Ernie Brooks
(d.1969)
Died aged unknown
Ernie Brooks was an aviation pioneer killed in 1969 when his single-seat gyrocopter, powered by a converted Volkswagen engine, crashed at Teesside Airport.
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Ernie Brooks gyroplane pioneer lived, designed and built his Brooklands Mosquito gyroplane here. Died tragically on March 9th 1969 aged 40
Attwood Terrace, Tudhoe Colliery, Spennymoor, United Kingdom where they lived