"I Flew Them All!". A Take On Several Aircraft, WW2 Events, Heroes And Key Protagonists. Part 6

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@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

PREVIOUS EPiSODES: PART 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmS4gWyaZ6lslbM PART 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ3bgaCPf755npY PART 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpurlZ-fgbh1hsk PART 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qavWZYGteLujf8k PART 5: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppC7p4WYrdCnf8k PART 6: This episode

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

On another note, Paul Pobernezy has flown over 500 aircraft. Paul was the originator of the EAA.

@jackthebassman1 5 ай бұрын

Such a wonderful, modest man. Thank you Mr Brown for everything you did for your country.

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

Well said!

@Triple_J.1 4 ай бұрын

Anything but modest. Eric Brown has a high opinion of himself, and his ego shines through. And rightfully so.

@ghowell13 5 ай бұрын

"Overpowered perfection." What a great quote concerning the deHavilland Hornet.

@leoa4c 5 ай бұрын

Who doesn't like an overpowered aircraft? It's better to have it and not need it rather than need it an not have it. If someone complains about it, just place a mechanical stop on the throttle at 70 or 80% :)

@pcka12 5 ай бұрын

It is a shame that there seem to be no DH Hornets preserved, the Westland Wirlwind has similarities.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 5 ай бұрын

And the VC10

@Heritage4x4 5 ай бұрын

Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown, a true legend and thank you’re service Sir, RIP - less we forget.

@FNHaole 5 ай бұрын

Eric Brown is the best ambassador for his profession, as he’s not only proven his mettle in such a vast plethora of flying machines, but he can also VERY eloquently explain very critical aspects of flight to tha average idiot like myself. I’m SO appreciative that his observations and testimonials have been archived. He is a timeless historical treasure. Had he not farted at 10:01 timestamp, I’d have thought he was something beyond human. Thank you for everything you’ve done for aviation, Eric Brown!

@marklittle8805 5 ай бұрын

I had to listen for that lol.

@gordonmcinnes8328 5 ай бұрын

Might have been the cameraman?

@exsubmariner 5 ай бұрын

Maybe one of his past sonic booms catching up with him

@TeddyBear-ii4yc 5 ай бұрын

I had to use headphones to catch that! 😊 lol

@Robin6512 5 ай бұрын

I met Eric Brown at a speech hé gave at my workplace about 10 year ago I think. What an absolute gentleman and a great story teller. You could almost smell, hear and feel it.

@dufushead 5 ай бұрын

I could listen to EWB forever, it's like listening to my dad, same age and service. Makes you feel at home and safe.

@peterwilson5528 5 ай бұрын

An amazing man. The stories had me almost ear against the screen. Every word is a gem of some sort. Little bitterness and a lot of forgiveness. Positive and passionate about everything. You have to be in awe of the lives some people are lucky to have.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

American Paul Poberezny has flown more than 500 types of aircraft during his 70-plus years as an aviator. Paul started the EAA; (Experimental Aircraft Association) A British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. (WRONG)

@stevem7868-y4l 5 ай бұрын

Ive had the great honour of meeting Capt EWB, on two occasions, he was a true gent, a lovely Man, and seemed so humble, and even laughed at some of his flying career, as thats what his job entailed, the day EWB passed, was a very sad day, as i do not think, there will ever be someone like him, and what he saw, and did, Ever again

@super_slav91 5 ай бұрын

VC-10 is my favorite commercial plane, an absolute beauty.

@nadigaming1074 5 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing to many people don't understand how gold this is

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@chrishay8385 5 ай бұрын

This man is amazing could listen for hours of this gentleman so eloquent and interesting

@ericvadekro8334 15 күн бұрын

One of the very best and yet humble and pleasant….. his books are a pure joy to read

@samrodian919 5 ай бұрын

As far as I'm concerned Captain Eric Winkle Brown RN, was THE greatest pilot this country has ever produced. In ANY era

@Triple_J.1 4 ай бұрын

Maybe. But how many young greats didn't make it through the war? The details about individual talent are hard to quantify when they don't last more than a few missions.

@PaulBrennan-b6m 5 ай бұрын

Mr Brown what a legendary man a humble man total respect 🙏🫶Mr Brown for what you have done

@scottw5315 5 ай бұрын

Captain Brown and men of that era were such gentlemen while at the same time being deadly warriors.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@Twirlyhead 5 ай бұрын

That insight into the German F104s is priceless. What am I saying, it's _all_ priceless.

