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| WONZ 310 – Roger Holdaway | 07 Sep 2024 | 02:04:14 | |
Guest: Group Captain Roger Selwyn Holdaway Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of May 2024 Published: 8th of September 2024 Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 13 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Roger Holdaway, a former RNZAF pilot who flew numerous types from the North American Harvard and de Havilland Devon to the Short Sunderland and the Douglas C-47 Dakota. Bell Iroquois helicopters between 1958 and 1984. Roger details his training and learning to operate the Sunderland, and flying the big flying boats with No. 5 Squadron in Fiji. He recalls various search and rescue missions he was involved with, and also the sighting of a Soviet submarine during the last patrol of 1961. He went onto No. 42 Squadron flying the Harvard, Devon and Dakota as a pilot on this VIP Transport squadron. He also did target drogue towing. He then became an instructor and served at Pilot Training Squadron in that role. His next posting was to Whenuapai to become an instructor on Bristol Freighters on No. 3 (Tactical Transport) Squadron. He trained new Freighter crews in this role, and also did all sorts of transport duties around New Zealand. In 1974 Roger was posted to Singapore and joined No. 41 Squadron, flying Bristol Freighters operationally. He was involved in the very last chapter of the Vietnam War when the Allies were pulling out of the country. When he returned to New Zealand he did a Staff Course, and was then made Commanding Officer of No. 1 Squadron, based at Whenuapai, and flying Hawker Siddeley Andovers. And then Roger was sent to Wigram to learn to fly the Sioux helicopter, as he was being promoted Wing Commander, to take over No. 3 Squadron’s command, where he would be flying Iroquois helicopters. He converted to the Iroquois at Hobsonville. And then Roger was posted to Woodbourne in 1982, to become the C.O. Base Wing of RNZAF Base Woodbourne. And then in 1984 he was posted to Defence Headquarters in Wellington for six months. He then left the RNZAF for a job in Civil Aviation. https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WhG553-6-81.jpgParade for the presentation of the No. 3 Squadron Standard by His Royal Highness Prince Charles, at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. Prince Charles inspecting the parade of No. 1 Flight, accompanied by Wing Commander Roger Holdaway, Squadron Commander and Parade Commander. Warrant Officer MD Burke (nearest camera) is the Parade Warrant Officer. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand) https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WhG553-9-81-scaled.jpgParade for the presentation of the No. 3 Squadron Standard by His Royal Highness Prince Charles, at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. Prince Charles inspecting No. 1 Flight, accompanied by Wing Commander Roger Holdaway, Squadron Commander and Parade Commander. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand) | |||
| WONZ 309 – Legend Aviation WONZ Forum Meet 5: Patch Nelson | 14 Aug 2024 | 01:08:19 | |
Guest: Wing Commander Barry ‘Patch’ Nelson RNZAF This episode is the fifth and last of the recordings from the 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. Wing Commander Barry ‘Patch’ Nelson joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1982 and is still serving today as a pilot. After completely a BSc at Canterbury University in the University Cadet Scheme that the RNZAF ran, he completed his Wings course and Fighter Lead In course in 1986. In 1987 he joined No. 2 Squadron RNZAF for conversion to McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk strike aircraft, and he was posted to No. 75 Squadron in 1988. In 1990 Patch flew as Red 2 in the famous No. 75 Squadron Skyhawk display team, Kiwi Red. He talks about those exciting times, with highlights such as opening and closing the Commonwealth Games, and meeting HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the lowest point when the team lost Graham Carter in a tragic accident during a practice session. Patch enthuses about his favourite deployment, back to No. 2 Squadron RNZAF, now in Nowra, NSW, Australia. He was training new pilots and flying strikes against Royal Australian Navy ships to train the crews how to react to air attack. He also flew dissimilar air training against the RAAF’s F/A-18 Hornets. He talks about all sorts of aspects of operating the Skyhawk, from the weapons systems that had, to air-to-air refuelling using the buddy-packs, to the differences between the original Skyhawks they called dinosaurs and the upgraded Kahu Skyhawks. He remembers exercises in Asia as part of the Vanguard deployments too, and so much more in this brilliant talk. Note: When Patch refers to the previous talk by Steve, he means this one recorded earlier that day, given by Steve Davies Howard https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OhC260-88-scaled.jpgAir to air view of No. 75 Squadron Skyhawk NZ6203, flown by Flying Officer Chis Hutchison, firing CRV 7 rockets over White Island at Volkner Rock. Photographed from a TA-4K flown by W/C Frank Sharp with Patch Nelson in the back seat. Air Force Museum of New Zealand, cropped from OhC260-88. https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_4655-scaled.jpgBarry “Patch” Nelson during his presentation (Phil Treweek photo) https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_4707-scaled.jpgBarry “Patch” Nelson during his presentation (Phil Treweek photo) | |||
| WONZ 300 – Brendon Deere’s Mustang | 02 Mar 2024 | 01:11:29 | |
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). The Mustang served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1945 till 1957. NZ2423 arrived in New Zealand aboard the ship Dominion Park on the 27th of August 1945, and as the Japanese had surrendered while it was on the water the Air Force put it and the other 28 Mustangs into storage at Hobsonville. In February 1947 the cocooned Mustang fleet were barged from Hobsonville down to Clevedon and towed from there to RNZAF Station Ardmore, which had been a fighter base but was now under Care & Maintenance. The P-51D’s were put into storage in one of the hangars there. Following a period of storage at Ardmore, most of the Mustangs were placed into service with the Territorial Air Force squadrons in 1952. But NZ2423 was readied for flight and then flown to Rukuhia for another period of storage, as a reserve aircraft. NZ2423 finally entered operational service in with No. 2 (Wellington) Squadron of the Territorial Air Force, based at Ohakea, as a replacement on the 12th of July 1954. On the 25th of October 1955 it was then transferred to No. 42 Squadron and converted to tow target drogues for the Vampire pilots. It was the last RNZAF Mustang to fly, when on the 30th of May 1957 it flew from Ohakea to Woodbourne and went back into storage. The Mustangs were put up for sale by tender and in May 1958 NZ2423 was sold to Bill Ruffell of Blenheim, who along with his friend Harry Rutledge had planned to use it to build a new powerboat using the engine and the cockpit and tail. The pair already had the famous hydroplane racing boat Tru-Jen. But their plans fizzled out and they sold the Mustang to John Smith of Mapua in 1964, who stored it in his famous shed till his death in 2019. Brendon purchased the Mustang in 2020, and set about restoring it. It made its return to flight in November 2023. In this episode he tells the story of the Mustang’s history and talks about the restoration. He also details the current status of other aircraft in his collection, the Spitfire IX, the Avenger “Plonky” and his Harvard NZ1037. The Mustang will make its airshow debut at the end of this month at Warbirds Over Wanaka, flown by S/Ldr Sean Perrett, alongside the Biggin Hill Trust’s Spitfire and Avenger. Quick Links: The music heard in this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 210 – Alex Liggett – Mosquito HR339 | 05 Dec 2019 | 00:38:03 | |
Main Speaker: Alexander Liggett Other Speaker: Dave Homewood Recorded: 1st of September 2019 Released: 5th of December 2019 Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds In this talk given by Alex Liggett, President of Ferrymead Aeronautical Society, at the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch, we hear about the de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI HR339. Alex gives an overview of the history of the aircraft in wartime and postwar service, it’s period languishing on a Canterbury farm and the project’s recovery and ongoing restoration to static condition. Quick Links: • Ferrymead Aeronautical Society’s Website • Ferrymead Aeronautical Society of Facebook • Ferrymead News on the WONZ Forum • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page Above: Alex giving his presentation (Photo Phil Treweek) Alex used a Powerpoint Presentation with his talk and he has kindly provided the slides for listeners to see here to help understand what he’s talking about. NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 209 – Buck Harrison – Helicopter Crewman | 31 Oct 2019 | 00:51:51 | |
