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Flying Into the Record Books

Flying Into the Record Books 'Th e aircraft was ready to fly immediately after start up whereas with the old high viscosity oil I had a long wait while it warmed up. The oil pressure was rock steady at the higher than usual power settings and Flying Into the rpm. ' A s well as breaking world records Record Books Ken Wallis has worked tirelessly to promot e the many advantages the Autogyr o offers. On average he appears at 30 air shows and events up and down the country each year, often flying 'Little Nellie' which appeare d in the James Bond film IN 1910 two young brothers by the nam e of Wallis built an advanced monoplan e in Cambridge. The 'Wallbro ' aircraft project bit the dust later that year when a freak stor m destroyed the shed the brother s were using as a hangar. But th e flying bug remained in their family and now, many years later, Win g Commander K H Wallis (ret'd) , son of one of the original aviators , holds a string of world records to prove it. Unlike his father Ken Wallis has concentrated his efforts in the field of Autogyros - a far cry from the Wellington bombers he flew during the war. Having studied the Gyrocopter experiment s carried out by both sides during World War II, Ken used th e experience he'd gained to design what was to be the first of many Wallis machines in 1961. Onc e he'd refined and perfected th e Wallis WA-116 Autogyro - powere d by a 72 hp Wallis/ McCulloc h 4318A four-cylinder a 100km closed circuit - to complete 'Yo u Only Live Twice'. two-strok e engine - to his the set. It was obviously fitting that Autogyros have a wide variety of satisfaction he decided to set about this should fall in 1985 - 75 years uses including photography, map- proving its superiority by breaking after the 'Wallbro' monoplane was making, geological and agricultural th e existing world records. completed. surveys, pollution surveillance and Being meticulous to detail Ken Ken made his attempt in April traffic reporting. Ken Wallis hopes Wallis wanted to ensure that the using a Wallis WA-116/F/S powered that eventually his Autogyros will be engin e would perform to its by a Franklin 60 hp engine widely marketed and has recently teame d up with W Vinten Ltd to optimum ability and approached BP lubricated by BP Visco-Nova. He Oil for a suitable engine oil. was delighted both by his success achieve just that. In the meantime Th e alliance was a success and in and the performance of the oil. he's sure he could improve on that May 1968 he gained his first two height record! 'It performed perfectly,' he says. world records which were for height in the 'An y Autogyro ' (E3) class and the 'Autogyros under 500kg' (E3A) class. During the following 16 years Ken too k another 19 records and improved on the height records he'd set in 1968. However he still needed on e more record - for speed around 18 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERIN G - December 1985 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

Flying Into the Record Books

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 57 (12): 1 – Dec 1, 1985
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'Th e aircraft was ready to fly immediately after start up whereas with the old high viscosity oil I had a long wait while it warmed up. The oil pressure was rock steady at the higher than usual power settings and Flying Into the rpm. ' A s well as breaking world records Record Books Ken Wallis has worked tirelessly to promot e the many advantages the Autogyr o offers. On average he appears at 30 air shows and events up and down the country each year, often flying 'Little Nellie' which appeare d in the James Bond film IN 1910 two young brothers by the nam e of Wallis built an advanced monoplan e in Cambridge. The 'Wallbro ' aircraft project bit the dust later that year when a freak stor m destroyed the shed the brother s were using as a hangar. But th e flying bug remained in their family and now, many years later, Win g Commander K H Wallis (ret'd) , son of one of the original aviators , holds a string of world records to prove it. Unlike his father Ken Wallis has concentrated his efforts in the field of Autogyros - a far cry from the Wellington bombers he flew during the war. Having studied the Gyrocopter experiment s carried out by both sides during World War II, Ken used th e experience he'd gained to design what was to be the first of many Wallis machines in 1961. Onc e he'd refined and perfected th e Wallis WA-116 Autogyro - powere d by a 72 hp Wallis/ McCulloc h 4318A four-cylinder a 100km closed circuit - to complete 'Yo u Only Live Twice'. two-strok e engine - to his the set. It was obviously fitting that Autogyros have a wide variety of satisfaction he decided to set about this should fall in 1985 - 75 years uses including photography, map- proving its superiority by breaking after the 'Wallbro' monoplane was making, geological and agricultural th e existing world records. completed. surveys, pollution surveillance and Being meticulous to detail Ken Ken made his attempt in April traffic reporting. Ken Wallis hopes Wallis wanted to ensure that the using a Wallis WA-116/F/S powered that eventually his Autogyros will be engin e would perform to its by a Franklin 60 hp engine widely marketed and has recently teame d up with W Vinten Ltd to optimum ability and approached BP lubricated by BP Visco-Nova. He Oil for a suitable engine oil. was delighted both by his success achieve just that. In the meantime Th e alliance was a success and in and the performance of the oil. he's sure he could improve on that May 1968 he gained his first two height record! 'It performed perfectly,' he says. world records which were for height in the 'An y Autogyro ' (E3) class and the 'Autogyros under 500kg' (E3A) class. During the following 16 years Ken too k another 19 records and improved on the height records he'd set in 1968. However he still needed on e more record - for speed around 18 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERIN G - December 1985

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