The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest:  Clive Woodward Estcourt NZ391045, Pilot, Bomb Aimer (14th of October 1917 – 17th of Aug 2017 ) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎13th of August 2013 Released:  9th of August 2026 Duration:  2 hour 33 minutes 11 seconds Clive Estcourt had been a commercial artist and signwriter in Hamilton in 1939 when the war broke out, and he immediately volunteered to j...

Guests:  Don Simms and Chris Newey Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎1st of June ‎2026 Released:  6th of June 2026 Duration:  55 minutes 27 seconds “Maximum Effort” was a docu-drama made by the Ministry of Information during WWII about a crew of a No. 75 (NZ) Squadron Avro Lancaster bomber based at RAF Mepal in mid-1944. In this episode Dave Homewood, Don Simms...

Guest:  Flying Officer John de Hoop (RAF 1810752, 191161) Wireless Operator-Air Gunner Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎19th of November 2013 Released:  29th of May 2026 Duration:  1 hour 6 minutes 13 seconds John de Hoop was a Londoner who joined the Royal Air Force in 1943, and trained as a Wireless Operator-Air Gunner. The following year he was posted to No. 75 (NZ) Squadron...

Guest:  Warrant Officer Leslie James Olsen N74992 Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎18th of March ‎2026 Released:  24th of May 2026 Duration:  1 hour 55 minutes 48 seconds Les Olsen joined the RNZAF as a Boy Entrant in January 1952. He trained as an Armourer in 1953, and ended up working on numerous units and squadrons over the next two and a half decades, working on guns, cannons, ejection se...

Guest:  Air Commodore Stuart McIntyre CBE, DFC Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎25th of ‎August ‎2025 Released:  15th of May 2026 Duration:  1 hour 2 minutes 21 seconds Air Commodore Stuart McIntyre CBE, DFC joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force on the 31st of August 1949. Following an elongated flying training phase, he converted onto the then-new de Havilland Vampires. He ended up deployed...

Guest Speakers:  Brendon Deere, Tim Costley MP, SQN LDR Craig Clark, FLT LT Stu Glendinning, Roger Dalziell, and SQN LDR Michael Williams Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎28th of February 2026 Released:  9th of May 2026 Duration:  3 hours 14 minutes 55 seconds In this bumper-sized 350th episode in the Wings Over New Zealand Show podcast series, we hear the various presenta...

Guests:  Bil Thuma, Don O’Rorke, Arthur Palmer and Dave O’Malley Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎24th of ‎March ‎2026 Released:  14th of April 2026 Duration:  57 minutes 40 seconds A search is currently underway with the aim of locating the remains of a missing Lockheed Ventura, AE665, which vanished in WWII off the eastern coast of Canada. The crew onboard we...

Guest:  Wing Commander Barry “Patch” Nelson Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  ‎29th of ‎December ‎2025 Released: 1st of March 2026 Duration:  1 hour 15 minutes 26 seconds Have you ever wondered what is involved when a new aircraft type is selected for service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force? In this episode of the Wings Over New Zealand Show, Dave Homewood speaks with W...

Guest:  Grant Harnish Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  19th of February 2026 Released:  20th of February 2026 Duration:  45 minutes 34 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show “Flying Boat Month” episode Dave Homewood speaks with Grant Harnish of Salt Air in the Bay of Islands. Grant owns and flies ZK-CFA, which is the only airworthy Grumman Widgeon flying boat...

Guest:  David Berger Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of February 2026 Released:  14th of February 2026 Duration:   1 hour 53 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show “Flying Boat Month” episode Dave Homewood speaks with David Berger, who is an ex-pat British doctor who lives in Fernmount, NSW, in Australia, and works in Broome, in the Kimberley region of Western Austra...

Guest:  David Wilkinson, SAANZ President Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  22nd of January 2026 Released:  8th of February 2026 Duration:   58 minutes 06 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show “Flying Boat Month” episode Dave Homewood speaks with David Wilkinson, who is President of the Sport Aircraft Association of New Zealand. He is also owner and pi...

Guest:  Andy Love Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  2nd of February 2026 Released:  2nd of February 2026 Duration:   44 minutes 58 seconds In this episode Andy Love, air display coordinator of the upcoming Warbirds Over Wanaka 2026 International Airshow gives a rundown of what the public can expect to see, and he warns that tickets are selling out fast. The three-day show over Easter Weekend &...

