Grumman FM2 Wildcat fighter aircraft performing at a flypast to honour former test pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown at at RNAS Yeovil.
A Grumman FM2 Wildcat fighter aircraft flown as part of a flypast to celebrate the life of former test pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. Captain Brown performed the first landing of a jet aircraft on a carrier, the de Havilland Sea Vampire on the carrier Ocean on December 3 1945. When he reported, however, that only pilots of exceptional skill like himself would be able to repeat the operation safely, the Admiralty immediately ordered repeat trails by others which were also carried out safely.
Size: 3420px × 2389px
Location: RNAS Yeovilton Somerset England United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jada Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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