List of aircraft flown by Eric "Winkle" Brown
This is a list of the aircraft types flown by Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, RN. The list is the one drawn up and verified by the Guinness Book of Records.[1]
The list includes only the main aircraft types, for example, Brown flew fourteen (14) different Marks of Spitfire/Seafire, but only the basic types are listed here.
A
- Aeronca Grasshopper
- Aerospatiale Alouette
- Aerospatiale Ecureuil
- Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel
- Agusta 109
- Aichi Val
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Airspeed Envoy
- Airspeed Horsa
- Airspeed Oxford
- Arado 96B
- Arado 196A
- Arado 199
- Arado 232B [2]
- Arado 234B - Blitz
- Arado 240
- Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- Auster Aiglet
- Avro Anson
- Avro Athena
- Avro Lancaster [3]
- Avro Lancastrian
- Avro Lincoln
- Avro Manchester
- Avro Shackleton
- Avro Tudor [4]
- Avro Tutor
- Avro York
B
- B.A. Swallow
- BAe 125
- BAe 146
- BAe Hawk
- BAC Lightning
- Baynes Carrier Wing
- Beagle B.206
- Beagle Pup
- Beech Baron
- Beech Bonanza
- Beech Super King Air
- Beech Traveller
- Beechcraft Expediter
- Bell AH-1 Huey
- Bell 47
- Bell 204
- Bell 222
- Bell Airacobra [5]
- Bell Airacomet [6]
- Bell HTL-5
- Bell Jet Ranger
- Bell King Cobra [7]
- Bell Long Ranger
- Blackburn Beverley
- Blackburn Botha
- Blackburn Buccaneer
- Blackburn Firebrand
- Blackburn Firecrest
- Blackburn Roc
- Blackburn Shark
- Blackburn Skua
- Blohm & Voss 138 [8]
- Blohm & Voss 141B [9]
- Blohm & Voss 222 Wiking [10]
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress [11]
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Boeing Vertol Chinook
- Boulton Paul Defiant
- Boulton Paul P.108
- Boulton Paul Sea Balliol
- Brantly B-2
- Breguet Alizé
- Breguet Atlantic
- Brewster Buffalo [12]
- Bristol Beaufighter
- Bristol Beaufort
- Bristol Blenheim
- Bristol Bombay
- Bristol Brigand
- Bristol Britannia
- Bristol Buckingham
- Bristol Bulldog
- Bristol Freighter
- Bristol Sycamore
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Bücker Bestmann
- Bücker Jungmann
- Bücker Jungmeister [13]
- Bücker Student
C
- Cant Z1007
- Caproni Ca.309[14]
- Caproni Ca.311
- Caproni Ca.135
- Cessna 150
- Cessna Cardinal
- Cessna Skymaster
- Cessna Skywagon - model not mentioned
- Chance-Vought Corsair
- Chance-Vought Cutlass
- Chilton D.W.1
- Chrislea Ace
- Comper Swift
- Consolidated Catalina
- Consolidated Liberator
- Consolidated Vultee Privateer
- Convair 240-5
- Curtiss Commando
- Curtiss Helldiver
- Curtiss Kittyhawk
- Curtiss Mohawk
- Curtiss Seamew
- Curtiss Tomahawk
D
- Dassault Étendard - Mark not mentioned
- Dassault Mirage
- Dassault Mystère
- de Havilland 86B
- de Havilland Beaver
- de Havilland Chipmunk
- de Havilland Comet
- de Havilland Devon
- de Havilland Don
- de Havilland Flamingo
- de Havilland Fox Moth
- de Havilland Gipsy Moth
- de Havilland Heron
- de Havilland Hornet Moth
- de Havilland Mosquito
- de Havilland Otter
- de Havilland Puss Moth
- de Havilland Rapide
- de Havilland Sea Hornet [15]
- de Havilland Sea Mosquito [16]
- de Havilland Sea Vampire [17][18]
- de Havilland Sea Venom
- de Havilland Sea Vixen
- de Havilland Swallow [19]
- de Havilland Tiger Moth
- de Havilland Vampire
- Dewoitine 520
- DFS 230
- DFS Kranich
- DFS Weihe
- Dornier 17
- Dornier 18
- Dornier 24
- Dornier 26
- Dornier 27
- Dornier 217
- Dornier 335 - Pfeil
- Douglas Boston [20]
- Douglas Dakota
- Douglas Dauntless
- Douglas Devastator THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT. <CITATION REQUIRED>
- Douglas Invader
- Douglas Skymaster
- Douglas Skyknight
- Douglas Skyraider
- Druine Turbulent
E
- Elliot Newbury Eon
- Embraer Bandeirante
- English Electric Canberra
- Enstrom F28
- Enstrom Shark
- Erco Ercoupe [21]
F
- Fairchild Argus
- Fairchild Cornell
- Fairchild XNQ-1
- Fairey IIIF
- Fairey Albacore
- Fairey Barracuda
- Fairey Battle
- Fairey Firefly
- Fairey Fulmar
- Fairey Gannet [22]
- Fairey Gordon
- Fairey Primer
- Fairey Spearfish [23]
- Fairey Swordfish
- Fiat B.R.20
- Fiat C.32
- Fiat C.42
- Fiat G.50
- Fieseler Storch [24]
- Focke-Wulf 189 - Uhu
- Focke-Wulf 190
- Focke-Wulf 200 - Condor
- Focke-Wulf 58 Weihe
- Focke-Wulf Ta.152
- Focke-Wulf Ta.154 - Moskito
- Folland 43/37
- Fouga Magister
- Fournier Milan
G
- General Aircraft Cygnet
- General Aircraft Hamilcar
- General Aircraft Hotspur
- General Aircraft L/56 [25]
- Gloster E.28/39 [26]
- Gloster Gauntlet [27]
- Gloster Gladiator
- Gloster Javelin
- Gloster Meteor [28]
- Gloster Sea Meteor [28]
- Gotha 244
- Grumman Ag-Cat
- Grumman Albatross
- Grumman Avenger
- Grumman Bearcat [29]
- Grumman Cougar [30]
- Grumman Goose [31]
- Grumman Guardian
- Grumman Hellcat
- Grumman Panther
- Grumman Tigercat [32]
- Grumman Widgeon
- Grumman Wildcat
H
- Handley Page Gugnunc
- Handley Page Halifax