@JackNiles-hc8yz 5 ай бұрын

His quoted numbers are a bit off, but that's ok. He definitely got the gist correct.

@Twirlyhead 5 ай бұрын

@@JackNiles-hc8yz Oh, good.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@@JackNiles-hc8yz American Paul Poberezny has flown more than 500 types of aircraft during his 70-plus years as an aviator. Paul started the EAA; (Experimental Aircraft Association) A British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. (WRONG)

@JackNiles-hc8yz 3 ай бұрын

@@Twirlyhead The G model was around 1,200 pounds heavier than the USAF C model, not 2,000. The Germans didn't crash 150 with 50% fatalities; it was more like 30% overall. Minor quibbles. But he's right about everything else.

@VikingTeddy Ай бұрын

He was wrong about one thing. He either didn't want to, or didn't know about the actual reason Germany went with the 104, which had nothing to do with wanting a supersonic fighter. Lockheed has a sordid history of bribery in several countries. They'd buy off procurement officials and a few politicians and vóila, another sale. In Germany's case the minister of defense received a cool $10 million in exchange for choosing the Starfighter.

@ericb9426 3 ай бұрын

Best documentary on KZbin period. Eric Brown was an amazing man; we're lucky to have had him on our side. I had no idea of his role post war except as test pilot. He was as remarkable then as at any time. Wow. Just wow. I don't get the closing sequence at all.

@ianlawrie919 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful to hear from the legend and see more examples of the plethora of machines he knew so well 👏👍👌

@OwainPreece-ie6bb 5 ай бұрын

Incredible man, and an Incredible life! Could listen to him all day.

@certuv 5 ай бұрын

Very informative , a good interview with a great pilot. Thank you for posting.

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@@Dronescapes American Paul Poberezny has flown more than 500 types of aircraft during his 70-plus years as an aviator. Paul started the EAA; (Experimental Aircraft Association) A British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. (WRONG)

@guylancaster2055 5 ай бұрын

What a fantastically interesting video thank you

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@mydogsmylifecircusdogtrainer 4 ай бұрын

One of, if not the best and most informative talks I have ever listened to. A couple of things stood out for was a revelation about the F104 strarfighter's Luftwaffe version being heavier than the one used by the USAF. I was in Germany at the time of its infamous accident prone era and I can not ever remember this being talked about at the time. Also the German scientist working at Farnborough who played a major role in Concord. Thanks for uploading

@soultraveller5027 4 ай бұрын

as they [germans] did on building NASA's space program Von braun and all his scientist

@Rich77UK 5 ай бұрын

What a fascinating, intelligent gentleman. Makes me proud to be a Brit listening to him.

@camrenwick 4 ай бұрын

Imagine being able to sit and chat with Eric. So interesting

@FrankFrankston-kj4sx 5 ай бұрын

Remember, Capt Brown was totally fluent in German Language.

@mrrolandlawrence 5 ай бұрын

there was that small payment scandal with the germans and dutch to buy the f104. EB is a legend. always love seeing his opinions on aircraft as he is pretty unbiased in his appraisals.

@smudgejock 5 ай бұрын

An absolutely fascinating and unique man. Rest in peace.

@andylane247 5 ай бұрын

Incredible window into history.

@RobertMiller-ye9hm 4 ай бұрын

This guy I just love

@patrickshanley4466 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, what a great man and pilot!!👍

@jonboy9912 5 ай бұрын

What a great life so well lived!

@jonelson1983 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant video, great to watch.

@Dronescapes 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@markhepworth 5 ай бұрын

Could listen to this man until the cows come home.

@eyerollthereforeiam1709 5 ай бұрын

It's a pity that cows don't have wings. He would have flown that too.

@VistaThaiGuy 5 ай бұрын

Top Gun Internationally....😎

@baselhammond3317 5 ай бұрын

You can see the excitement in his eyes recalling the Hornet after all those years… must have been an exhilarating thing to fly.

@ericvadekro8334 5 ай бұрын

What a fascinating man… what a meaningful life he has had

@davidkelly7459 5 ай бұрын

A great idea for those days. A awesome for ever and always

@icewaterslim7260 2 ай бұрын

I know the US Technical Air Intelligence Unit sent a Ki100 to the Brits and it's on static display at one of their aerial museums. I wonder if there is any record of Erik getting his hands on it and if so, what he thought of it. And yeah that Sea Fury with the Centurus sleeve valve radial is a beauty.

