The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  30th of October 2016 Released:  9th of June 2018 Duration:  52  minutes 40 seconds This episode features a talk given by Matt Hayes about his and his brother Dan’s hunt for the missing Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair NZ5517. The fighter-bomber vanished somewhere into the thick forested hill country of the West Coast of the South Island, on the 11th of November 194...

Guest:  Michael “Mick” Murray, RNZAF Canberra Navigator Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  5th of March 2016 Released:  1st of June 2018 Duration:  1 hour 43 minutes 2 seconds This episode features a talk given by Mick Murray at a WONZ Forum Meet in 2016 at the Subritzky family’s hangars. Mick was a Navigator on No. 14 Squadron RNZAF’s English Electric Canberra, both in New Ze...

Guest: Oswald John “Jack” Davis (RAF 1337768, Wireless Operator-Air Gunner,WWII, born 18 May 1921 at Castleton, Wales), plus Jack’s son Barry Davis, and Jack’s neighbour WWII RNZAF Wireless Mechanic Colin Brown. Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  16th of of July 2012 Released:  27th of April 2018 Duration:  32 minutes 08 seconds This episode is a conversation in the Whangarei...

Guest Speakers:  Wings Commander Brett Marshall (Executive Officer at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand) Arthur Gatland (former Royal Air Force Hunter, Hawk and Harrier pilot, glider pilot, author and more Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of March 2018 Released:  15th of April 2018 Duration:  2 hour 2 minutes 13 seconds The Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum held another successful and ent...

Guest Speakers: •  Mike Feisst •  Bryan Cox •  Matt McLaughlin •  Group Captain John Mathewson (retired) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of March 2018 Released:  13th of March 2018 Duration:  1 hour 32 minutes 28 seconds The Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum held another successful and entertaining Forum Meet on the 4th of March 2018. The venue was the excellent Classic Flyers NZ Museum, a...

Guest Speakers:  Andrew Gormlie (CEO, Classic Flyer NZ Museum) Des  Underwood (former RNZAF Engineering Officer) Roger Dalziel (former RNZAF Grumman Avenger target tug pilot) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  4th of March 2018 Released:  6th of March 2018 Duration:  1 hour 44 minutes 20 seconds The Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum held another successful and entertaining Forum Meet on the 4th o...

Guest: Harold Raymond Kelsey (NZ4213900, Pilot Officer, Royal New Zealand Air Force) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  19th of January 2018 Released:  27th of February 2018 Duration:  1 hour 46 minutes 46 seconds This episode is a conversation with Harold Kelsey, who was an RNZAF Navigator during WWII. He served operationally on Grumman TBF-1c Avengers at Bougainville with No 30 Squadron and No. 31...

Guest: Owen Rundle Hicks (NZ427777, Corporal, Royal New Zealand Air Force) 24 November 1921 – 7 July 2017 Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  13th of May 2014 Released:  2nd of February 2018 Duration:  1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds Owen spent time in the Territorial Army in the early war years whilst working as an electrician in his day job. He was mobilised into the Regular Army in December 1941...

Guests: Hugh Graham Findlater, NZ416969, RNZAF Pilot, WWII Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  19th of January 2018 Released:  26th of January 2018 Duration:  51 minutes 7 seconds Hugh Findlater joined the RNZAF in 1941, and spent a period as an ACH (AMD), or Aircraft Hand (Aircraft Maintenance Duties), at RNZAF Station Taieri while he awaited his flying training course. He was selected for an ab init...

Guests: Steve Scott (Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School Chief Flying Instructor) John Hamilton  (Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School Director) Rod Milne (Flying Instructor) Andrew “Simsy” Sims (Flying Instructor) Jeshneel Singh (Flying Instructor) David Jupp (Executive Officer) Janelle Rouse (Flying Instructor) Tessa Mowbray (Flying Instructor) Jack Boyd (Student, fourth year) Jakob Mer...

Guests: Peter Waller Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  7th of April 2017 Released:  7th of January 2018 Duration:  48 minutes 31 seconds Peter Waller was an officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He learned to fly in the mid-1960’s on the North American Harvard, before progressing to the Vampire jet fighters of No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. He filled the role of Flight Commander on the Vampire s...

Guest: Geoff Cooper, and John Denton Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  3rd of December 2017 Released:  15th of December 2017 Duration:  1 hour 48 seconds In the second and final recording from the recent WONZ Christmas Party we hear initially a short piece from Captain Geoff Cooper of Fly DC3 New Zealand giving his pre-flight briefing to passengers and also his welcome to the WONZ Forum members who...

