The Wings Over New Zealand Show

This is an introduction to the new series Warbird Radio Downunder which starts today on the Warbird Radio Network. The Jolley Company, LLC|9/8/2023 WARBIRD RADIO –  The Wings Over New Zealand Show LIVE  host Dave Homewood is back on Warbird Radio, with a similar show but the new name is  Warbird Radio Downunder . He and occasional co-host Grant McHerron will present stori...

Guest:  Tony Hoskins Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  30th of June 2023 Published:  20th of August 2023 Duration:  1 hour 59 minutes, 38 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Tony Hoskins who is leading the team who are restoring Supermarine Spitfire PR.IV AA810, known as Sandy’s Spitfire. This Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) Spitfire was flown by Fl...

Guest:   David Morris, Principle Conservator at the Fleet Air Arm Museum Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  28th of June 2023 Published: 15th of August 2023 Duration:  1 hour 30 minutes, 31 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits The Fleet Air Arm Museum, part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, at Yeovilton in Somerset. There he got a guided tour of the main halls and...

Guests:   Dave Cole and Margaret Wilmot Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  30th of June 2023 Duration:  1 hour 41 minute 46 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Dave Cole, a guide and local historian at the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum, at former RAF Biggin Hill. Dave talks about the fascinating history of the famous RAF fighter station, from its very beginning with the Royal Flying...

Guests:   Andrew Lewis and Allan Winn Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of June 2023 Duration:  1 hour 1 minute 13 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Andrew Lewis and Allan Winn at the Brooklands Museum, at Weybridge, Surrey, in England. Brooklands was the home of British motor racing, and also the home of Vickers Weybridge, a centre of innovation and man...

Guests:   Lee Howard and Rob Jones Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  28th of June 2023 Released: 17th of July 2023 Duration:  57 minutes In this episode Dave Homewood talks with naval aviation historian Lee Howard and Navy Wings’ marketing manager Rob Jones during a walk around the Navy Wings hangar at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, in Somerset. Air...

Guest:   Flight Lieutenant Alan Ross Boyens, RAF (Retired) Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of June 2023 Duration:  1 hour 5 minutes, 30 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Ross Boyens, a New Zealander who joined the Royal Air Force in 1972. Following his initial officer training at Wigram with the RNZAF, he then went off to Britain for his RAF pilot trai...

Guest:   Lewis James Day, MNZM, DFC Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of June 2023 Duration:  1 hour 22 minutes, 12 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks via Zoom with Lew Day, who was just five weeks away from turning 100 at the time of the recording, and Lew’s son Brian Day was also sitting in to help prompt Lew’s memory and relay the questions that...

Guest:   Group Captain Jason Easthope, RAAF Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  16th of May 2023 Duration:  1 hour 39 minutes, 41 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks via Zoom with Group Captain Jason Easthope, RAAF. Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, Easty became inspired by a visit of the RNZAF Strikemasters to Rotorua, and an airshow they had that included a couple of Skyhawk...

Guest:   Bevan Dewes Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of April 2023 Duration:  1 hour 13 minutes, 54 seconds In this episode we welcome back Bevan Dewes to the WONZ Show to discuss the restoration and return to flight of his award winning North American Aviation Harvard Mk. IIA NZ1044, aka ZK-OTU. Bevan purchased the aircraft in February 2020, and transported it to Wanaka...

Guest:   Gavin Conroy Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  2nd of April 2023 Duration:  40 minutes, 32 seconds The Yealands Classic Fighters 2023 Airshow kicks off this week on Good Friday at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim. In this episode Dave Homewood talks with the Airshow Director, Gavin Conroy. Gavin gives a preview of what to expect at the show, and he runs through the new aeroplanes and acts th...

Guest:   James Kightly Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  12th of February 2023 Duration:  1 hour, 15 minutes, seconds James Kightly of Australia joins Dave via Zoom to discuss the plans for the upcoming Wings Over Britain tour that Dave is undertaking later this year in late June and through July 2023. They discuss some of the places that Dave hopes to visit and the stories that...

