Max Headroom Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I've just listened to a podcast where he was interviewed on a programme called I PM. It was 20 minutes of joy. Go now to the BBC I Player and find the Radio 4 Section. Look for I PM and the broadcast for 20th April. The episode is called "I Met This Chap Called Neil". (No prizes for guessing who "Neil" was). The podcast is free. Enjoy Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Evil Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Great find, link below... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rw940/iPM_20_04_2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Brilliant! Pick a letter, any letter other than U F- is it a Fokker?? The two presenters going through some of the planes he's flown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeley Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Fascinating stuff. They really should put the rest of the recordings out as a separate program, rather than 20 minutes of highlights. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Fascinating stuff. They really should put the rest of the recordings out as a separate program, rather than 20 minutes of highlights. Chris Second that! Maybe if we pester the Beeb they may relent. Just imagine a whole tv programme of his reminiscences. I remember him as the after dinner speaker at an IPMS AGM one year. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The two presenters spoilt it for me, lets have a proper documentary of this man aired,he deserves more recognition. Have his book wings on my sleeve and it a fascinating read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I agree Colin,she wasn't too bad but I thought the chap was a bit of a Pratt,I have read the book a couple of times and can recommend it highly . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Thanks for sharing this - what a great man! I agree that it would have been better to have more from Eric Brown himself, and far less meaningless chatter from the male host. I suppose that was for comic relief, lest some of the younger listeners tune out, but it was unnecessary and distracting. I'd love to hear him talk about the Me 163 flight! The sign at Udvar-Hazy identifies this Komet as "possibly" the one flown by Brown. No way to know for sure, I suspect. I hope they never restore this plane, I kind of like it the way it is. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Glad everyone enjoyed the programme. The two presenters by the way are usually 'banterish' unless they do a serious topic and they adjust their tone accordingly. The male presenter is Eddie Meier and is the one who 'monstered' Boris Johnson in another interview. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maudesman Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) I missed most of this programme the other day, due to my work! Bugger! But to be able to listen to it all again! What can you say! But what a great British (Scots) hero! If only the young people had the likes of Winkle Brown in today, instead of girly biting football players! it will be a sad day, when the likes of Winkle are just part of the annuals of history! A very sad day! Mark Edited April 25, 2013 by maudesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I posted about this before, but if you want to hear the man in person in discussion with the author Rowland White you can in June at the Chalke Valley History Festival near Salisbury at a very reasonable price and with a small airshow to top it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 He will also be at the Martlesham Heath Aviation Museum in June for a talk if anyone lives out this way. Well worth a visit, I saw him last time he was there, even got a signed copy of his book. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 As a small plug, Capt Brown will be speaking in London on 29 May, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. You don't have to me a member (or an engineer) to attend. Tim http://events.imeche.org/EventView.aspx?code=L317&WT.mc_id=EM_130214 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David J Ross Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 A great pilot who might have been the first man to fly a powered aircraft through the sound barrier if some government man had not decided to cancel the Miles M52. He had seen the swept wings that some German jets had and thought they were the answer to high speed flight. Bell, with the X-1, proved it was not the only way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I had the privilege of sitting next to him at dinner and afterwards one evening. The measure of the man was that he was as interested in our old school and the town he had his childhood on as I was about him. A truly lovely gentleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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