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Winkle with Paul Beaver
Winkle with Paul Beaver
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Eric 'Winkle' Brown is widely regarded as the greatest pilot Britain has ever produced. Many of the tales Eric told have gone done in legend, but in researching his friend of 40 years, historian Paul Beaver found that the story of Eric's birth holds many clues as to the man Eric would become and that this refines Eric's remarkable story.You can follow Paul Beaver on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeaverWestminstYou can buy a copy of Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot at The Damcasters Bookshop in the UK (10% of each purchase supports the pod) here https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780718186708 Paul will be speaking about Winkle at the Chalke Valley History Festival on Wednesday, 28th June at 12:00. You can get your festival tickets at https://cvhf.org.uk/programme/tickets-pricing/ Please check out our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below: Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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