Main Speaker: Warrant Officer Keith “Buck” Harrison, RNZAF Retired Other Speaker: Dave Homewood Recorded: 1st of September 2019 Released: 31st of October 2019 Duration: 51 minutes 51 seconds This is the third episode from the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch. We hear a talk given by Buck Harrison who joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1973 as an aircraft technician, and he worked on Dakotas, Strikemasters, Skyhawks, Iroquois and Airtrainers. He then decided to retrain as a Helicopter Crewman, which was an elite aircrew role. Buck talks about the intensive selection and training process that he went through to become a ‘Crewman’. He then details some of the more interesting missions he was involved with, from search and rescue to firefighting to Navy and Army liaison, and from police work to VIP flying in Antarctica to working with the Department of Conservation (D.O.C.). Quick Links: • The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Twitter Feed • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Thread on the WONZ Forum Buck used a Powerpoint Presentation with his talk and he has kindly provided the photos for listeners to see here to help understand what he’s talking about. Warrant Officer Buck Harrison, Helicopter Crewman Buck working on a Strikemaster. Buck, left, working on a Skyhawk. Winching practice on the back of an Interisland ferry. The Iroquois winch. Low, hard and fast! Stretchers rigged three high in the helicopter, and troops unload or load equipment during manoeuvres with the New Zealand Army. A remote landing area during a search and rescue effort. Working with the Department of Conservation (D.O.C.). Carrying timber for a D.O.C. hut. Transporting a section of a prefabricated D.O.C. hut Working with the monsoon bucket and firefighters. A calf is winched out of the snow where it was trapped in the Big Snow of 1992 Hay bails stacked into an Iroquois during the effort to feed and relieve stranded livestock after the Big Snow in 1992. Relief effort after a cyclone in Fiji Helping locals with building materials to rebuild in Fiji after a cyclone, Buck helps to load the timber while pilot Brett King is second from left The cannabis wreath made by one of the policemen during the lunch break on a cannabis recovery mission “Mine!!” Buck Harrison Sir Ed Hillary and crew in Antarctica Antarctica In 1992 the RNZAF operated two Iroquois in Antarctica B..B…B…B… Bluebird’s the word Buck of the Antarctic The official party in Antarctica with Sir Edmund Hillary in the back row, centre, Prime Minister Jim Bolger, and Buck is on the right hand end in the black headband The twelve-ship No. 3 Squadron RNZAF Iroquois Formation to mark 25 Years of service for the Bell UH-1 Iroquois with the RNZAF NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 208 – The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand 50th Anniversary Fly-In | 25 Oct 2019 | 00:56:43 | |
Guests: Loretta McGarry, Bob McGarry, Amanda Rutland, Jim Lawson and Keith Skilling Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 19th of October 2019 Released: 25th of October 2019 Duration: 56 minutes 43 seconds On the weekend of the 18th to the 20th of October 2019 the Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand held a special commemorative Fly-In at Taumarunui Aerodrome, in the heart of the King Country. This event marked 50 Years since the club formed with its first Fly-In at the same airfield back in 1969. Dave Homewood was there and he took the opportunity to interview members of the club, to talk about the past, and the present and future of the club, plus some other aviation topics. We hear from Loretta McGarry who was one of the founders of the club, who talks about those early days, and also her background in aviation from catering at Whenuapai Airport to fabric work and engineering on topdressers and classics like Piper Cubs and Tiger Moths. Next up we hear from Bob McGarry who is another of the Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand’s founders. Bob talks about his memories of those early days too, and also discusses his life in aviation and the Simmonds Spartan that he rebuilt. Tiger Moth pilot Amanda Rutland talks about the upcoming Tiger Moth Safari that is being planned for February 29th till the 13th of March in 2020, all around New Zealand. And past president and well known engineer Jim Lawson talks about his experiences with the Tiger Moth Club if New Zealand and his background and lifetime in aviation. Finally, the President Keith Skilling talks about the club, and his experiences, plus a little about what he’s up to these days since he retired from Warbird display flying. Quick Links: • The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand Website • The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand Facebook Page NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 207 – Andy Love on Aerobatics | 25 Oct 2019 | 00:35:20 | |
Main Speaker: Andrew Love Other Speaker: Dave Homewood Recorded: 1st of September 2019 Released: 11th of October 2019 Duration: 35 minutes 19 seconds This is the second episode from the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch. We hear a talk given by Andy Love about aerobatics. Andy is a pilot and instructor with a passion for aerobatics, both flying them and the history of this medium of flying. He’s also an airshow display pilot, a warbird and classics pilot, a volunteer with The Vintage Aviator Collection, and a member of the team behind Warbirds Over Wanaka. Above: Andy during the presentation Quick Links: • The New Zealand Aerobatic Club • The South Island Akro Fest Facebook Page • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Twitter Feed • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Thread on the WONZ Forum During the talk Andy also screened a short promo film for the New Zealand Aerobatic Club. You can view a version of that below: NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 206 – Louisa Hormann on The Guinea Pig Club | 25 Sep 2019 | 00:39:50 | |
Main Speaker: Louisa Hormann, Archives Technician at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand Other Speakers: Dave Homewood and W/C Brett Marshall Recorded: 1st of September 2019 Released: 25th of September 2019 Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds This is the first episode from the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch. We hear an introduction from Dave Homewood, and a welcome to the crowd from Wing Commander Brett Marshall. And then the first speaker of the day was Louisa Hormann who works as an Archives Technician at the Museum. Louisa makes a fascinating presentation based on her research into The Guinea Pig Club, whose members were burn victims that were being treated using pioneering plastic surgery techniques at the RAF Hospital at East Grinstead. Louisa details the background of the surgical techniques and the club, and she talks about the New Zealand connections with all four of the main surgeons. She also gives some personal stories of New Zealanders who were members of the club. Also discussed is how the work of the surgeons and the members of the Club are remembered today in the museum context. Above: Louisa Hormann during her talk (Photo Phil Treweek) Above: Louisa Hormann during her talk (Photo Phil Treweek) Above: Among the club’s many social exploits was the monthly publication of The Guinea Pig magazine. The illustration in the Guinea Pigs’ thought bubble would change every issue. From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Air Ministry Pamphlet for the First Aid and Early Treatment of Burns in the Royal Air Force (1944 above; 1956 below, first and second editions). From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Above: Diagram from May 1944 first edition of First Aid and Early Treatment of Burns in the Royal Air Force. From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Above: The McIndoe Memorial Statue at East Grinstead was designed by renowned British sculptor Martin Jennings and unveiled in June 2014. © Copyright Peter Trimming and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Above and below: Vernon Mitchell in the early stages of burns surgery and during reconstructive surgery, after an aircraft accident. From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Above: Jack Williamson’s scrapbook contains photographs and notes about his treatment at Ely Hospital. From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Twitter Feed • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Thread on the WONZ Forum • The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Website • The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Facebook Page • Sir Archibald McIndoe on Wikipedia • Sir Archibald McIndoe on New Zealand History • The Guinea Pig Club on Wikipedia • Paddy Hartley’s page on the Faces of Battle WWI exhibition, as referenced in the presentation Note: The music is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 205 – The World of Jimmy Ward VC | 15 Sep 2019 | 01:25:52 | |
