An interview with Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown on the first jet landing on an aircraft carrier

8th March 2022 - in Articles

Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as being the holder of numerous ‘firsts’. He made the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engine aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle under carriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-winged aircraft.…