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Ken Wallis has passed away
scudderfish - 5/9/13 at 05:51 AM

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/wing_commander_ken_wallis_dies_at_the_age_of_97_post_your_tributes_1_2365526

Watching Little Nellie as a kid had a big impact on me and my interest in aviation. I'm sad that we lost one of the aviation pioneers.




[Edited on 5/9/13 by scudderfish]

Nickp - 5/9/13 at 06:02 AM

What a guy

gottabedone - 5/9/13 at 06:59 AM

What an incredible man

Those of us that are 40-plus looked upto this guy (and many like him) -it's hard to believe that today's role models are footballers and X Factor judges who have no idea what an autogyro or Wellington Bomber are

Steve

MikeRJ - 5/9/13 at 08:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by gottabedone
Those of us that are 40-plus looked upto this guy (and many like him) -it's hard to believe that today's role models are footballers and X Factor judges who have no idea what an autogyro or Wellington Bomber are


Never a truer word said!

matt_gsxr - 5/9/13 at 08:17 AM

Quite a tribute to his skill that he made it to 97 given his profession.

iank - 5/9/13 at 08:37 AM

Top bloke, RIP

pewe - 5/9/13 at 11:00 AM

Took a trip in a gyro-copter (auto-gyro but rotor powered for STO) a couple of years ago.
About as much fun as you can have.
Thanks, Ken.
Cheers, Pewe10 .
PS talking about generational I didn't realise until this weekend that the late David Jacobs was one of the voices on Journey into Space - thanks, David.