islandgun Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) yeah ...he is very well known ...wing commander ...ken wallis...held several records with auto giros.......................lived in norfolk inbetween swaffham and dereham..........he was in a couple of james bond films.. Edited December 3, 2019 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Looks funny to see such an old gent flying so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I'd love a go (with training of course) of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 9 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: I'd love a go (with training of course) of that! Well Steve they are all parked up safely in Bedfordshire, get your PPL application in and get saving, you could be flying world famous Wallis Auto-gyro's some time soon! It is NOT a helicopter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 think he died about 5-6 years ago............he wanted to go into production with one of his machines....i think he made about 8-10 different types....but had a problem with the liecensing CAA...........or something like that he was a very prolific inventor....made most of his own stuff in a garage or his shed......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 1 minute ago, ditchman said: think he died about 5-6 years ago............he wanted to go into production with one of his machines....i think he made about 8-10 different types....but had a problem with the liecensing CAA...........or something like that he was a very prolific inventor....made most of his own stuff in a garage or his shed......... 1st September 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I read that all his Autogyros had been gifted to the Shuttleworth collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 34 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: I'd love a go (with training of course) of that! Yes you could imagine him going weeeeeee as he swooped over the tree tops 23 minutes ago, ditchman said: think he died about 5-6 years ago............he wanted to go into production with one of his machines....i think he made about 8-10 different types....but had a problem with the liecensing CAA...........or something like that he was a very prolific inventor....made most of his own stuff in a garage or his shed......... thats a shame, it was on FB this morning so i thought it was a new thing. RIp old gent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, DUNKS said: I read that all his Autogyros had been gifted to the Shuttleworth collection! They certainly were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Now that takes some bottle 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 apparently ...i have been told...by someone in the know ...they are very very easy to fly..........i know one of ken wallis tricks was to fly by with no hands on the controls leaning back pretending to be asleep........at about 20-30ft.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I want one!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 4 hours ago, ditchman said: apparently ...i have been told...by someone in the know ...they are very very easy to fly..........i know one of ken wallis tricks was to fly by with no hands on the controls leaning back pretending to be asleep........at about 20-30ft.......... They are. I learned to fly a gyrocopter years ago. Back then there was a glitch in the legislation that you could only fly solo so all early tandem training was on a gyro with no engine that got towed up and down the runway on a rope (protected inside a hosepipe) tied to the back of a landy, we called it the flying bed frame. After a few hours of that, it was ‘you’re in your own now ‘. Great fun to fly, and fairly safe due to the rotors not being powered - less to go wrong so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Jonty said: They are. I learned to fly a gyrocopter years ago. Back then there was a glitch in the legislation that you could only fly solo so all early tandem training was on a gyro with no engine that got towed up and down the runway on a rope (protected inside a hosepipe) tied to the back of a landy, we called it the flying bed frame. After a few hours of that, it was ‘you’re in your own now ‘. Great fun to fly, and fairly safe due to the rotors not being powered - less to go wrong so to speak. why dont we see more of them in the sky as hobby craft ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Just now, ditchman said: why dont we see more of them in the sky as hobby craft ? Mainly because they are very slow across country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 3 hours ago, ditchman said: why dont we see more of them in the sky as hobby craft ? I can’t answer that for anyone else, in my case it was because I split up with the daughter of the guy who owned the Gyrocopter 😂. I should have treated that lass better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 If my memory serves me well He had a bad to watch crash on tv but was ok ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 I saw a documentary on him - many years ago. One of his engines was a Rolls-Royce V8 sliced in half. Brilliant engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 What license do you need to fly one of these? And how much work does it take to get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 18 minutes ago, Benthejockey said: What license do you need to fly one of these? And how much work does it take to get one? steady boy ...woooowww steaaaady bthere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 You fly them on a private pilots licence Ben. It was 40-50 hours airtime plus navigarion&law training when I did it. God knows what the costs are now to hire a machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 In a similar vein, did you see the Spitfire story on the news today ? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/05/silver-spitfire-land-back-britain-27000-mile-four-month-world/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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