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Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:39 pm
by C
Enjoyed a day at the home of Wg Cdr Ken Wallis MBE, DEng, CEng, FRAeS, FSETP, PhD , RAF (Ret'd), Reymerston Hall in Norfolk:

A fascinating day out, and here's the first of many shots (just a taster):

Not bad for a 91 year old!

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Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:42 pm
by Aerophile
cool!

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:46 pm
by Hagar
Ah, what a character. Did he give you a flying display?

I first met Ken Wallis at Shoreham back in the 1960's when he was testing his first autogyro. Jolly nice chap he was too. He used to fly in from Boscombe in the Harvard which I believe is still in use. I last saw him at the Beagle reunion at Shoreham a couple of years ago. He doesn't change much.

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:55 pm
by C
Ah, what a character. Did he give you a flying display?


Two in fact... :) Both brilliant. :)

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:18 pm
by ozzy72
A truly remarkable man 8-)

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:05 pm
by a1
very cool. 8-)

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:20 am
by C
I first met Ken Wallis at Shoreham back in the 1960's when he was testing his first autogyro. Jolly nice chap he was too. He used to fly in from Boscombe in the Harvard which I believe is still in use. I last saw him at the Beagle reunion at Shoreham a couple of years ago. He doesn't change much.


He was unerring in his praise for the brothers Miles...

Re: Wallis, the great man himself

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:38 am
by Roughrider
Great shots, what luck meeting someone like that. Must have been a interesting day.