The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest:  Stephen Davies Howard Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  28th of April 2024 Released:   1st of June 2024 Duration:  1 hour 2 mins 37 secs This episode is the second of the recordings from the recent Legend Aviation WONZ Forum Meet, hosted by Bevan Dewes and Lucy Newell of Legend Aviation at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, on Sunday 28th of April 2024. Stephen Davies Howard was a Royal Air Force fa...

Guest:  Bevan Dewes of Legend Aviation Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  28th of April 2024 Released:   25th of May 2024 Duration:   32 mins 19 secs This episode is the first of the recordings from the recent Legend Aviation WONZ Forum Meet. This was a gathering of members of the Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum, hosted by Bevan Dewes and Lucy Newell of Legend Aviation...

Guest:  Roy Boston – de Havilland Apprentice and Engineer, and RNZAF Instructor Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  26th of April 2024 Released:   30th of April 2024 Duration:   1 hour 34 minutes 45 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 96-year-old Roy Boston, who was born and grew up in London, and became an apprentice at the de Havilland Aircraft Company Lim...

Guests:  Larry Hill, Andrew White and Tony Hoskins Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of March 2024 Published:  24th of March 2024 Duration:  2 hours, 57 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood marks the 80th Anniversary of The Great Escape by talking with Larry Hill, Andy White and Tony Hoskins. The Great Escape is the name given to a breakout of Allied prisoners from the...

Guest:  Sarah Carr (nee Hanna) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  26th of July 2023 Published:  8th of March 2024 Duration:  1 hour 3 minutes, 5 seconds In this episode of Wings Over Britain, Dave Homewood sat down with Sarah Carr of the Old Flying Machine Company, in her office at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Sarah is the daughter of the legendary pilot, the late Ray Hanna, and sister of...

Guest:  Ed Taylor, General Manager of Warbirds Over Wanaka Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of March 2024 Released:   4th of March 2024 Duration:   45 minutes 17 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Ed Taylor about the upcoming three-day Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow over Easter on March 29th, 30th and 31st. The airshow has an unprecedented line-up of warbirds and other awesome...

Guest:  Brendon Deere Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  20th of February 2024 Published:  2nd of March 2024 Duration:  1 hour 11 minutes, 28 seconds In this 300th episode in the Wings Over New Zealand Show series, Dave Homewood talks with Brendon Deere of the Biggin Hill Trust about the beautiful restoration on his ex-RNZAF North American P-51D Mustang NZ2423 (ZK-BHT)....

Guests:  Arthur Joplin (No. 617 Squadron pilot) and Ron Mayhill (No. 75 (NZ) Squadron bomb aimer), with Peter Wheeler of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association. Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of August 2013 Published:  26th of February 2024 Duration:  40 minutes, 46 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood dips into his archive and pulls out a 2013 recording that he...

Guest:  Denis Sharp and Jim Cosgrove Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of July 2023 Published:  18th of February 2024 Duration:  1 hour minutes, seconds In this episode of Wings Over Britain Dave Homewood is given a guided tour of the remains of former RAF Hunsdon by local historians Denis Sharp and Jim Cosgrove on a drizzly day. Hunsdon was a wartime airfield in H...

Guest:  Jason Webb Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  26th of July 2023 Published:  15th of February 2024 Duration:  16 minutes, 31 seconds In this mini-episode of Wings Over Britain Dave Homewood meets Jason Webb at the Bottisham Airfield Museum, at former RAF Bottisham in Cambridgeshire. The museum presents the history of the wartime station, which has now reverte...

Guest:  Rebecca Greenwood Harding Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  25th of July 2023 Published:  6th of February 2024 Duration:  33 minutes, 15 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visited the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, and caught up with Rebecca Greenwood Harding, the Head of Technological Objects for the collection there. Following a tour of...

Guest:  Tony Philpot Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  18th of July 2023 Published:  19th of January 2024 Duration:  50 minutes, 8 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits the RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre, on the site of the former RAF Station Hornchurch, and he talks with the museum’s curator Tony Philpot. RAF Hornchurch is synonymous with the Battle of Britain,...