@memonk11 5 ай бұрын

What an amazing life!

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@basilb4733 5 ай бұрын

Highly interesting to hear - in this neutral and respectful way - about the post war behavior of different german veterans. A great contemporary document.

@ronnysundt3249 5 ай бұрын

The Zero actually did had some armor behind the cockpit, that they lacked is a tenacious myth. A number of them were also fitted with self-sealing fuel tanks at the end.

@magna4100 3 ай бұрын

What a unique man👍

@frankceeko4596 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@williamdhughes6039 5 ай бұрын

What a legend

@richardsawyer5428 4 ай бұрын

Eric Brown, a hero of mine. A remarkable life that seems way stranger than anything Hollywood could come up with. His achievements are legendary. Were it not for government foolishness post war, he could have been the first man to go supersonic.

@duartesimoes508 4 ай бұрын

In the last days of war, Erich Hartmann was jumped by four P-51s over Germany. They never managed to shoot him down, despite being four against one, but they precluded him to return to base and he spent all the fuel he had defending himself, eventually bailing out, physically exhausted, when the engine quit. From the book _The blond knight of Germany._

@dennisfalzon8946 5 ай бұрын

According to most pilots who flew the Phantom, it was a tricky plane to fly especially, if caught low and slow it would kill you. An aircraft that was omitted and was a joy to fly was the EE Lightning

@dogsbd 5 ай бұрын

5:00 American Wildcats were taking on the Zero and winning in 1942 using superior tactics. Post Coral Sea Lt Commander Jimmy Flatley advised Wildcat pilots on tactics vs the Zero. He concluded with these words: "You have the better plane if you handle it properly, and in spite of their advantages of maneuverability you can and should shoot them down with few losses to yourselves." This is in May of 42. Already the myth of the mighty Zero was erased in the minds of those with a bit of experience.

@Triple_J.1 4 ай бұрын

True, a small smattering of pilots had figured some things out. But there were thousands of pilots, and word didn't spread like it does these days. Also, all incoming pilots had just spent 250+ hours learning how to turn. And very little or even zero experience diving above 400mph, up to 500mph.

@alanjackson4646 4 ай бұрын

A bloody legend !

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@philippekuhn8565 5 ай бұрын

On DRONESCAPES one can see a lot of Eric Winkle BROWN who was a fantastic guy. You got so much on his activities and his comments. That is great. However, I am surprised you never even hinted about his "rubber deck" trials. The Britishs tried to operate aircraft carriers with a suspended rubber deck on which aircraft would "belly land", thus dispensing of a landing gear, which saved weight and subsequently enhanced naval aircraft performances. AIR ENTHUSIAST magazine wrote about that in the late eighties or early nineties including Mr BROWN's comments. It may not have been one of his greatest achievement, but might still be an interresting part of his wonderfull history.

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

We have that as well in a different episode 😉you just didn’t watch it yet. There is a list of other episodes from these raw interviews in the description, if you need it. Of course we also have his biography/documentary and many other videos where he offers his opinion on several more aircraft and world events.

@johnf991 4 ай бұрын

Bear in mind that his record of 487 types flown excludes variants within types, eg, he only gets to count one point for a Spitfire instead of, say, 14, for the number of Spitfire variants he actually flew!!!!! Incredible.

@wegfdfhz 5 ай бұрын

Was that radio interference at 10.01?

@dufus7396 5 ай бұрын

Brave to have flown the Mess ...t Comet rocket plane

@none941 5 ай бұрын

The F-4 phantom is proof that with enough power even a brick will fly!

@scottw5315 5 ай бұрын

That saying has been around for many decades however the F4 looks plenty sleek to me.

@none941 5 ай бұрын

@@scottw5315 is an interceptor, not a "fighter." A very fast brick!

@dogsbd 5 ай бұрын

@@scottw5315 True. I don't know how that saying got started, the Phantom was very aerodynamically advanced for it's day. People just repeat it to sound cool.

@awuma 5 ай бұрын

I remember how in early 1965 RNZAF officers were so much wishing for Phantoms, but New Zealand only had money for A4 Skyhawks...

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

The Phantom was no brick.

@A-world-of-My-Own 5 ай бұрын

Didnt he mean the Johnny Johnstone fighter pilot, 27.10 sec not the Dambusters JJ one? Air gunner, Bomb Aimer and Nav. Who was a Squadron Leader on retirement. Rather The, James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson (9 March 1915 jonny johnston fighter pilot 9 Mar 2024 - Johnson was the highest scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilot of World War II. He flew 515 sorties and scored 34 airplanes destroyed, 7 shared ...

