Captain Eric Winkle Brown (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Later Edition of 1961. Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (1920 - 2016) , a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history and a pioneer of jet technology into the postwar era. Later Edition of 1961 original. 296pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Look 'as new' although slightly used. Accurate postage, with options, AT COST, to your location - Variety of speeds, packaging, tracking etc available. We offer discounted Canada Post Rates. Also, USPS to the USA, $8.00-$12.00. Image/s available. Please enquire. Best NOT to rely on ABE or other 'estimates' - they are nearly always incorrect as they are totally unable to factor in weight/dimensions, the exact distance or destination, or other options. NB - too thick to qualify for Canada Post Lettermail.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Later Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ is price cut. Contains black & white illustrations. Seller Ref: M9925.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is published within the landscape format and has some evidence of spotting present.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9th Impression. Paperback. Wings on My Sleeve. The author joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more aircraft types than anyone else. Illustrated. 296 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in jacket. Light bumping to book and jacket; jacket has some wear to edges as well. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hikoki Publications Manchester 2013 VG+ (black cloth w title in gilt on spine, v sl worn) in VG+ DW (v sl rubbed and worn).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The price clipped dust wrapper has some edge wear especially to the head and foot of the spine so best described as near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Eric 'Winkle' Brown the author was a pilot who has enjoyed one ofg the most extraordinary careers in flying. He was the first naval officer to head the elite Aerodynamics Flight at Farnborough where he tested captured German types at the end of World War Two. In this book he records his 'from the cockpit' experiences testing British and American carrier aircraft. Carrier operations are potentially the harshest and most dangerous test aircraft and pilot can face. Landing on the pitching, bucking deck of a carrier or catapulted over a plunging bow, shipboard aircraft had to be exceptional. Their real characters have been forgotten and distorted over the passage of time; now this book places on record the flying characteristics, good, bad and indifferent, of aircraft as varied as the Fairey Swordfish and Grumman Hellcat. Sixteen types are covered, each illustrated with cutaways, cockpit details and many photographs. Ref HHH 1.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In this book Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown takes his readers into the cockpits of some rare and unusual aircraft as well as some well known ones he has flown during the period 1938 - 1950. Captain brown analyses their flight characteristics with the critical assessment of the skilled test pilot, and reveals some of the idiosyncrasies and delights of a very varied assortment of forty four aircraft. The most impressive flights were those made in captured German aircraft, without pilots notes, without a breifing and with no knowledge of the airworthyness of the aircraft or engine. All he had was fluent German, many years of experience and "feel". Ref M 4.

First edition. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine bright condition. Extensively illustrated. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condition: New. pp. 272.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Turner, Michael (illustrator). THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Too Close for Comfort tells the story of 15 of the most hair-raising episodes in the flying career of Capt Eric Brown, regarded as one of the world's greatest test pilots.The events are wonderfully brought to life in paintings by Michael Turner, Pres. of The Guild of Aviation Artists and supporting photographs. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book and dust jacket are in a good condition. 144pp with colour illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Eric "Winkle" Brown (Author) and Michael Turner (Illustrator). Book and dust jacket are in a very good condition. 144pp with colour illustrations. Collectible limited edition. Signed by Author(s).