To: Winniesboy
In the US we'd refer to a man like this as “The Greatest Generation” which is a label coined by one of our well known news anchors (or “news readers”).I suspect that Churchill would agree that the Captain would qualify under “never was so much owed by so many to so few”.
2 posted on
07/22/2016 4:04:06 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
To: Winniesboy
Wow! He flew a Komet? I bet just planning for that one flight could fill a book!
3 posted on
07/22/2016 4:05:17 AM PDT by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Winniesboy
Lord, I feel so unnecessary.
4 posted on
07/22/2016 4:06:45 AM PDT by
ArtDodger
To: Winniesboy
He was a remarkable man in a noteworthy time. Thanks for posting.
TC
To: Winniesboy
Making the first jet landing and takeoff on an aircraft carrier, 1945:
7 posted on
07/22/2016 4:17:04 AM PDT by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: Winniesboy
There was a documentary about him on Netflix I think.
9 posted on
07/22/2016 4:27:43 AM PDT by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: Winniesboy
There’s that word again. “Boffins.”
10 posted on
07/22/2016 4:45:53 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Winniesboy
The dude rolled a Lancaster? Wow.
11 posted on
07/22/2016 4:47:36 AM PDT by
1rudeboy
To: Winniesboy
18 posted on
07/22/2016 5:08:47 AM PDT by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: SkyDancer
20 posted on
07/22/2016 5:11:32 AM PDT by
wastedyears
(#brexit - Make Britain Great Again)
To: Winniesboy
From my understanding American pilots including the WWII Aces said that Bob Hoover was the greatest pilot ever
21 posted on
07/22/2016 5:18:14 AM PDT by
uncbob
To: Winniesboy
Amazing gentleman! We’re losing these guys too soon.
To: Winniesboy
26 posted on
07/22/2016 6:27:10 AM PDT by
KevinB
(Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
To: Winniesboy
He was what could be called a “technical pilot”, because he truly understood aircraft, as opposed to some of the deadly combat pilots, like “Pappy” Boyington and Joe Foss, who were ‘angels of death’ in their aircraft.
Technical pilots are a rarer breed, and extraordinarily valuable. Combat pilots win battles, but technical pilots win wars. There are also tactical pilots, like John Thach, creator of the famous “Thach weave”.
It should also be mentioned that the Germans had a combat pilot, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, who was so experienced that he became a technical pilot, many of his ideas being integrated into the Thunderbolt II “Warthog”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thach_Weave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
28 posted on
07/22/2016 7:16:41 AM PDT by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: Winniesboy
God rest his soul, hoping his last flight is a good one.
31 posted on
07/22/2016 8:20:08 AM PDT by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: Winniesboy; moose07
An excellent write-up on an astounding man.
Perhaps my favorite anecdote is this one:
By the time [Capt. Brown] was 28, he had been to the Palace so many times to be decorated that, on the fourth occasion, King George VI greeted him with the words: ‘Not you again.’
He belongs to The Ages, now, but his sheer stature as a man of great prowess will promote the endurance of his memory among us for many long years to come. Wherever great pilots regale one another with great feats on the wing, the name of Captain Brown will not fail to join the conversation.
33 posted on
07/22/2016 11:22:23 AM PDT by
HKMk23
(You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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