Eric “Winkle” Brown
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A tribute to one of the most remarkable pilots who ever lived. Qualified on 487 types of aircraft he also completed an unmatched 2,407 carrier deck landing… a record that is never likely to be bested.
Taffy Holden’s Lightning
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The RAF Wing Commander who flew a Lightning jet fighter. An unremarkable event except for the fact that he wasn’t a pilot!
Taffy Holden’s Mk1A Lightning XM135 can be seen at the Duxford Aircraft Museum in Cambridgeshire in the UK.
Who Was Joe Gilmore?
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The Moonwalker and Joe Gilmore.
The story of how a barman from a London Hotel become involved in the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon?
1 measure of grapefruit juice
1 measure of Grand Marina
2 dashes of rose water
Shaken well and drained into a wine glass which was then filled with champagne
