Classic British Flight Sim

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

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









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!!

Rgds
Richard

A truely remarkable individual!

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

I should state that she is not so "into" flying as others ...

Thanks Richard

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


Leif

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

He was obviously enjoying himself.

Garry

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

John

http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/your/extra ... only.shtml

boy doesn't that just give ya a shot in the arm , eh?
thats great!

Thats one cool grandad.. :prayer:

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.

Showmanship Trev

it's all in the showmanship

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!