Main Speaker: Des Underwood Other Speakers: Jack Best (Introducing the event), Greg Brownless (Mayor of Tauranga) Recorded: 6th of September 2019 Released: 15th of September 2019 Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 52 seconds In this episode we hear a recording from the Fourth Annual Jean Batten Lecture, presented by Des Underwood to the Bay of Plenty Branch of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The venue was the Boeing Room of Classic Flyers NZ Museum. The topic of this year’s lecture was ‘The World of Jimmy Ward VC’. Des gives a background to the man, New Zealand’s first Victoria Cross recipient in WWII, awarded for his daring act in climbing onto the wing of a Wellington bomber while in flight to douse the flames of an engine fire. He covers Jimmy’s background and life before and in the RNZAF, the wing fire, and his sad death. Also Des covers the RAF at the time,the bombing war, and much more. Quick Links: • Royal Aeronautical Society – Bay of Plenty Branch • Classic Flyers NZ Museum Website • Classic Flyers NZ Museum on Facebook Jimmy Ward VC with his Victoria Cross medal ribbon Jimmy Ward in the cockpit of a Wellington bomber of No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF The foot holes made in the wing and fuselage by Jimmy when he ventured out to couragiously fight the fire in the starboard engine, whilst also fighting the freezing cold airflow over the wing Above: Des Underwood delivering his lecture on The World of Jimmy Ward VC Video Version Part Two Part Three Here are the videos that Des tried to screen and sadly had technical difficulties with: NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 204 – W/C Brett Marshall | 05 Sep 2019 | 00:41:21 | |
Guest: Wing Commander Brett Marshall RNZAF, Director of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of September 2019 Released: 5th of September 2019 Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood sits down with Wing Commander Brett Marshall, RNZAF, who was recently appointed to the role of Director of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Brett was previously the Executive Officer at the museum. In this interview he discusses a variety of topics ranging from his background as a transport and maritime pilot and a flying instructor in the Air Force, to current museum policy, and exciting ongoing projects on large and small scales. Also discussed is the role of the museum as an RNZAF unit, and its importance to the various communities it serves. Above: Wing Commander Brett Marshall at the 2019 ANZAC Day service held in the Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Photo: Air Force Museum of New Zealand) Above: Wing Commander Brett Marshall stands in front of the Roll of Honour in the Atrium of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Photo: Air Force Museum of New Zealand) Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Twitter Feed • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Thread on the WONZ Forum • The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Website • The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Facebook Page Note: The music is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 203 – Warren Denholm on Mosquito PZ474 | 24 Aug 2019 | 00:44:02 | |
Guest: Warren Denholm of Avspecs Ltd, aka Wal Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 19th of August 2019 Released: 24th of August 2019 Duration: 44 minutes 2 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits Wal Denholm in his office at Avspecs Ltd., the Ardmore-based warbird restoration company, to discuss the restoration and recent success with de Havilland Mosquito FB.6 PZ474. This Mossie served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force as NZ2384, and then went to the USA. When it was purchased as a project by Texas-based collector Rod Lewis it returned to New Zealand as what can only be described as wreckage. Over the past four years PZ474 was rebuilt back to its magnificent former glory – in fact better than it ever would have looked. It took to the air again at Ardmore on the 13th of January 2019, in stunning RAF Coastal Command colours, and after test flying it was shipped to the USA. In July PZ474 was one of the major stars of EAA AirVenture 2019 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where the project won two awards, the Phoenix Award and the Grand Champion WWII award, the latter being the most prestigious of all awards at the world’s biggest aviation event. Wal talks all about the Mosquito’s restoration and the Oshkosh experience. He also gives an overview of what else they are currently working on, the Curtiss Hawk for Jerry Yagen, the Supermarine Spitfire XVIe for a US-based customer, the next Mosquito project which is still for sale, the Grumman Widgeons and the Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony. Quick Links: • Lewis Air Legends on Facebook • Classic Aircraft Photography Mosquito PZ474 over the Auckland coastline during its initial test flight in January 2019. (Photo courtesy of Gavin Conroy of Classic Aircraft Photography) The Mosquito PZ474 at the Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore in November 2018 (Photo: Dave Homewood) Mosquito PZ474 at the Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore in November 2018 Mosquito PZ474 at the Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore in November 2018 Mosquito PZ474 at the Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore in November 2018 Note: The music is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 202 – Nevill Clarke | 06 Aug 2019 | 01:15:28 | |
Guest: Nevill Clarke Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 6th of February 2019 Released: 6th of August 2019 Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 27 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood and Bevan Dewes visited 97-year-old veteran RNZAF pilot Nevill Clarke at his retirement village home in Northcote. Nevill was one of the pilots of perhaps the least remembered part of the wartime air force, RAF Ferry Command. He was tasked with flying newly built aeroplanes that were rolling out of American factories across the Atlantic to Britain. In his time he ferried Lockheed Hudsons, Lockheed Venturas, Douglas C-47 Dakotas, Consolidated Liberators, Martin Baltimores, Martin Marauders, and probably others. He flew both the northern and southern routes. He also spend a number of months piloting the Consolidated RY-3 (the transport version of the Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer) on the San Francisco to Sydney route. And he flew the Avro York for a period too on transport routes. After a short postwar secondment to BOAC, Nevill left the RNZAF, came home to New Zealand, and joined TEAL on the 7th of May 1947. He flew as co-pilot and later captain with the airline, encompassing such aircraft types on the Short Empire, the Short Sandringham, the Short Solent, the Douglas DC-6, the Lockheed Electra, the Douglas DC-8 and lastly the Douglas DC-10. Above: Nevill Clarke whilst in the RNZAF during WWII (Photo via his neice Deborah Clarke) Above: Nevill Clarke in his TEAL uniform (Photo via his neice Deborah Clarke) Above: Nevill Clarke celebrating a birthday (Photo via his neice Deborah Clarke) Above: Nevill Clarke, former RNZAF pilot who served with RAF Ferry Command, and flew with BOAC, TEAL and Air New Zealand, taken on the day of the interview (photo Dave Homewood) A painting on Nevill’s wall of the Consolidated RY-3 he flew regularly across the Pacific Above: Nevill with his painting (photo Dave Homewood) Note: The music is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 201 – John Hansen | 23 Jul 2019 | 01:48:36 | |
Guest: John Hansen Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 16th of June 2019 Released: 24th of July 2019 Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 35 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood sat down with aeronautical engineer and recreational pilot John Hansen, in his hangar at his private strip at Pokuru. John talks about his life in aviation, from watching the topdressers as a kid at Rangiora and playing in his uncle’s war surplus Avro Ansons, to becoming a loader-driver with Peter Rowley’s Aerial Sowing. He learned to fly at Harewood and was intending to go commercial and get into flying topdressers, but his path diverted into engineering. He worked with the then-new company New Zealand Aerospace Industries at Hamilton Airport, setting up tooling for production of the CT/4 Aitrainers, and then working on the assembly line of Airtrainers and Fletchers. He then worked for around a decade with Wishart helicopters, which was owned by Sir Tim Wallis, during the height of the deer recovery days. When that industry cooled down, John returned to Aerospace, now known as Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd. There he led the engineering team that created the turbine-engined CT-4C Airtrainer, and later worked on the upgraded piston version, the CT-4E. He also worked on the PT-6 engined Fletcher project,and the ANZAC Frigate project, before he went out on his own and is now an engineering consultant. John also spent time in France at the Alpha factory preparing the engineering side of the deal that would see the production move to Hamilton in New Zealand. Meanwhile he got into recreational flying and briefly owned a Bede BD-5 project. He replaced that with a Druine Turbulent that he flew all over the country for many years. And later he built his Hansen Deuce, which is based on the Bakeng Deuce but very highly modified by John. Above: John Hansen with his Hansen Deuce ZK-JFH Above: John telling stories about his beloved Turbulent ZK-CAX NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 299 – Bomber Memories | 25 Feb 2024 | 00:40:47 | |