- Handley Page Hampden [33]
- Handley Page Hastings
- Handley Page Hermes
- Handley Page Marathon
- Handley Page Sparrow
- Hawker Fury - biplane
- Hawker Hart
- Hawker Hector
- Hawker Henley
- Hawker Hunter
- Hawker Hurricane
- Hawker Nimrod
- Hawker Osprey
- Hawker P.1040 [34]
- Hawker P.1052 [35]
- Hawker P.1127 - VTOL - Harrier forerunner
- Hawker Sea Fury [36]
- Hawker Sea Hawk
- Hawker Siddeley 748
- Hawker Siddeley Gnat
- Hawker Tempest
- Hawker Typhoon
- Heinkel 111
- Heinkel 115
- Heinkel 162 - Volksjäger
- Heinkel 177 - Greif
- Heinkel 219 - Uhu
- Henschel 123
- Henschel 129
- Heston Phoenix
- Hiller HTE
- Hitachi T.2
- Horten IV [37]
- Hughes 300
- Hughes 500
- Hunting Percival Jet Provost
- Hunting Percival Provost
I
- Ilyushin 2 - Shturmovik
- Ilyushin 4
J
- Jodel Ambassadour
- Jodel Club
- Jodel Excellence
- Jodel Grand Tourisme
- Jodel Mascaret
- Jodel Mousqetaire
- Junkers 52
- Junkers 86
- Junkers 87 - Stuka
- Junkers 188 [38]
- Junkers 290 [39]
- Junkers 352
- Junkers 388
K
L
- Lavochkin 7
- Le Vier Cosmic Wind
- Ling Temco Vought Crusader
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed Electra - Model not mentioned
- Lockheed Hercules
- Lockheed Hudson
- Lockheed Lightning [40]
- Lockheed Neptune
- Lockheed Shooting Star
- Lockheed Starfighter
- Lockheed Ventura
- Luton Minor
M
- Macchi C.202
- Macchi C.205
- Martin Baker M.B.5 [41]
- Martin Baltimore
- Martin Marauder [42]
- MBB Bo 105
- McDonnell Banshee
- McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk
- McDonnell Phantom II
- Messerschmitt 108 - Taifun
- Messerschmitt 109
- Messerschmitt 110
- Messerschmitt 163 - Komet - both Me 163A and Me 163B flown, the latter also under power[43]
- Messerschmitt 262
- Messerschmitt 410 - Hornisse [44]
- MIG-3
- MIG-15
- Mil-1
- Mil-2
- Mil-4
- Miles 18
- Miles 20 [45]
- Miles 28
- Miles 38
- Miles 48
- Miles Aerovan
- Miles Falcon [46]
- Miles Gemini
- Miles Hawk
- Miles Hobby
- Miles Libellula [47]
- Miles Magister
- Miles Martinet
- Miles Master
- Miles Mentor
- Miles Mohawk - built for Charles Lindbergh
- Miles Monarch
- Miles Monitor
- Miles Sparrowhawk
- Mitsubishi Betty
- Mitsubishi Dinah
- Mitsubishi Zeke - Zero [48]
- Mooney M20
- Morane-Saulnier 406
- Morane-Saulnier Paris
- Morane-Saulnier Rallye
- Muntz Youngman-Baynes
N
- N.S.F.K. S.G.38
- Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank)
- Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar)
- Nipper III
- Noorduyn Norseman
- Nord 262A
- Nord Noralpha
- Nord Pingouin
- North American Harvard
- North American Mitchell
- North American Mustang [49]
- North American Sabre [50]
- North American Savage [51]
- North American Super Sabre
- North American Texan
- Northrop Gamma Commercial
- Northrop Black Widow [52]
- Northrop F-5
O
P
- Percival Gull
- Percival Pembroke
- Percival Prentice
- Percival Proctor
- Percival Q6
- Percival Vega Gull
- Petlyakov PE-2
- Piaggio P.136
- Piaggio P.166
- Piasecki Retriever
- Piel Emeraude
- Pilatus Porter
- Piper Apache
- Piper Aztec
- Piper Comanche
- Piper Cub
- Piper Cub Special 90
- Piper Grasshopper
- Piper Navajo
- Piper Pawnee
- Piper Seneca
- Piper Supercruiser
- Piper Tripacer
- Piper Cherokee
- Pitts Special
- Polikarpov I-15
- Polikarpov I-16
- Portsmouth Aerocar Major
R
- Reggiane 2000
- Reggiane 2001
- Reid & Sigrist Desford [53]
- Republic Seabee
- Republic Lancer
- Republic Thunderbolt
- Republic Thunderjet
- Republic Thunderstreak
- Robin Royale
- Robinson R-22
- Rollason Condor
- Ryan Fireball
S
- Saab 21
- Saab 29
- Saab 105
- Saab Lansen
- Saab Safir
- Saunders-Roe P.531
- Saunders-Roe Skeeter
- Saunders-Roe S.R./A.1 [54]
- Savoia Marchetti SM79 - Sparviero
- Savoia Marchetti SM82
- Savoia Marchetti SM95
- Scheibe Motorspatz
- Schmetz Olympia-Meise
- Schneider Baby Grunau
- Scottish Aviation Bulldog
- Scottish Aviation Pioneer
- Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
- Short S.31 - ½-scale flying test version of Stirling [55]
- Short Sealand
- Short Skyvan
- Short Stirling
- Short Sturgeon [56]
- SIAI-Marchetti S.F.260
- Siebel Si 204[citation needed]
- Sikorsky HRS
- Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly - first helicopter flown by Brown, learnt to fly it from aircraft manual.[57][58]
- Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
- Sikorsky S-58T
- Sikorsky S-61
- Sikorsky S-76
- Sipa S.903
- Slingsby Capstan
- Slingsby Kirby Cadet
- Slingsby Motor Tutor
- Slingsby Prefect
- Slingsby Swallow
- Slingsby T.21
- Slingsby T.31
- Socata Diplomate
- Stampe et Vertongen SV-4
- Stearman Caydet - (sic)
- Stinson Junior R
- Stinson Reliant
- Stinson Sentinel
- Sud-Aviation Djinn
- Supermarine Attacker [59]
- Supermarine S.24/37 DUMBO [60]
- Supermarine Scimitar
- Supermarine Sea Otter
- Supermarine Seafang [61]
- Supermarine Seafire
- Supermarine Seagull [62]
- Supermarine Spiteful
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Supermarine Walrus
