Just returned from my trip to London and my interview with Capt. Eric Brown. Not only did I get to interview the world’s greatest test pilot, but upon my arrival he invited me to attend the Guild of Aviation Artists awards ceremony! So off we went him leading the way. We jumped into a cab and […]
I will have the honour and pleasure of interviewing Capt. Eric Brown Royal Navy (Ret.) at the RAF Club in London on July 22nd and 23rd. As one of the world’s greatest pilots Eric has flown over 487 different types including German, Japanese, Russian and Italian combat aircraft. The focus of the interview will deal […]
Rushed into action on 22 July 1944 to help counter the V1 threat, Britain’s Gloster Meteor I was the first jet fighter to enter RAF service. At low and medium altitudes the Meteor was faster than its piston-engined contemporaries, which in turn made it perfectly suited to ‘anti-Diver’ V1 operations. On 4 August the Meteor […]
Fighter pilots are the elite of the elite. It can take years of training to produce a fighter pilot and even longer to produce a plane that is worthy of their skills. Yet a dogfight can last only minutes. Discover what it felt like to be a fighter pilot during World War II, flying some […]
The Seafire took the reputation of its land-based forebear, the Spitfire, to sea as an interceptor par excellence. Such a specialized role was unique to the Royal Navy; the American and Japanese navies expected more range and versatility from their carrier fighters. After a resurgent British fleet returned to the Pacific in 1945, however, and […]
