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THE WORLD''S GREATEST TEST PILOT TELLS HIS STORY
''When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker''
Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs

''The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration''
Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer

''The stories beggar belief''
Guardian

''Fascinating reading . . . His amazing life story is quite literally stranger than fiction''
Today''s Pilot

In 1939, Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else.

During his lifetime he made a r

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The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration -- Tim Peake
When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker -- Kirsty Young * DESERT ISLAND DISCS *

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      Book Synopsis

      THE WORLD''S GREATEST TEST PILOT TELLS HIS STORY
      ''When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker''
      Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs

      ''The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration''
      Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer

      ''The stories beggar belief''
      Guardian

      ''Fascinating reading . . . His amazing life story is quite literally stranger than fiction''
      Today''s Pilot

      In 1939, Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else.

      During his lifetime he made a r

      Trade Review
      The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration -- Tim Peake
      When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker -- Kirsty Young * DESERT ISLAND DISCS *

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