Guest:  Captain Walter Steward (retired), RNZA, Air OP pilot, known as Wally. Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  18th of October 2022 Released:   27th of January2023 Duration:  1 hour 47 minutes 46 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood speaks via Zoom with Captain Wally Steward, who was an officer with the Royal New Zealand Artillery, in the New Zealand. He was selected to tr...

Guests:  Wing Commander Blair Oldershaw, No. 40 Squadron Commander Flight Sergeant Dave Wood, Air Load Master Instructor Flight Sergeant Robyn Claffey, Flight Engineer Instructor Warrant Officer Darryn “Durry” Wells, Maintenance Warrant Officer Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  16th of November 2022 Released:  23rd of December 2022 Duration:   51 minutes 45 seconds In this episod...

Guests:  Wing Commander Glen Donaldson, Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron Flight Sergeant Tony Strugnell, Flight Engineer Squadron Leader Paul Barrett, MFC, Flight Engineer, Engineer Officer Flight Lieutenant Tom Peterson, Pilot Flying Officer Holly Graham – Air Warfare Officer Corporal Nikita Crookbain – Air Warfare Specialist Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  16th of Novemb...

Guest:  Brett Emeny Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  24th of November 2022 Released:   30th of November 2022 Duration:  1 hour 21 minutes 14 seconds November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires in Cyprus and Singapore. In this episod...

Guest:  Air Commodore James Barclay AFC, RNZAF (retired) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  20th of September 2022 Released:   25th of November 2022 Duration:  1 hour 42 minutes 11 seconds November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires i...

Guest:  Maynard Roger Hawkins, known as Mayn. Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  21st of July 2022 Released:   18th of November 2022 Duration:  1 hour minutes seconds November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires in Cyprus and Singapore...

Guest:  Flight Lieutenant David James Greenlees 71637 (5 May 1929 – 13 August 2022) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  21st of July 2022 Released:   11th of November 2022 Duration:  1 hour 38 minutes 40 seconds November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at lea...

Guest:  Graham Edward “Tommy” Thompson Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  22nd of July 2022 Released:   4th of November 2022 Duration:  1 hour 25 minutes 44 seconds November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires in Cypr...

Guest:  Tracy Dixon, Ed Taylor, Gavin Conroy and Frank Parker Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  19th of October 2022 Released:   20th of October 2022 Duration:  53 minutes 56 seconds In this episode of the WONZ Show, Dave Homewood chats with four of the key people behind New Zealand’s biggest airshows, Tracy Dixon (Wings Over Wairarapa), Ed Taylor (Warbirds Over W...

Guest:  David Fairhead Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of August 2022 Released:   30th of August 2022 Duration:  1 hour 25 minutes 30 seconds In this episode of the WONZ Show, Dave Homewood chats with British filmmaker David Fairhead, who was the director, producer, editor and main interviewer behind the new feature film ‘Lancaster’ which opens in selected...

Guest:  David Stanley Cohu (8 June 1924 – 17 July 2018) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of October 2015 Released:   17th of July 2022 Duration:  2 hour 14 minutes 18 seconds In this episode of the WONZ Show, Dave Homewood pulled an older interview from his archive that he recorded in 2015 with former pilot, the now late Dave Cohu. Dave Cohu became a fighter pilot during WWII, train...

Guest:  Squadron Leader Larry Olsen AFC Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  12th of May 2022 Released:   15th of May 2022 Duration:  1 hour 45 minutes 17 seconds Today as this episode is released it is exactly 50 years to the day since the first flight of the first Royal New Zealand Air Force BAC167 Strikemaster Mk. 88, NZ6361. It took off from Warton Aerodrome, at Preston in...

Guest:  Sean Singleton-Turner Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  20th of April 2022 Released:   22nd of April 2022 Duration:  41 minutes 19 seconds This episode is the fifth in a series called “Great Escapes”, covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations. In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his eject...