Guest: Paul McSweeny Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  3rd of December 2017 Released:  7th of December 2017 Duration:  36 minutes 22 seconds Paul McSweeny of Pioneer Aero Ltd was one of the guest speakers at the WONZ Christmas Party, held in the Fly DC3 New Zealand hangar at Ardmore Airport, Auckland, New Zealand. Paul talks about his background in the RNZAF and how he began working at and then co-o...

Guest: Kenneth Charles Lee, Squadron Leader NZ39924 and 75419, Royal New Zealand Air Force (25 September 1919 to 18th of January 2013) Interviewers:  Dave Homewood and Richard Carstens Recorded:  19th of January 2010 Released:  24th of November 2017 Duration:   1 hour 1 minute 34  seconds Ken Lee was studying engineering before WWII, and as he had a great interest in aviation he signed up in 1938...

Guest: Charles Ernest Sharp, 157688, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, WWII (21 May 1920 to 11th of October 2011) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  17th of July 2012 Released:  27th of October 2017 Duration:  54 minutes 25 seconds Charles Sharp joined the Royal Air Force in October 1939, though his training did not begin till late 1940. After learning to fly on de Havilland Tiger Moths and Airspee...

Guest:  William Albert “Bill” Hilder, a.k.a. ‘Sandy’,  150046, Acting Sergeant, Royal Air Force (27 January 1923 to 14th of September 2011) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  3rd of December 2009 Released:  20th of October 2017 Duration:  33 minutes 59 seconds Bill Hilder joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and trained as an Armourer. Following his training he was posted to a B...

Guest:  Don Subritzky Host:  Dave Homewood Introduced by: James Kightly Recorded:  29th of November 2015 Released:  13th of October 2017 Duration:  48 minutes 54 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with well known and much respected collector-restorer of old aeroplanes, Don Subritzky. The episode is introduced by aviation journalist James Kightly, as it was at his request that this recordi...

Guest:  Squadron Leader Sean Perrett Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  24th of August 2017 Released:  6th of October 2017 Duration:  37 minutes 54 seconds In this episode Dave sits down with Squadron Leader Sean Perrett during a visit to the Central Flying School of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, at RNZAF Base Ohakea. Sean is an instructor with CFS, and a member of the RNZAF Black Falcons aerobati...

Guest:  Dee Bond, Mike Slack and Brett Nicholls Field Report Guest: Brendon Deere Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of September 2017 Released:  26th of September 2017 Duration:  2 hours 41 minutes 5 seconds In this episode three more aviators join Dave Homewood on The Forum panel to discuss news and views, and tell some great aviation stories. The panel in this episode are Dee Bond, Brett Nicho...

Guest:  Christine Ody Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded: 12th of   June 2017 Released:  21st of September 2017 Duration:  1 hours 16 minutes 16 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with airline captain Christine Ody, of Auckland. Christine grew up on a farm in Northland, New Zealand. She developed a desire to fly from a young age after having a ride in a helicopter that was working on the famil...

Guest:  Matt McLaughlin Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of September 2017 Released:  15th of September 2017 Duration:  1 hours 6 minutes 16 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks via Skype with Matt McLaughlin, a Kiwi pilot who lives in Hong Kong. Matt grew up in Gisborne and he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force straight from school. He began training as a pilot, but was hospitalised...

Guest: David Duxbury Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded: 3rd of August 2017 Released:  9th of September 2017 Duration:  1 hours 37 minutes 8 seconds In Part Two of this Curtiss P-40 special, following on directly from Episode 159, aviation historian David Duxbury once again joins Dave Homewood to conclude this Duxbury Files story. Together they continue to look at the history of the Curtiss P-40 Kittyh...

Sub-Series:  The Duxbury Files Guest: David Duxbury Host:  Dave Homewood Archive Voices: Geoff Fisken, Noel Hanna, Joe McVicar and Owen Hicks Recorded: 3rd of August 2017 Released:  1st of September 2017 Duration:  2 hours 18 seconds Aviation historian David Duxbury once again joins Dave Homewood on the WONZ Show for another in The Duxbury Files series. Together they look at the history of the Cur...

Guest: Arthur Gatland Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  21st of August 2017 Released:  26th of August 2017 Duration:  44 minutes 37 seconds Arthur Gatland is a pilot. His father Frank Gatland DFM mid was also a pilot. Frank joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1941 and following his flying training he became a Short Stirling captain with No. 214 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command .  Following several...

Guest: Graeme Frew Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  14th of August 2017 Released:  15th of August 2017 Duration:  36 minutes 1 second History is being made right now as the first ever New Zealand race team is on its way to the Reno Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Graeme Frew will be flying his Yakovlev Yak 3M fighter in the WWII class of the world famous air races. Competing as race number...