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 made when he and Peter Wheeler (of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association) visited Arthur Joplin and Ron Mayhill at Arthur’s retirement village home in Remuera. The recording was made during a social visit, when Dave and Peter got Arthur and Ron to tell some of their memories. This is an edited version to pull out the most interesting highlights from the conversation. Arthur was an RNZAF veteran who served as a Lancaster pilot with No. 617 Squadron RAF during WWII. He was one of the pilots that attacked the German battleship Tirpitz twice, sinking it in November 1944. Ron was an RNZAF bomb aimer, who flew with New Zealand’s heavy bomber squadron, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron, during the latter part of 1944. He wrote the absolutely brilliant memoir Bombs On Target, which is a must read. He also served several years till his death as President of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association. Ron passed away in 2020, and Arthur died in 2023, so these memories and stories are precious reminders of these great men and the things they did during WWII. Quick Links: • The New Zealand Bomber Command Association Facebook Page https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lanc.jpgThe Lancaster artwork from Ron Mayhill’s marvellous book Bombs On Target. https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/338216497_579761947449275_3685120590204061665_n-1.jpg https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/OMGD5WVPDRCOHLL257RQCGUOGE-1.jpgAbove: Arthur Joplin, in later life, and right during WWII. (NZBCA Archives) https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/107552915_1515298115343937_1142213303658141539_n-1.jpg https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ronmayhill-officer-1.jpgAbove: Ron Mayhill, in later life, and right during WWII. (NZBCA Archives) https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1447136142.0.x.jpgThe music heard in this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 200 – 200th WONZ Show | 10 Jul 2019 | 00:57:17 | |
Guest: Bevan Dewes Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 8th of July 2019 Released: 10th of July 2019 Duration: 57 minutes 17 seconds The show is finally back after a long hiatus, and with our 200 Wings Over New Zealand Show. Host Dave Homewood is joined by one of his best friends, Bevan Dewes , who is a pilot who has appeared on the show several times. They look back at the series as it marks the milestone of 200 episodes, and look forward to things to come. And they talk about various flying and aviation adventures they have both been on this year, and various airshows they have attended. Bevan about to pilot the Harvard with Dave in the rear seat back in February 2019 (Photo copyright Bevan Dewes 2019) Above: The Grobs that flew with Bevan and Dave who were in the Chipmunk. The closest was flown by Tim Dews with his son Ben Dews as passenger, and the other was flown by Jonathon Turnbull, with Bevan’s brother Ryan Dewes as passenger. (Photo copyright Dave Homewood 2019) Above: Bevan flying a B.E.2c at Wings Over Wairarapa (Photo copyright Dave Homewood 2019) Bevan up front in the Chipmunk as he and Dave crossed to Omaka for Classic Fighters 2019 airshow (Photo copyright Dave Homewood 2019) Bevan in the Bristol Scout at Classic Fighters 2019 (Photo copyright Dave Homewood 2019) The Tiger Moth nice and close when Bevan and Dave took part in the flypast over Greytown (Photo copyright Dave Homewood 2019) | |||
| WONZ 199 – Bill Rolfe | 19 Jan 2019 | 00:54:08 | |
Guest: Bill Rolfe Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 29th of June 2013 Released: 19th of January 2019 Duration: 54 minutes 07 seconds To mark the return to flight of de Havilland Mosquito PZ474 (aka NZ2384, ZK-BCV and N9909F) on the 13th of January 2019, we have a special treat. Dave Homewood has pulled a fascinating and previously unreleased interview from the archive that he did with Bill Rolfe back in June 2013. Bill has a really interesting background, with his father and uncles being involved in aviation in New Zealand and Australia, and Bill himself grew up with it his whole life. His father Harry and uncle Bill had a flying circus in Australia. Harry had his own airline, and then became one of the senior engineers with Australian National Airways before WWII. During the war he was Director of Aircraft Production with a staff of 25,000 under him. In 1947 Harry moved back to his previous home of New Zealand and started That company bought up eight surplus de Havilland Mosquitoes from the RNZAF when they were sold off. At that time Bill himself was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force with No. 75 Squadron, working on Vampires. He took two weeks off work and got one of the Mosquitoes to a flyable state. It was registered as N9909F, and went to the USA. This is the very aircraft that flew again this past week! There is a lot more to Bill’s story, memories of the RNZAF and No. 75 Squadron; working with his father in what became Air Spares Ltd and the international agencies and deals he was involved with; owning aeroplanes and flying and displaying warbirds, including in the first ever New Zealand Yak 52 team with Sir Kenneth Hayr and Garth Hogan; dealing with South Africa during the embargo years, and more. Quick Links: • A Stuff article on Bill Rolfe Mosquito PZ474 on its first test flight with Steve Hinton and Warren Denholm aboard, 13th of January 2019, at Ardmore Airport, New Zealand, This is the same aircraft that was one of the eight surplus machines Harry Rolfe bought and Bill Rolfe managed to return to the air so it could fly off to the USA. Photo kindly supplied by Stuart Russell. © 2019 | |||
| WONZ 198 – Chris Pote | 11 Jan 2019 | 00:57:55 | |
Guest: Wing Commander Chris Pote, RAF Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 7th of January 2019 Released: 11th of January 2019 Duration: 57 minutes 55 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Wing Commander Chris Pote, of the Royal Air Force, who recently in November and December 2018 made an epic flight in a Eurostar light sport aircraft all the way from Great Britain to New Zealand, with a team of co-pilots. Along the way they stopped at more than 20 former Royal Air Force bases in an effort to mark the RAF’s 100th Anniversary. Quick Links: • Chris’s RAF 100 GB-NZ Expedition Facebook Page Above: Abbey McGill and Chris Pote with Eurofox G-GBNZ at Ardmore Airport, New Zealand, after the flight around the world. Abbey was the last of Chris’s co-pilots, flying on the Australian and Tasman Sea legs. Photo Dave Homewood Above: The Eurofox arriving at Lord Howe Island in December 2018. Photo kindly supplied with permission by Peter Phillipps Note: The music at the end is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 197 – Christmas Forum 2018 | 23 Dec 2018 | 02:12:23 | |
Guests: Bevan Dewes and Matt Austin Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 20th of December 2018 Released: 23rd of December 2018 Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 23 seconds This episode of the WONZ Show sees the return of the popular “The Forum” format where Dave talks with guests Bevan Dewes and Matt Austin in a panel style show. They discuss that latest aviation news around New Zealand and Australia, and look at upcoming events on the aviation calendar on both sides of the Tasman Sea. And they talk about their aviation highlights of 2018. Highlights of the discussion include Bevan going into detail about flying the Curtiss P-40N Warhawk fighter that he had the pleasure to experience this year; and Matt talking about his scariest moment as a pilot. Matt also talks about the Australian National Airline DC-3’s that ended up in New Zealand. And they both talk about their aviation heroes. There’s a lot more in there too. This was the first episode in The Forum format for over a year, after an enforced break when Skype changed so that recording such conversations were impossible. Now however the technical challenges have been overcome and this episode was a sort of test piece to make sure it works. It went OK, and we hope you enjoy the discussion. The WONZ Show will hopefully bring more The Forum panel discussions to listeners again in the future. (By the way, if you wait till the very end of this episode, for the first time ever in WONZ Show history, some out-takes are included) Quick Links: • The Wings Over New Zealand Forum Above: Bevan Dewes at Wanaka in April 2018 (Photo Dave Homewood) Above: Matt Austin (photo supplied by Matt) Note: The music in this episode is ‘The Warmth of Winter’ by Ross Bugden. Find his Youtube channel here | |||
