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BROWN, CAPTAIN ERIC - Wings on My Sleeve

Title: Wings on My Sleeve
Description: Shrewsbury: Airlife Publications, 1978. Second Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0950454362. Very good blue cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. Complete unclipped dustjacket. The author was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. Brown holds the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed (2,407 and 2,271 respectively) and achieved several "firsts" in naval aviation, including the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engined aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-wing aircraft. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0950454362 Winklebrown Flying

Price: GBP 10.00 = appr. US$ 14.28 Seller: Horsham Rare Books
- Book number: 17337

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