Wings on My Sleeve
The fascinating autobiography of one of the world’s greatest test pilots

Captain Eric Brown died 21 February 2016 at the age of 97 in Surry, England. Brown was born in Leth, Scotland in 1919. This renewed the interest in his memoir and various biographies about Brown. This memoir was originally published in 1961. It has recently been reprinted but also is now an e-book a......more

Captain Brown was an amazing pilot, test pilot, aeronaut, driver of change and development, but sadly not a great writer. The book starts with a brief reference to his early life and after a brief description of life before the war we are taken into an endless "listing" of his flying experiences. The......more

This guy has had a life that most can only dream of. Obviously of good breeding and from the right family, Eric Brown becomes a naval aviator during the early days of World War Two and after a brief combat career becomes a test pilot. He is absorbed into the fascinating and intense world of developi......more

This is the autobiographic career of Eric Brown, one of the most experienced test pilots in the world. This daring person spoke German fluently and was in Germany when they and Britain went to war against each other in WWII. He survived the Gestapo arrest, a sinking ship, and multiple airplanes cras......more

Eric Brown had a lucky life in many ways, flying more different types of aircraft than anyone before or since (he holds the Guinness world record) and living to tell the tale. Politely escorted out of Germany at the start of the Second World War, he helped advance the development of carrier takeoffs......more