| WONZ 196 – Cold War Pilots | 14 Dec 2018 | 01:10:43 | |
Guests: Graeme Gleeson and Dick Ingham Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 8th of December 2018 Released: 14th of December 2018 Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 43 seconds This episode has the other two speakers at the recent WONZ Christmas Party 2018, which was held at the Fly DC3 Hangar at Ardmore Airport. This follows on from WONZ Episode 195. This episode features two speakers. The first is Graeme Gleeson, who joined the Royal Air Force in 1956, via the RNZAF. Following two attempts at flying training (the first interrupted by a broken leg and then tuberculosis), he eventually made it onto a squadron flying Avro Vulcans. Graeme talks about flying the Vulcan at low level and about the exercises they did, and what sort of roles they undertook. He then changes tact completely to talk about a later incident in his life when he was the captain of an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 which was hijacked in Fiji. He and his crew managed to foil the hijacker. The second speaker is another ex-Cold War pilot, Dick Ingham, who tells a terrific story of flying English Electric Lightnings with the Royal Air Force and as a civilian. Following RAF service he joined BAC and continued to fly the Lightning, including with Roland Beamont, and Dick ended up flying the Lightning for the Saudi Air Force. Quick Links: • Fly DC3 New Zealand Facebook Page • Air New Zealand Hijacking on Wikipedia • Air New Zealand Hijacking on New Zealand History • Air New Zealand Hijacking on Te Ara Above: Graeme Gleeson, left, and Dick Ingham (Photo: Dave Homewood) Above: Graeme Gleeson (Photo: Stuart Russell) Above: Graeme Gleeson (Photo: Dave Homewood) Above: Dick Ingham (Photo: Stuart Russell) Above: Dick Ingham (Photo: Dave Homewood) Above and Below: The photos that Dick refers to. Note: The music at the end is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 195 – WONZ Christmas Party: Allan Emett | 10 Dec 2018 | 00:59:08 | |
Guest: Allan Emett Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 8th of December 2018 Released: 10th of December 2018 Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds This episode was recorded live in front of an audience in the Fly DC3 hangar at Ardmore Airport, Auckland, and is the first recording from the WONZ Christmas Party. The speaker is Allan Emett, who trained as a fighter pilot during WWII with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He flew two operational tours in the Pacific forward area, the first with No. 19 (Fighter) Squadron and the second with No. 26 (Fighter) Squadron. Quick Links: • Fly DC3 New Zealand Facebook Page • The Royal New Zealand Air Force Allan Emett (Photo Stuart Russell)Allan Emett (Photo Stuart Russell) Allan in full flying kit during his Elementary Flying Training School days at Harewood (Allan Emett Collection) Alan’s No. 3 EFTS course (Allan Emett Collection) Allan’s course at No. 2 SFTS, Woodbourne (Allan Emett Collection) The Airspeed Oxford that Allan was onboard that crashed at Woodbourne (Allan Emett Collection) Allan’s ‘Wings’ photo (Allan Emett Collection) Allan’s course at No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit at Ohakea (Allan Emett Collection) Allan’s logbook page with his first solo on the P-40 (Allan Emett Collection) A list of P-40’s that Allan flew at Ohakea (Allan Emett Collection) Final P-40 flights page (Allan Emett Collection) The last P-40 Allan flew was NZ3220 “Gloria Lyons” as seen in this photo (Allan Emett Collection) Onto the Corsair at Ardmore (Allan Emett Collection) An extract from the No. 19 (F) Squadron Diary A pilot’s strip map of Emirau (Allan Emett Collection) An RNZAF Corsair landing in wet conditions at Emirau (Allan Emett Collection) Accommodation at Emirau was in canvas tents (Allan Emett Collection) Allan, left, outside his tent (Allan Emett Collection) Another extract from the No. 19 Squadron Diary Beside a Corsair (Allan Emett Collection) Corsair (Allan Emett Collection) An RNZAF strip map showing Emirau on the top left and New Ireland on the right with the Kavieng area where so many patrols were made. The Kavieng area is blown up in the right hand map. Coming home with No. 19 Squadron and joining No. 26 Squadron (Allan Emett Collection) No. 26 Squadron’s emblem (Allan Emett Collection) No. 26 Squadron RNZAF (Allan Emett Collection) One of the natives at Bougainville who would appear in the camp and disappear again like ghosts (Allan Emett Collection) Bougainville where No. 26 Squadron was based at Torokina, on the northern end of Empress Augusta Bay Corsairs at Torokina. Allan flew all of these aeroplanes at one time or another (Allan Emett Collection) A briefing for three Corsair squadrons Another view of the briefing Bougainville operations (Allan Emett Collection) Bougainville operations (Allan Emett Collection) A Corsair that caught fire just after landing (Allan Emett Collection) Bougainville operations (Allan Emett Collection) No. 26 (Fighter) Squadron back at Ardmore Allan Emett during the talk, with his granddaughter Catherine and son Brent behind him (Photo Dave Homewood) Allan with a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk under restoration at Pioneer Aero Restorations Ltd (Photo Dave Homewood) Note: The music at the end is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 194 – John Denton | 23 Nov 2018 | 01:38:44 | |
Guest: John Denton Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 23rd of September 2018 Released: 23rd of November 2018 Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 43 seconds In this episode John Denton talks about his aviation experiences, from the days when he flew in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and later with Air New Zealand, and with New Zealand Warbirds Association. John trained in the RNZAF on North American Harvards and de Havilland Devons, and then went on to serve with No. 14 Squadron (Harvards and Devons), No. 41 Squadron (Bristol Freighters), No. 40 Squadron (Douglas DC6’s and Handley Page Hastings), and No. 42 Squadron (Douglas C-47 Dakotas, Devons, etc). He also became an instructor and spent a period with Pilot Training Squadron teaching new pilots to fly Harvards and Devons. Next he converted to the Vampire jets and served with No. 75 Squadron at Ohakea. He was selected to go to Vietnam in 1970 where he converted to the North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, serving at the US Army’s Củ Chi Base Camp, and later at the US Marine Corp’s Chu Lai Air Base. Following his six month tour of duty in Vietnam, John returned to Ohakea, where he converted to the new McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawks, and was soon posted back to No 14 Squadron where he was instructing pilots on the Skyhawk. In 1973 John left the Air Force and joined Air New Zealand, where he started flying the Douglas DC8. He graduated to the McDonnell Douglas DC10, and the Boeing 747-200. He became one of the first Air New Zealand pilots to convert to the Boeing 747-400, undertaking a course in Amsterdam and then training the crews for the new type. John was also one of the original pilots with New Zealand Warbirds Association. He was in the original syndicate for NZ1098 ZK-ENJ, and was part of the Roaring Forties display team. He also became one of the pilots of the first de Havilland Venom, ZK-VNM, and he was checked out in the original T-28 Trojan. Listeners may recall John spoke at a live WONZ event in 2017 about flying the Venom, which you can also hear here: Episode 170
Quick Links: • The Royal New Zealand Air Force • New Zealand Warbirds Association • New Zealand Warbirds Association on Facebook Note: The music at the end is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 193 – CAA at Black Sands 2018 | 06 Nov 2018 | 00:38:39 | |
Speakers: Bruce Cooke (SAANZ Waikato and Bay of Plenty Chapter Secretary) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 3rd of November 2018 Released: 6th of November 2018 Duration: 38 minutes 38 second In this episode we hear a live recording of a talk given by Paula Moore and Doug Hamilton to the Sport Aviation Association of New Zealand members and others gathered during the Black Sands 2018 Fly-In at Raglan Airport, on the Waikato’s west coast. Topics covered are aviation safety, various rule changes, and a particular focus on the upcoming requirement for an ADS-B transponder in aircraft. Paula and Doug were introduced by SAA Waikato and Bay of Plenty Chapter Secretary Bruce Cooke. There is also a question and answer session afterwards. Hopefully many recreational pilots across New Zealand will find this talk of interest and may pick up some key information. Thanks to the CAA representatives who allowed the talk to be recorded, and especially Paula Moore who also kindly offered the PowerPoint pages to go with the audio, as seen below.
