The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guests: Russell Brodie and Ross Brodie Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  10th of August 2017 Released:  11th of August 2017 Duration:  1 hour  minutes  seconds Russell Brodie and his son Ross Brodie join Dave via Skype from their home at Rangitata Island Aerodrome, near Geraldine in the South Island of New Zealand. The Brodies are a well known flying family, and they have a very significant event ap...

Panel Guests: Andrew Gormlie, Don Simms and Peter Rowley Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of August 2017 Released:  7th of August 2017 Duration:  1 hour  54 minutes 02 seconds This is the second of our semi-regular “The Forum” show, featuring a panel of aviation minded folks discussing the latest news and views,  projects and events, and all things aviation from across New Zealand a...

Guest: Stan Walker (F/O Stanley James Walker, RNZAF, NZ4214446, Pilot) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  17th of June 2017 Released:  28th of July 2017 Duration:  2 hour 15 minutes 42 seconds Back on the 1st of April 2017, 95 year old Stan Walker was one of the speakers at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet in the New Zealand Warbirds Hangar at Ardmore Airport. His talk was very popular as his me...

Guest: Phillip Leech (Flight Lieutenant Phillip Winfield Leech, RAF, Navigator-Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  15th of July 2017 Released:  20th of July 2017 Duration:  1 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds Phillip Leech was an English-born member of the Royal Air Force, but he served as a Navigator on the Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighter torpedo bombers with No. 489 (NZ) S...

Speakers: Squadron Leader Jonathan Pote MBE, AE (Master of Ceremonies) Ron Mayhill DFC (New Zealand Bomber Command Association President) Group Captain Ants Hawes (RNZAF Chaplain) Flight Lieutenant Ken Diekema (RNZAF Chaplain) His Excellency Rob Zaagman (Ambassador to the Kingdom of The Netherlands) Master Aircrew Andrew Burrows (Royal Air Force) Pat Johnson (Area President of the Royal New Zealan...

Guest:  Connie Bickford (Constance Elsie Bickford, Wartime WAAF 2003787, known as “Lucky”) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  9th of June 2017 Released:  7th of July 2017 Duration:  1 hour 24 minutes 4 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 97-year-old WWII Women’s Auxiliary Air Force member Connie Bickford. Connie was a window dresser in London before she joined the Briti...

Panel Guests:  Bruce Cooke, Alistair Marshall and Peter McQuarters Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  29th of June 2017 Released:  30th of June 2017 Duration:  2 hours 37 minutes 2 seconds The Wings Over New Zealand Show has reached another milestone, our 150th episode! And to mark the occasion the show is trying a new format, a panel style show under the series title of “The Forum”. Dav...

Guest:  David Duxbury Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of May 2017 Released:  7th of June 2017 Duration:  59  minutes 23 second In the first of what is planned to become an occasional series that celebrates the history of our Air Force marking the RNZAF’s 80th year, eminent RNZAF historian David Duxbury of Christchurch joins Dave Homewood in a discussion about the earliest years of the...

Guest:  David Duxbury Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of May 2017 Released:  30th of May 2017 Duration:  31  minutes 1 second In a special and rather impromptu episode the Wings Over New Zealand Show marks 75 years to the day since the first “1000 Bomber Raid” was mounted by the Royal Air Force. The target was the city of Cologne in Germany, and the RAF went all out to put togeth...

Guest:  George Barclay Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of June 2010 Released:  26th of May 2017 Duration:  1 hour  44 minutes 59 seconds George Barclay joined the Territorial Army on the 8th of May 1940. However he hated the Army lifestyle and in 1940 he volunteered to switch to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). On 17 Nov 41 he left NZ in the SS Monterey and was among the first RNZAF t...

Guest:  James Callister ‘Jim’ Richmond (10 January 1915 – 8 September 2013) Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  3rd of June 2010 Released:  19th of May 2017 Duration:  32 minutes 15 seconds Jim Richmond was a Meteorologist in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War Two. He served at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri, with No. 7 (GR) Squadron, then No. 9 (GR) Squadron at Plaine des...

Guest:  Paul Brennan Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  11th of May 2017 Released:  12th of May 2017 Duration:  1 hour 8 minutes 40 seconds Paul Brennan is a professional broadcaster, cameraman and media personality, who has taken on the task to run the “Bring Our Birds Home” campaign. This is an ambitious but doable plan to bring five historic airliners that served with Air New Zealand...

