{"id":6714,"date":"2018-02-23T05:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2018-02-23T05:16:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:16:32","slug":"century-celebrated-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/century-celebrated-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"A century celebrated in the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

KENNETH Francis Tunley was born in London on February 2 in 1918 and chose to celebrate turning 100 high in the sky on Monday morning at Tiger Moth World in Torquay.<\/p>\n

Kenneth, a World War II veteran, flew as a passenger in a Boeing Stearman 1933, with family and friends watching from below.<\/p>\n

Kenneth\u2019s children have lived in Torquay for the past 14 years and were extremely proud of their dad for taking to the sky.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew he could do it, he\u2019s always been a bit of a daredevil,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a bit of aviation history in the family, so it was great for him to finally get to do the flight; he\u2019s been very excited.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s also a troublemaker and very cheeky. He was a chorister and now sings in a choir, but as a younger man, when he attended church to sing he would sneak off down to the pub for a pint during the sermons and would return very angelic for the final bit of singing!\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenneth took off for a 20-minute flight across the coast and returned with a big smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really good, I really enjoyed it,\u201d Kenneth said.<\/p>\n

When asked if he was cold, Kenneth said, \u201cNo it was good, I was as warm as toast\u201d! Kenneth\u2019s story will also be featured on Channel 10\u2019s The Project.<\/p>\n