Eric "Winkle" Brown Statue and Flying Scholarship

[JohnT]

I got an e-mail today from the former pupils association of my school (where Eric attended many years before) advising that Edinburgh University Air Squadron were looking to have a statue of Eric placed in the entrance to Edinburgh Airport and also start a flying scholarship fund to get children to go solo.

 

Rather than rabbit on I have copied and pasted part below missing out the personal history bit which you all know so well already

 

So here:-

 

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Our fund-raising committee, composed of ex Squadron members, is aiming to raise £50k for the statue and then at least £40k to provide flying scholarships for deserving young people to achieve solo standard. A first solo flight in an aircraft is a memorable, and often life changing, event. Please do make a contribution. Thank you.
PLEASE DONATE AT: http://www.edinburghuas.com/winkle-memorial

To get to know the man go to Kirsty Young’s Desert Island Discs: 3000th edition at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvgq1
 

I will put some of my plastic loft insulation money their way

 

John T