Capt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown talks about flying Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet 

Having met and spoken (at some length) to Eric (0ver dinner, in 2001) my impression is a strait forward, clear thinking, intelligent, kind man, always generous with his time. Always makes me smile to listen to,these precious recordings of him talking. RIP

Scottish and British Legend.Thank god we had him.

R.I.P., Mr Brown. You done good.

I've got 14,000 hours- but this guy is more of a pilot than any other I've met. A true legend.

Sad to hear about the passing of Eric brown he achieved so much in his life.

A much overused word but in this case it’s true. Capt Brown is a legend.

This man is a global treasure!! History comes from his lips!! I hope his life experiences are recorded?? I want to thank him for sharing his stories!! And any other combat vet's that tell their stories!! It can't be easy for them?? They all should be treated like NFL PLAYERS AND THOSE HOLLYWOOD SCUM BAGS TAKE FOR GRANTED!!?? Think about it people?? HERO'S!!!

What a bloke ! I remain full of admiration.

Got Eric's autograph of him flying a ME163 fabulous!

It would scare me to be anywhere near the 163, winkle wanted to try it and voluntarily got in and took off. Very brave. I don't think he had an official sanction either, I think the authorities would have stopped him if they'd known. As he said, a lot of German pilots paid a heavy price for its development.

I sincerely regret never meeting that man or attending one of his lectures... I am full of admiration for all of his accomplishments... It must have been scary to fly the ME-163 because it always seemed like a ticking time bomb to me with its fuel being so volatile and its totally unsafe design... That's not to say that the ME-262 or the Arado AR-234 were not without their risks either but they looked more reliable even if the jet engines had a very short life... On top of that I just LOVE his typically British sense of humor when he describes the "arm rests" being the fuel tanks 😄😄😄 Great man...

A truly inspirational man. I hope he's enjoying reading through his flight log books at the great Naval Air Station in the sky. RIP

Interesting to contemplate how fast technology has developed. Winkle flew later high performance fighters, so I'm sure he has talked about this at some stage. But he mentioned 14000f/m as an astonishing climb compared to the other fighters of the age. And of course it was, but compare that to the F-14 with 45.000f/m and the f-22 with 62.000 f/m.

A legend!

truly a legend. but it must have felt like flying a time bomb.

You had to be a special kind of brave or nuts to jump in that aircraft. The performance of that thing was decades into the future.

They should've let him fly the X15 that he really wanted. .

I,m sure I read a comment from him about his experience when flying the 163-"it was like being on a runaway train"

As far as l know , Capt. 'Winkle' Brown was the Only non-Axis pilot to fly the rocket me163

What a pilot… deepest respect

If given the opportunity to fly it, I may have declined!

He deserved way better audio than this.

Is there a full version of this anywhere?

With Germany being Fantastic engineer’s I’m surprised this engine was so dangerous for the Pilots !!!!!!

The man was mental to fly that thing when he didn't have to.

It seems unduly risky to let your greatest test pilot fly this thing, with no great scientific gain.

did I hear correctly? he flew a Me 163 Komet? Geeze!

If the T-Stoff leaked into the C-Stoff, the pilot would be P-Stoff.

I think, in this speech, that he suggests that he flew the Me 163 under its own power . The fact is that he only flew it, towed to height and after that flew it as a glider. The alternative was regarded too risky.

Crazy aircraft. Was not that successful anyway

Behold, a true LEGEND.

What a studd✌️