@ianbusby2845 5 ай бұрын

I’m sure your right,shame

@jameswebb4593 4 ай бұрын

Interesting his remarks about shooting ability. During the Battle of Britain camera guns were the exception . From those few fitted scrutiny by the experts at RAE concluded that the average RAF fighter pilot would open fire at bombers from over a 1000 yds away , far outside the guns effectiveness . One cannot blame the pilots as most had never fired their guns prior to joining a front line squadron. It was the fighter sweeps of 1941/2 when the Me 109 F's and FW 190's was kicking the arse of Spitfire Mk V's that more cameras being standard. One squadron commanded by Paddy Finucane was credited of being the top scorer . The Germans were scoffing at the broadcasts of how many of their aircraft had been shot down ,So cameras were fitted to Paddy's Spitfire , on one sortie he claimed two 190's destroyed and one possible . all witnessed by his Canadian wingman. Film footage gave a different picture , he was credited with one probable. But with the demand for pilots diminishing more emphasis was placed on shooting during training . From 1943 onwards the Germans were second best.

@matthewJC1990 5 ай бұрын

Supersonic speed is the holy grail of flight: Eric winkle brown

@awuma 5 ай бұрын

He could have been the first rather than Chuck Yeager.

@MassiveBenny 5 ай бұрын

What a guy!

@jim.franklin 4 ай бұрын

He was an amazing man, not only a brilliant Pilot, but a good human being who never spoke ill of anyone or the dead, he respected all equally, regardless of his thoughts about their actions. He was a rare man of a lost generation - there can be few pilots who saw combat in WWII that went on to fly military aircraft in the 1980's - his record of first stands head and shoulders above any other pilot - I am astounded he ended his naval career as a Captain - his experience, knowledge and contacts should have seen him elevated to a higher position much earlier - his work in Germany should have meant a staff position with NATO as a minimum.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@jim.franklin 4 ай бұрын

@@John-nc4bl Please provide evidence because the records do not support your baseless claim.

@MarsFKA 5 ай бұрын

27:12 Wrong Johnny Johnson. The photo is of Joe McCarthy and his crew when they were members of the Dam Busters. Johnny Johnson in this photo was McCarthy's bomb aimer. The Johnny Johnson whom Brown is talking about was the top scoring Allied pilot in Europe. Flying Spitfires, he had 34 confirmed, seven shared, three shared probable, ten damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground. The poster of this otherwise excellent video did not do his homework properly.

@neilbone9490 3 ай бұрын

Never realised the role played by a German developing Concorde.

@maximilliancunningham6091 5 ай бұрын

A Sir. Jackie Stuart aviation equivalent.

@sblack48 5 ай бұрын

I wonder where he would have had the opportunity to fly a zero? Did he ever fly the mig 21?

@StevenBrown-w5b 5 ай бұрын

No , he did get to fly the Mig 15 though .

@pongokamerat8601 5 ай бұрын

This is for the History "books"

@garycyganek1228 5 ай бұрын

Don’t know why he wasn’t Knighted?

@pungarehu 5 ай бұрын

Especially in light of some of the subsequent lightweights that wear the honour for not her reason than they had a friend who sponsored them. Typical that a man so understated would never seek that honour and didn’t do the self promotion needed to get it.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@@pungarehu He did not want that ancient title.

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

VC10 only 54 built - !!

@jrbeeler4626 5 ай бұрын

Why did he get assigned to interrogate Himmler?

@Dronescapes 4 ай бұрын

He exchanged the interrogation with some German captured aircraft.,you can assume that he acted of behalf of his government (perhaps a bit of a spy).

@themadmechanic1964 4 ай бұрын

this is one man who should of got a knighthood ...

@nadigaming1074 5 ай бұрын

they keep unsubscribing me this is the 5th fuckin time

@VickersV 5 ай бұрын

Me to

@John-nc4bl 4 ай бұрын

@Dronescapes 4 ай бұрын

Eric Brown’s record does not include variants. He could very well have flown over 6 or 700 different aircraft. You can, for example, just imagine how many variants of the Spitfire he flew. I am not sure that Poberezny’s record uses the same metric. For example, among his 500 there are almost 200 home build ones, most likely many of those are variants of the same aircraft, and probably the same is true about the factory built ones. I doubt Poberezny had a chance to fly every model of surviving WW2 German aircraft, a lot of Swedish ones, Italian, or most Russian aircraft at the time. I am not even sure Eric Brown flew (or bothered to fly) many home made aircraft. Being a test proper test pilot, you can only imagine how many variants some aircraft had, but that never added to his record. Of course you would also need to add some other records he accomplished, such as his famous carrier landings.

