Walrus:
The Last One Flying
A true story of a struggling 21-year-old Aussie ad guy
and a 33-year-old seaplane that had no business still flying.
In 1969, a broke young Sydney ad man talked a larger-than-life Australian land developer into entering his antique Supermarine Walrus seaplane in the London to Sydney Air Race. Forty-five days of chaos later, only one of them would still be alive, over fifty years on, to tell you what really happened.
JOHN F.
WILLIAMS
n 1969, John F. Williams was a 21-year-old unlicensed co-pilot with no business being in a cockpit. Fifty-two years later, he is the last living survivor of the race, the crash, and the secret that came with them. Walrus: The Last One Flying is his debut novel, based on the true story he lived.
THE BOOK
A 1936 seaplane. A race from London to Sydney that neither of them would finish. Forty-five days of chaos across the Australian outback that ended in a crash landing, and a secret that stayed buried for over fifty years. Walrus: The Last One Flying is a true story of resilience, dreams, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