Quick Links: • The Sport Aircraft Association of New Zealand The following are the PowerPoint pages that Paula used during the talk:
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| WONZ 192 – Denis Pothan | 23 Oct 2018 | 01:15:01 | |
Guest: Denis Pothan Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 22nd of October 2018 Released: 23rd of October 2018 Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 1 second In this episode Dave sat in the sunshine chatting with former RNZAF Safety and Surface Worker Denis Pothan, who called into Cambridge on his way home after attending the Safety and Surface Trade Reunion at Ohakea. Denis worked initially as an Aircraft Finisher (the RNZAF name for a spray painter), and he worked on an array of aeroplane types from Sunderlands, Vampires and an Avenger, to the Devons, Bristol Freighters, Canberras and even the Zero. He served at Hobsonville, Ohakea, Woodbourne, Lauthala Bay and Tengah during his career, and he has some fascinating and funny stories from a twelve year career in the Air Force. Denis went on to work at AESL in Hamilton when they were building Airtourers, and then he had a panel beating and spray painting business in Cambridge in the early 1970’s, before moving to Whangarei and carrying on with the same trade. He retired and sold his business two years ago. He is also an artist and enjoys painting New Zealand aviation subjects, some of which you can see if you follow the link below. Denis’s wife Judy is in the background prompting a few memories. Quick Links: • Denis’s Art Page on Kamo Panel and Paint • The RNZAF’s page on the Safety and Surface Trade
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| WONZ 191 – Captain Geoff White | 17 Oct 2018 | 01:00:23 | |
Guest: Captain Geoff White Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 1st of October 2017 Released: 17th of October 2018 Duration: 1 hour 23 seconds In this episode we hear from Geoff White, who was a childhood friend of the legendary pilot Ray Hanna, serving together in the Air Training Corps during the 1940’s. Upon leaving school Geoff joined the RNZAF and trained as a pilot. He spent a lot of his career as a transport pilot with No. 41 Squadron on Douglas Dakotas and Bristol Freighters, one of the latter he flew out from England when it was first handed over by the factory. He also trained as an instructor, and this included a few flights in the North American P-51D Mustang. On leaving the RNZAF Geoff took up a position flying for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. (T.E.A.L.) and started there flying the Short Solent flying boats. He progressed through the company (which became Air New Zealand in 1965) onto the Douglas DC-6’s, then the Lockheed Electras, and then onto jets flying the Douglas DC-8 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Geoff captained the last successful Antarctic flight that Air New Zealand flew, and talks about this too. Today Geoff lives in retirement in Albury, NSW, Australia. Dave spoke with Geoff via Skype a year ago to record this episode.
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| WONZ 298 – Wings Over Britain: RAF Hunsdon | 17 Feb 2024 | 02:13:42 | |
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 Hertfordshire that was home to several wartime squadrons and units. These included No. 487 (NZ) Squadron with their Mosquito fighter-bombers alongside No. 464 Squadron RAAF and No. 21 Squadron RAF, which together formed No. 140 Wing. The No. 140 Wing Mosquitoes took off from here to make the famous attack on the Amiens prison in northern France, in an attempt to release hundreds of members of the French Resistance who were being held prisoner by the Gestapo. Another New Zealand squadron that spent a short time at Hunsdon was No. 488 (NZ) Squadron, before they deployed to the Continent with their night fighter Mosquitoes. It was also home at various periods to No. 3 Squadron RAF with their Hurricanes, and the Hunsdon Wing which was made up from No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron, No. 154 (Motor Industry) Squadron and No. 442 (Caribou) Squadron, RCAF. These days most of the buildings and structures have disappeared, but the airfield remains active with a small flying club with light aircraft and microlights. A memorial to those who served there can be found next to the flying club. Quick Links: | |||
| WONZ 190 – Richard Waugh on NAC | 15 Sep 2018 | 01:19:19 | |
The Jean Batten Lecture 2018 – The History of National Airways Corporation of New Zealand Speakers: Des Underwood (Royal Aeronautical Society Bay of Plenty Branch Chairman) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 14th of September 2018 Released: 15th of September 2018 Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 18 seconds In this episode we present the third annual Jean Batten Lecture, hosted by the Royal Aeronautical Society Bay of Plenty Branch, at the Classic Flyers Museum in Tauranga. Introduced by the Branch Chairman Des Underwood, the main speaker Richard Waugh presents the history of the National Airways Corporation of New Zealand, from its beginning in the postwar 1940’s through till its merger with Air New Zealand in 1978. Richard goes through the history step by step four years at a time. Richard Waugh is a very well known and respected author of many books on airline history in New Zealand, and he has been instrumental in the establishment of numerous memorials to victims of airliner crashes throughout the country. He has also been active in the hunt for missing aeroplanes, and he appeared in previously on WONZ Show Episode 86 “Missing Aeroplanes in New Zealand” with fellow researchers Chris Rudge and Gavin Grimmer. This episode concludes with the Graham Lister of the RAeS Branch showing his appreciation on behalf of everyone for the excellent talk by Richard. Quick Links: • The RAeS Bay of Plenty Branch • Richard Waugh’s “New Zealand Airline Research” website • A Previous WONZ Show (Episode 86) in which Richard Waugh has featured • Classic Flyers Museum, Tauranga There is also an unedited video version of this lecture, below: Part One Part Two Part Three Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud Some shots of the NAC display at Classic Flyers Museum as referred to in the lecture: | |||
| WONZ 189 – Ted Edwards | 07 Sep 2018 | 00:59:49 | |
Guest: Edward Francis “Ted” Edwards, NZZ412303, RAF 59653 Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 17th of July 2012 Released: 7th of September 2018 Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds This episode is a 2012 interview with the late WWII and postwar pilot Ted Edwards. Dave Homewood met and interviewed him in the Whangarei RSA, so there is the occasional bit of background noise from the kitchen, the lift and the gale that was blowing outside, but hopefully it does not detract from the fascinating discussion. Ted volunteered for the RNZAF in October 1940 and went into camp in April 1941. After initial training on the de Havilland Tiger Moth at No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School, Whenuapai, he set off for Canada to complete multi-engined training at Saskatoon in Canada. He then proceeded to England, and after short stays at Bournemouth and Grantham, he proceeded to a Bomber Command Operational Training Unit at RAF Upwood in Cambridgeshire, and he began flying Bristol Blenheims there. He was then posted to No. 614 Squadron RAF in North Africa, and he ferried a Bristol Bisley out there to join his unit. Later he joined No. 18 Squadron RAF, flying the Douglas Bostons, bombing Sicily and Italy on night intrusion raids. Eventually he was based at Foggia in Italy fighting the retreating Germans. Having flown 72 operations, Ted returned to England after that tour, where he became an instructor at an No. 13 Operational Training Unit at Finmere, on training new crews on North American B-25 Mitchells. Then he opted to return to New Zealand for his second tour to fly in the Pacific war zone, and joined No. 41 Squadron flying Lockheed Hudsons and Douglas Dakotas all around the islands on transport duties. When the war ended he continued with the squadron fora while, but then secured a commission with the Royal Air Force, joining No. 511 Squadron in RAF Transport Command flying the Avro York. He flew dozens of operations during the Berlin Airlift.