Guest: Barrie “Irv” Irvine Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  25th of September 2016 Released:  28th of April 2017 Duration:   45 minutes 25 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live at the Te Atatu RSA Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at Auckland in September 2016, we hear from former RNZAF Sunderland and Orion pilot Barrie Irvine. He gives an excellent talk on life and the many...

Guests: Squadron Leader Brett Clayton RNZAF (Falcon 1) Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro RNZAF (Falcon 2) Squadron Leader Hayden Sheard RNZAF (Falcon 4) Flight Lieutenant Mike Williams RNZAF (Falcon 6) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  14th of April 2017 Released:  20th of April 2017 Duration:   15 minutes 50 seconds In this episode Dave managed to grab a short interview with four members of the very bus...

Guest:  Derrick Hubbard Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  28th of October 2016 Released:  6th of April 2017 Duration:   57 minutes 40 seconds Derrick was born in England, and as a young man he joined the Royal Air Force as an engineer during WWII. He trained at RAF Halton and worked in the RAF for 10 years. He then joined de Havillands during the time when the Comet jet airliner was being built. La...

Guests:  Peter Mason, Peter Lewis, Warwick Jones, Cliff Hawley and Norm Sanson Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  25th of September 2016 Released:  29th of March 2017 Duration:   1 hour 15 minutes 29 seconds In this episode we hear some of the speakers who appeared at the WONZ Forum Meet at Te Atatu Memorial RSA, in Te Atatu, Auckland, in September. The first speaker is Peter Mason, who helped set up...

Guest: Captain   Michael Cater senior (retired) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  17th of February 2017 Released:  23rd of March 2017 Duration:   2 hours 33 minutes 48 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with his good friend Captain Mike Cater, who served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and then flew as an airline captain for many years. Initially learning to fly at a civilian flying schoo...

Guests:  Julie Bubb, Neroli Henwood and Judy Costello Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  18th of March 2017 Released:  19th of March 2017 Duration:   34 minutes 05 seconds In this episode, recorded in the open air at Te Kowhai Aerodrome, Hamilton, Dave Homewood talks with three ladies at a Fly In of the New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation (NZAWA), which was formerly known as the Airwoman&#82...

Guest:  Edith Josephine “Josie” Miller (nee McGovern) Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  July 2012 Released:  8th of March 2017 Duration:   1 hour 06 minutes 37 seconds In this episode Dave delves into the archives to present this great interview with Josie Miller, who was a member of New Zealand’s Womans Auxiliary Air Force during WWII. She joined the WAAF on the 1st of January 194...

Guest: Flight Lieutenant   Alwynne ‘Bud’ Rose Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  25th of September 2016 Released:  2nd of March 2017 Duration:   40 minutes 35 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live during the Te Atatu RSA WONZ Forum Meet, former RNZAF engineer and flight engineer Bud Rose talks about his career. He worked on the Short Sunderland Mk. III flying boats and Douglas...

Guest:  Frederic ‘Ric’ Martini Host:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  6th of March 2016 Released:  22nd of February 2017 Duration:   46 minutes 29 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live during the March 2016 WONZ Forum Meet at the New Zealand Warbirds Association hangar at Ardmore, guest speaker Ric Martini tells the story of his father, Sgt Frederick C. Martini USAAF, and Squadron...

Guest:  Jack Marshall DFC (pff) Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  27th of October 2016 Released:  17th of February 2017 Duration:   40 minutes 8 seconds Jack Marshall was born in London in 1920, and moved to Napier, New Zealand in 1937, at the age of 17. He worked as a steward in a Gentleman’s Club, but when the war began he immediately volunteered for service in the Royal New Zealand Air For...

Guest:  Don Simms Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  30th of October 2016 Released:  7th of February 2017 Duration:   1 hour 27 minutes 52 seconds RNZAF Skyhawk historian and author Don Simms gave a fascinating presentation at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held on the 30th of October 2016 at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, in Christchurch. Don is a guide at the museum and he&#82...

Guest:  Vic Jay Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  24th of January 2017 Released:  2nd of February 2017 Duration:   1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Vic Jay, via Skype from England. Vic has recently released his book “The Mallon Crew” detailing his late father Bob Jay, an RAF Flight Engineer, and his Lancaster bomber crew in No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF duri...

Guest:  Ron Reid (Warrant Officer Ronald James Reid NZ402821, RNZAF Pilot – 30/01/1918 to 02/03/2014) Hosts:  Dave Homewood Recorded:  25th of November 2010 Released: 26th of January 2017 Duration:   59 minutes 37 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood interviewed the late WWII Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot Ron Reid, at his home in Tauranga in 2010. Ron was originally from Wellington, and...