Sqad

[mazie]

Are you about? Just listening to this and thought you might enjoy it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown :o)

[Sqad]

mazie...thanks for your thoughts, but unfortunately i live way out of the signal area, so i can't get the sound...........but thanks again.

[mazie]

Such a shame, he's amazing.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)

[Sqad]

Thanks for the link mazie....quite an amazing man.

[mazie]

He certainly is. 95 and still driving his sports car

[murraymints]

nice mazie x morning sqad x

[mazie]

And he's from Leith Minty (morning xx)

[Sqad]

Morning murray.

[murraymints]

know how to make 'em in Leith Mazie ! ..morning xx

[mazie]

Certainly do... I'm missing Leith at the moment :o(

[ethelburga]

I'm listening in very wet Derbyshire. He is great!

[murraymints]

soon be Christmas Mazie.....see the kiddies having fun

[mazie]

Morning ethel... I'm not far away in NW Leicestershire, it's the same here. not got light yet!

Yep, wont be long before I see them again Minty x

[Sqad]

I had a mate in the early 60's and we did our Junior Jobs together in Brighton. He later joined the RAMC and was stationed in Sarawak. He was on a helicopter patrol exercise when there was a sudden total system failure and the helicopter crashed into the hillside. Apparently, this type of aircraft was known to explode easily on crashes and all the patrol jumped out and "ran for it" including my mate. However, the patrol commander was trapped by his arm and couldn't move at which point my mate ran back up the hill and cut the trapped officer's arm free by amputating it despite the hich chance of the crashed helicopter exploding.

he was awarded the MM or MC can't remember which.

[murraymints]

brave men Sqad !

[Sqad]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Crawford

[murraymints]

quite quite humbling ..a good man !

[Retrochic]

Sqad, I used to listen to Radio 4 in Canada on the computer so where are you ? The moon?

[Sqad]

Retrochic......LOL.......probably.

[mazie]

Another amazing man Sqad

[sandyRoe]

Sqad, can you listen to him here on Desert Island Discs?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/d01755cf#b04nvgq1