One of the greatest test pilots of all time.
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/world-s-greatest-aviator-eric-winkle-brown-dies-at-97-1-4035347
His books on the aircraft of World War II are all based on his flying them.
What an amazing man.
RIP Winkle.
No one will ever come even half as close to flying as many different types of aircraft as Eric Brown did. He was a truly unique aviator. His stories of flying many of the Luftwaffe's planes, from the workhorses to the exotic, are quite fascinating to read. "Wings of the Luftwaffe" is a great start (the 2013 reprint has lots of pretty pictures and drawings to go with his naratives).