@richardsinger01 3 ай бұрын

It seems to depend where you look. He's described in various places as having flown either 370, "almost 400" or "over 500" different types of aircraft.

@none941 5 ай бұрын

Sadly, Lockheed is treated as though Kelly Johnson were still alive. They aren't as good without him as they were with him. Very overrated and often dishonest!

@Andy-co6pn 5 ай бұрын

Maybe by then they realised that they couldn't afford to lose their most experienced pilots in this way , although they were quite prepared ro send pilots with limited training and experience.on kamikaze missions

@Triple_J.1 4 ай бұрын

After the cold war, they lost a lot of business. Skunk Works almost imploded after all those guys retired. The F-22 was the changing point to the new guard: Make an F-15 with composites and give it some new engines.

@hamshackleton 5 ай бұрын

Thumbnail image is crap - Winkle never flew the F104, it hadn't been invented!

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

@@hamshackleton you might want to listen to the interview. I guess you did not before commenting…He trained Luftwaffe pilots after the war, and guess what they flew? The F-104 is correctly in German livery as well. I do not understand why someone would comment without even listening to the video, or make a simple, super easy check. There is also obviously a publicly available list of aircraft he flew, and the F-104is among that long list. I suspect you might not be aware he flew plenty aircraft after WW2, so perhaps there is quite a bit you need to learn quite a bit about his life’s achievements.

@malcolmstonebridge7933 4 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_flown_by_Eric_%22Winkle%22_Brown

@theshadow5800 5 ай бұрын

Hard to take his opinions as credible after hearing his take on the F4. It was a pig of an airplane. Average or below average in most every category that mattered except perhaps escape speed and at that only as long (short) as its fuel could afford which amounted to only a few minutes.

@Dronescapes 5 ай бұрын

I am not sure you know who Eric Brown was. I am certain he was not perfect, just like me, you, and everyone else, but Brown was perhaps the most revered test pilot in history, having flown over 400 different aircraft from around the world, but also being someone that was a key actor of innovation. and participated in world events and met key actors of history. I think you might want to learn a few things about his before judging his competence, or perhaps you might want to find someone with more all around experience as him (which is impossible).

@scottw5315 5 ай бұрын

For being such a horrible plane it remained in service over sixty years only recently being retired in South Korea.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 5 ай бұрын

His comment was it was ugly as hell when coming into land .. but a wonderfully controllable aircraft.. he would have also helped to developed the RN fleet air arm Phantoms with the more powerful RR engines. He holds the absolute record for carrier landings .. and aircraft types a record that's highly unlikely to be beaten given the timing, intensity and length of his service. Don't forget it was Men like Brown who helped sort out the Corsair as a WW2 carrier aircraft.

@theshadow5800 5 ай бұрын

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 I really don't care about him or his comment on an aircraft I was personally familiar with. It was not very well designed aerodynamically as an airframe, fraught with many flaws that easily killed its pilots. It was a bus with two powerful fuel guzzling engines that looked cool but really wasn't. Let's stop this. Worship him as you will. He's just another expert that can't be challenged, not in life or apparently in death.

@scottw5315 5 ай бұрын

@@theshadow5800 Do tell us

@iatsd 5 ай бұрын

He was very much wrong about the Japanese approach, as his test flights in mid and late war Japanese aircraft should have suggested to him.

@Triple_J.1 4 ай бұрын

Japanese philosophy was spot on: "Supernova in the East" by Dan Carlins Hardcore History. It only changed due to shortage of pilots, after it was too late, with the KI-84. But their war philosophy is undisputed; the evidence is overwhelming. Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers and even their children DROPPED GRENADES and suicided when Americans walked near their body. This led to certain practices which are frowned upon these days: Executing EVERY SINGLE MOVING PERSON of the enemy on a battlefield. This was universal among US marines in the pacific. And it was due to Japanese extremism.

@drjojo4624 4 ай бұрын

No, there are many contemporary and modern analyses that fully agree with his analysis.