- SZD Bocian
T
- Taylorcraft Auster
- Taylor J.T.1 Monoplane
- Taylor J.T.2 Titch
- Thruxton Jackaroo
- Tipsy S.2
- Tipsy Trainer
- Tipsy Type B
V
- Vertol 107
- Vickers Valiant
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Vickers Warwick
- Vickers Wellington (Wellington VI)[63]
- Vickers Windsor [64]
- Vought-Sikorsky Chesapeake
- Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher
- Vultee Vengeance [65]
W
- Waco CG-3
- Waco Hadrian
- Westland Aérospatiale Gazelle
- Westland Aerospatiale Lynx
- Westland Lysander
- Westland Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly
- Westland Sikorsky S-55 Whirlwind
- Westland Wasp
- Westland Welkin [66]
- Westland Wessex
- Westland Whirlwind [67]
- Westland Wyvern (Eagle engine) [68]
- Winter Zaunkönig - Wren [69]
Y
Z
Notes
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 265-268
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 1
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 2
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 3
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 4
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 1
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 5
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 6
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 7
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 8
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 2
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 3
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 9
- ^ Spelt Caprioni in reference
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 11
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 10
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 12
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 13
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 14
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 4
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 15
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 5
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 16
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 17
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 18
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 19
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 20
- ^ a b Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 22
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 6
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 9
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 23
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 7
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 8
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 25
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 24
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 26
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 10
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 11
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 12
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 27
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 13
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 105-106
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 14
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 28
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 30
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 29
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 15
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 16
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 17
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 18
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 19
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 20
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 22
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 23
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 91-92
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 24
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 25
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 26
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 27
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 28
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 29
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 30
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 31
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 32
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 33
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 34
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 35
References
- Brown, Capt. Eric (1983). Wings of the Weird & Wonderful. Vol. 1. Airlife. ISBN 0-906393-30-2.
- Brown, Capt. Eric (1985). Wings of the Weird & Wonderful. Vol. 2. Airlife. ISBN 0-906393-44-2.
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