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the veryone loves the idea of making their mark on history, but so few ever get the chance. Some do it by running the first four-minute mile; others by beating the rest to the top of Mount Everest. And Ward McEllin? He was the first man to crash an aeroplane at Knock Airport. It was St Valentine’s Day in 1986 and the man who is now president of the Law Society was training for his pilot’s licence with an instructor at the newlyopened airport. ‘We were doing touch and goes’, he
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Law Society Gazette December 2000