Guest:  Stephen Bridgewater Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  13th of July 2023 Published:  20th of December 2023 Duration:  1 hour 8 minutes, 9 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with well known aviation journalist Steve Bridgewater about his career and his passion for aviation. Steve is a multiple award winning aviation author, journalist and photographer wit...

Guest:  Fletcher McKenzie Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of October 2023 Published:  14th of December 2023 Duration:  59 minutes, 46 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Fletcher McKenzie, an entrepreneur and former advertising executive who turned his hand to television and, with Malcolm Clement, produced the very popular FlightPath TV, which was se...

Guest:  Andy Saunders Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  12th of July 2023 Published:  10th of December 2023 Duration:  1 hour 26 minutes, 14 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood caught up with author, journalist and historian Andy Saunders in his ‘War Office’ writing room in Eton, under the flightpath to Heathrow. Andy talks about his childhood discovery of a downed B-25 bomber whi...

Guest: Darren Priday, Manager of the RAF Museum’s Conservation Centre Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of July 2023 Published:  18th of November 2023 Duration:  46 minutes, 39 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visited the terrific Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, at RAF Cosford, with friend Nigel Hitchman, and he met the Manager of the RAF Museum’s Conservation C...

Guests:  Tracy Dixon, Airside Manager for Wings Over Wairarapa 2023 Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  14th of November 2023 Published:  14th of November 2023 Duration:  21 minutes, 28 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood speaks with Tracy Dixon, the Airside Manager for the Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival, which will take place over the 24th to 26th of November 2023 at Hoo...

Guests:  Ian Thirsk, Mosquito Team Leader Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  7th of July 2023 Published:  11th of November 2023 Duration:  53 minutes, 09 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits the de Havilland Aircraft Museum at London Colney, Hertfordshire, and he interviews Ian Thirsk, the Mosquito Team Leader with the museum. Whilst the museum preserves the history a...

Guest: Julian Maslin, BBMF Guide. Host:  Dave Homewood, with Barbara Hunter. Recorded:  6th of July 2023 Published:  3rd of November 2023 Duration:  1 hour, 4 minutes, 27 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. He was accompanied by Barbara Hunter of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association, and...

Guests:  David Gledhill, Author and Aviator Host:  Dave Homewood, and also heard are Dave’s hosts in Woodhall Spa, Ken White and Barbara Hunter. Recorded:  6th of July 2023 Published:  29th of October 2023 Duration:  41 minutes, 52 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits former RAF navigator and author Dave Gledhill at Thorpe Camp, Lincolnshire. Dave owns and runs a...

Guests:  Dr. Dan Ellin and Peter Jones Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  5th of July 2023 Published:  6th of October 2023 Duration:  50 minutes, 5 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visited the International Bomber Command Centre, where he met Dr. Dan Ellin, of the University of Lincoln, who is the archivist for the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. Dan...

Guests:  John Marshal-East and Andrew Panton Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of July 2023 Published:  29th of September 2023 Duration:  1 hour, 10 minutes, 34 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visited the former RAF Station at East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, home of the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. This museum is famous for its taxiing Avro Lancaster NX611 J...

Guest:  Grace Hills Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  5th of September 2023 Published:  23rd of September 2023 Duration:  35 minutes, 26 seconds Dave Homewood talks with Grace Hills in this episode to mark the annual international Girls In Aviation Day ! Grace is an aircraft technician in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and she is also a private pilot. She learned to fly at...

Guests:  Darren Harbar, Steve Darlow, George Dunn DFC and David Bremner Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  1st and 2nd of July 2023 Published:  16th of September 2023 Duration:  1 hour, 10 minutes, 20 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood met with several friends at the hallowed ground that is Old Warden aerodrome, the home of the world famous Shuttleworth Collection. He...

Guest:  Flt Lt David Barnston, RAF/RNZAF retired Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  1st of September 2023 Published:  10th of September 2023 Duration:  1 hour 17 minutes, 47 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 99-year old fighter pilot veteran David Barnston, who was born in London, and went to school next to RAF Hendon as a lad. He joined the Royal Air Force whe...