the “Mad Major”