Guest:  Paul Dalley, aka Seaplane Paul Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  10th of January 2026 Released:  1st of February 2026 Duration:   3 hour 52 minutes 49 seconds In this extra-length Wings Over New Zealand Show “Flying Boat Month” episode Dave Homewood speaks with Paul Dalley, who grew up with aviation around him thanks to his grandfather Ian Henry, a...

Guest:  Mark Hillier Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of January 2026 Released:  13th of January 2026 Duration:   1 hour 33 minutes 35 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Homewood speaks with Mark Hillier, who is a recreational pilot, a historian, an author and he is Head of Operations at Spitfires.com, the adventure rides company based at Goodwood...

Guest:  Warrant Officer Raymond William Tocker 73469 (18 June 1931 to 24 September 2015) Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of February 2013 Released:  6th of January 2026 Duration:   1 hour 15 minutes 32 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Homewood pulled another previously unpublished older interview out of the archives. The recording is with the...

Guest:  Flight Lieutenant Wilfrid Leopold “Buck” Pound NZ427559 – 21 October 1922 to 27 January 2021 Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of June 2013 Released:  31st of December 2025 Duration:   53 minutes 23 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Homewood interviews WWII RNZAF bomber pilot ‘Buck’ Pound. He spent a short time in the Army in Ta...

Guests:  Reg Mitchell – No. 488 (NZ) Squadron Keith Boles DFC – No. 109 Squadron PFF Harold “Bunny” Burrows – No. 487 (NZ) Squadron, and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF, and Martial “Sonny” Gaspard – No. 75 Squadron RNZAF Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  2nd of March 2013 Released:  25th of November 2025 Duration:   1 hour  19 minutes 23 seconds...

Guest:  Squadron Leader Geoffrey Maurice Rothwell, DFC+Bar, BC Clasp, CDeG1940 + Palme(Bel), COdLeoll + Palme(Bel), LdH (Fra). RAF 42726, RNZAF. WWII. POW#5865 3 April 1920 to 5 November 2017 Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of March 2015 Released:  9th of November 2025 Duration:   1 hour  22 minutes 56 seconds In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Home...

Guests: Air Commodore Nick Osborne Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  8th of October 2025 Released:  8th of October 2025 Duration:   1 hour  41 minutes 29 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood interviews Air Commodore Nick Osborne RAAF, known to all as Oz. Oz is a former fast jet pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, who then transferred to the Royal Australian...

Guest:  Malcolm Laird Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of September 2025 Published:  30th of September 2025 Duration:  1 hour 52 minutes, 48 seconds Joining Dave Homewood on the Wings Over New Zealand Show this episode is Malcolm Laird of Ventura Publications. Malcolm has spent decades working in aviation publishing and the model aircraft industry, and is one of New Ze...

Guest:  John Gaertner Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  14th of September 2025 Published:  14th of September 2025 Duration:  1 hour 27 minutes, 58 seconds John Gaertner has had a long career and life in aviation, working as a research assistant for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum, as an airline clerk for TWA, and as the curator of the EAA Muse...

Guest:  Mike Murray Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of September 2025 Published:  7th of September 2025 Duration:  2 hour 11 minutes, 57 seconds Mike Murray is one of the founders of the King’s Cliffe Airfield Museum. RAF King’s Cliffe was a wartime Air Force station in Northamptonshire. It is located 19 kms west of Peterborough, and lies between the villag...

Guest:  Matt Wilcock Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  17th of August 2025 Published:  19th of August 2025 Duration:  1 hour 16 minutes, 43 seconds Matt Wilcock was born and bred in Hamilton, New Zealand, but he moved as a child to Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. Having a lifelong interest in aviation, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, where he learned to fly gliders, a...

Guest:  Squadron Leader John Barry (Retired) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of August2025 Published:  13th of August 2025 Duration:  1 hour 1 minutes, 39 seconds John Barry was born and bred in Wanganui. Upon leaving school he went to the Teacher Training School, and planned on a career as a school teacher. But while he was training as a teacher, he heard that the Ro...

Guest:  Simon “Kermit” Rea Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of August2025 Published:  7th of August 2025 Duration:  1 hour 24 minutes, 57 seconds Simon Rea grew up in Hawera, New Zealand, as an aviation enthusiast. When he left school, he did a little bit of flying with the Hawera Aero Club, before he joined the RNZAF as a pilot. He trained at Ohakea on the...