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Ken Wallis

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I thought a few might be interested in this thread on PPRuNe about Ken Wallis.

Shamelessly 'borrowed' from that pprune thread, a few pics;

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A truly remarkable gentleman whom I had the pleasure of meeting several years back. I do hope, if I make it to 91 years old, that I can still be that active!!

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A truely remarkable individual!

And one of the odd thread that even my wife find interesting :lol: :lol:

I should state that she is not so "into" flying as others ... :dunno:
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Thanks Richard

Having had a truly horrendous week (recurrent training etc etc) Ken Wallis reminds us why we do so love aviation :wink: To echo what alot
of folks at PPrune said - I hope Im still enjoying the industry at 91!!


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Back in the sixties he was on Blue Peter and I was impressed then by his machines and what a nice man he is.

Ever since then he has been a real personality not just a name in a book.

He demonstrated one and the performance was amazing......I wanted one :lol:

He was obviously enjoying himself.

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Ken Wallis, the 'real James Bond'. I watched 'you only live twice' at the Odean with my father and have never looked back!

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boy doesn't that just give ya a shot in the arm , eh?
thats great!
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Thats one cool grandad.. :prayer:
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Phew, thought for a minute we had lost another legend!! Great chap, his displays are on a par with Bob Hoover and Ray Hannah. Go to any open day he sometimes has at his home/museum, you will be stunned with what he can doo.
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Showmanship Trev

it's all in the showmanship :lol: :lol:
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Post by AllanL »

Just on cue, there is an article by Ken Wallis in the current issue of Aeroplane Monthly about his experience with a barrage balloon cable whilst flying a Wellington in '41.

I don't think it would spoil the ending to say that he survived! :smile:
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