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Sean Connery
played Bond in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice - but the star
of the show was an autogyro called Little Nellie.
The machine
was built and flown by Wing Cmdr Ken Wallis from Norfolk.
He made more
than 80 flights for the sequence which lasts just minutes on film.
Wing Cmdr Wallis
began experimenting with the machines in 1958 and his prototype,
WA-116, had its maiden flight in 1961.
Record
breaker Ken Wallis |
The machines
have been used in aerial photography, military reconnaisance and
even in the search for the Loch Ness monster.
Wing Cmdr Wallis
is also the oldest pilot to set a world record (as recognised by
the FAI). On March 19 1998, at age 81 years and 336 days, he had
the fastest climb to 3000 metres in an autogyro over Norfolk.
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