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| WONZ 188 – NASA Research Pilots | 10 Aug 2018 | 00:58:17 | |
Guest: NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 10th of August 2018 Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds This episode features NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton speaking at the recent WONZ Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. They had just completed a tour in Christchurch flying the NASA SOFIA Boeing 747, which is a flying observatory. Dave and Paul explain the SOFIA mission, what the scientists onboard are doing and what they are looking at and look for; and also all about the unique 747 aircraft itself, what it’s like to fly, its background, etc. They also talk about other flying they do with NASA, and their own backgrounds.
Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand • WONZ Show Episode 104 with NASA’s Nick Veronico Video Version A huge thanks to Dave and Paul for attending the event, and to Nick Veronico of NASA for arranging them to speak. Note: The tune at the end of “Fly – Night Bird”, by the late Roy Buchanan. It seemed appropriate. | |||
| WONZ 187 – Michelle Sim – Bombs And Bulldozers | 02 Aug 2018 | 00:37:49 | |
Guest: Michelle Sim Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 3rd of August 2018 Duration: 37 minutes 49 seconds This episode features Michelle Sim, the sixth speaker at the recent WONZ Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. Michelle is the Communications Manager at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, and she previously was an Archivist within that museum. She’s also a dedicated avgeek. One of the topics that really interested her when she was working in the Archives was the story of the RNZAF’s No. 1 Aerodrome Construction Squadron, which she presents here. This unit was assembled from construction workers of the New Zealand Public Works Department, and they were sent to Malaya to build airfields for the Royal Air Force. Their task was however interrupted by the entry into WWII of Japan who set about attacking Malaya and Singapore, forcing the squadron to fight for their lives in their attempt to get home to New Zealand. Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand • Michelle’s Email Contact is Communications@Airforcemuseum.co.nz
“Bombs And Bulldozers”
Disembarking from S.S. Darvel at Batavia
Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 186 – Russell Brodie and Errol Martyn | 27 Jul 2018 | 01:10:17 | |
Guest: Russell Brodie and Errol Martyn Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 27th of July 2018 Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 16 seconds This episode features the fourth and fifth speakers at the recent WONZ Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. Russell Brodie of Rangitata Island, South Canterbury, was an impromptu speaker, giving a short talk about the amazing discovery only a few days before this event of the remains of ex-RNZAF Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, NZ3240, on a farm in South Canterbury. This is an amazing discovery of an unknown surviving RNZAF fighter from WWII. He also talked a little about his Tiger Moth, NZ1443 (ZK-BRL) which the following day 93 year old Bryan Cox was going to go flying in. Here are the photos that Russell refers to in his talk. Photos via Russell Brodie.
And next, very well known and respected Air Force historian Errol Martyn gives an interesting talk about two young New Zealanders, Hugh Blackwell and Ross Brodie who learned to fly in New Zealand and joined the Royal Flying Corps during World War One. Errol tells their stories using their personal diaries. This gives a really interesting insight into both the Canterbury Aviation Company at Sockburn (now Wigram), and the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama. And it’s a really fascinating personal insight into two pilots who went on to join the Royal Flying Corps.
Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand • Henry Hugh Blackwell on the Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database • Ross Brodie on the Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud
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| WONZ 185 – Barry Lennox on Kaman Helicopters | 20 Jul 2018 | 01:03:21 | |
Guest: Barry Lennox Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 20th of July 2018 Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 21 seconds This is the third speaker at the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. Barry Lennox worked part-time in the “wireless” and the then-new TV industries before joining the RNZAF as an Air Radio mechanic and worked his way up the ranks to become the Avionics advisor to Air Staff. He then left the RNZAF and worked for a while in the top secret world of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) He was one of the senior engineers involved in the construction of the Waihopai Station in Marlborough during this time But his story for this talk focuses on the next phase of his career, because he moved to the USA and worked for the famous Kaman Aerospace. Barry was tasked with working on the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopters. In this fascinating presentation Barry details the history of the company and the origins of the unusual designs that Kaman have produced, before he switches to his own personal experiences with the Seasprites. The Seasprites have previously served with No. 3 Squadron RNZAF and currently serve with No. 6 Squadron RNZAF, based at RNZAF Station Whenuapai and deploying to several of the RoyalNew Zealand Navy’s vessels. Quick Links:
• The Air Force Museum of New Zealand Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 184 – Philip Stewart | 12 Jul 2018 | 00:42:38 | |
Guest: Flight Lieutenant Philip Stewart QSM, mid Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 13th of July 2018 Duration: 42 minutes 37 seconds This is the second speaker at the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. Philip Stewart was born in Wanganui in 1917, and he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force on the 1st of December 1940. Following his pilot training he travelled to Britain and was attached to the Royal Air Force, where he served with No. 91 Squadron RAF, No. 129 Squadron RAF, No. 616 Squadron RAF and No. 1 Squadron RAF. Most of his flying in Britain was in Supermarine Spitfires, although he had a brief foray into flying the North American Mustang too, which he did not like particularly. Philip gives a very interesting and lively talk about his experiences during those days.
Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 183 – Bryan Cox at Wigram | 06 Jul 2018 | 00:53:21 | |
Guest: Bryan Cox Welcome From: Wing Commander Brett Marshall Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of June 2018 Released: 6th of July 2018 Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds This is the first of the recordings from the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram in Christchurch, on the 30th of June 2018. Introduced by Dave Homewood, with a brief welcome from Wing Commander Brett Marshall from the museum, we then hear from special guest Bryan Cox. Bryan is a legend in New Zealand aviation circles. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1943, training in New Zealand on Tiger Moths, Harvards and Kittyhawks before converting to the Corsair fighter bomber. He then served with No. 16 (Fighter) Squadron in the Pacific War, and postwar he joined No. 14 (Occupational) Squadron in Japan. After leaving the RNZAF he went through various jobs before he returned to aviation in the 1950’s as an air traffic controller at Ardmore. This led him back to flying, and before long he was working as an instructor. He flew over 21,000 hours in light aircraft till retiring from the flying school in the 1990’s. He returned to flying on a recreational licence in January 2018, regaining the licence on his 93rd birthday. In this talk Bryan tells of his experiences during WWII from his days in the Air Training Corps through to his tours on the Corsair. Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Here is a video version (the very beginning was missed from the video. Apologies the quality is not perfect) Note: The music at the end of the audio version of this show is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud | |||
| WONZ 182 – Bill Edhouse | 16 Jun 2018 | 01:51:35 | |
Guest: William John “Bill” Edhouse, NZ426311, Air Gunner, Royal New Zealand Air Force Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 23rd of January 2010 Released: 16th of June 2018 Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 35 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood interviewed the late Bill Edhouse, who was an RNZAF Air Gunner during WWII. He served initially as a gunner in Hawker Hinds, on No. 6 (Army Cooperation) Squadron at Milson (Palmerston North), then briefly with No. 21 (Army Cooperation) Squadron at Ohakea, and finally No. 20 (Army Cooperation) Squadron at Onerahi, Whangarei. He was then posted to No. 30 Squadron at Gisborne for a short time flying in their Vickers Vincents and Harvard, before undergoing some turret training with No. 2 Gunnery School’s Lockheed Hudsons, also at Gisborne. Next he joined No. 1 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Whenuapai in August 1943 . With that unit in October 1943 he proceeded to the Pacific and flew a tour in Tom Mounsey’s crew on the front line from Henderson Field at Guadalcanal and also the forward strip at Munda. He returned to New Zealand in February 1944 and was posted to No. 9 Squadron where he crewed up with another crew, led by Bert Caisley. With them he returned to Henderson Field in June 1944 for his second tour. They soon moved up to Piva in Bougainville and flew operations through till late August 1944. Following that second tour he returned to New Zealand where he joined No. 8 Squadron flying home duties at Whenuapai, before he then rejoined No. 6 Squadron, who were now flying Consolidated Catalina. His crew was led by S/Ldr Butcher. He returned to the Pacific with No. 6 Squadron in November 1944 and flew patrols in the Catalinas through till May 1945. From June till November 1945 he worked in the Whenuapai Control Tower before being released from the RNZAF. Bill died in March 2017, aged 94.
Above: Bill (centre) in the Pacific receiving a ration of grapefruit juice (Bill Edhouse’s Collection)
The music in this episode is ‘I’m Getting Sentimental Over You’ by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra Thanks to Steve and Shelley Edhouse for their assistance in making this episode. | |||
| WONZ 181 – The Search For Tiny’s Corsair | 08 Jun 2018 | 00:52:40 | |
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 1944 whilst on a flight between Westport and RNZAF Station Harewood in Christchurch. The aircraft and it’s pilot, Pilot Officer Brian “Tiny” Barstow, have been missing ever since, despite extensive searches over the years. Matt talks about the drive that he and his brother have had to try to locate the lost aircraft, which has become a sort of holy grail for them. Inspired by the research of Chris Rudge and Gavin Grimmer and fired up by the stories, rumours and mysteries surrounding this lost wreck, they have made many flights over the region and many treks into the deep bush country. This is a fascinating talk, given by Matt at the last Wigram WONZ Forum Meet. For photos used by Matt in the talk see Gavin Grimmer’s page here: | |||
| WONZ 297 – Wings Over Britain: Bottisham | 15 Feb 2024 | 00:16:32 | |
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 reverted back to countryside, including its time as a Royal Air Force station with Army Cooperation P-40s and Mustangs, and then as a USAAF fighter base with Mustangs. It also covers the local area’s war efforts with displays depicting the Home Front organisations such as the Home Guard and Air Raid Precautions (ARP) units. The museum is located in genuine wartime buildings from the airfield, and includes recreations of various offices and living quarters to show how life was there during WWII, plus lots of aviation artefacts, genuine uniforms, models, photos and much more depicting the base’s history, and there is a stunningly realistic replica P-51D Mustang “Lou IV” acting as centrepiece and gate guard. Quick Links: Jason Webb took Dave Homewood and Mike Shreeve for a drive in the Jeep around the perimeter of the former airfield to show where its boundaries used to stretch to. See the video Dave took below: The music in this episode is I Vow To Thee, My Country by Gustav Holst. Thanks to Mike Shreeve for his assistance with this episode. | |||
| WONZ Show 180 – Michael Murray | 01 Jun 2018 | 01:43:02 | |
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 Zealand and Singapore. Sadly we do not have Mick’s photos for this page but the audio is actually very rich with stories and history without the need for visuals.
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| WONZ 179 – Jack Davis and Colin Brown | 27 Apr 2018 | 00:32:09 | |
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 RSA with Jack Davis, a Welshman living in Whangarei who joined the Royal Air Force and became a Wireless Operator-Air Gunner. He was posted onto No. 429 Squadron RCAF who were equipped with Handley Page Halifax bombers. He was shot down and became a POW in Stalag IV-B at Muhlberg. He managed to escape but was recaptured. We also hear from Colin Brown, who was Jack’s neighbour and had come to the sit in on the conversation. Colin was a Wireless Mechanic in the RNZAF during WWII, and he worked with the Hawker Hinds of No. 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Grumman Avengers of No. 31 Squadron, and the fighters of the Fighter Gunnery School at Gisborne, as well as working on Catalinas. The photos and articles below are all from Jack Davis’s collection, and were kindly sent by Barry Davis | |||
| WONZ 178 – Classic Flyers Forum Meet Part 3 | 15 Apr 2018 | 02:02:14 | |
Guest Speakers: Wings Commander Brett Marshall (Executive Officer at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand) 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 entertaining Forum Meet on the 4th of March 2018. The venue was the excellent Classic Flyers NZ Museum, at Tauranga Airport. In this episode, Part Three of the Forum Meet recordings, we hear from Wing Commander Brett Marshall of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand talking about the museum’s history, its current projects and its plans for the future. Sadly during this recording there were a number of technical issues with the microphone where the sound cut out and recording was not possible. However Brett carried on and the issues was eventually rectified by a technician. But this recording is slightly abridged from the original speech. Then lastly we heard from Arthur Gatland, who was a Kiwi in the Royal Air Force back in the 1970’s and 80’s, flying fast jets like the Hawker Hunter, BAe Hawk and the Hawker Harrier. He’s also a well known glider pilot, an airline pilot, and an author.
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| WONZ 177 – Classic Flyers WONZ Forum Meet Part Two | 13 Mar 2018 | 01:32:29 | |
Guest Speakers: 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, at Tauranga Airport. In this episode, Part Two of the recordings from the event, we have a very quick word from Mike Feisst,and then the legendary pilot Bryan Cox, talking about regaining his licence at age 93 and his aerobatic flying over a long career. The video below was part of his presentation.
Next up was Matt McLaughlin who is a former PNG bush pilot and current airline pilot. He read two thrilling extracts from his award winning book ‘Flying The Knife Edge’, the first covering his first ever landing on a bush strip in Papua New Guinea; and the second was his fist landing at the former Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
Lastly for this episode we hear from former RNZAF Skyhawk pilot and No. 2 Squadron Commander, Group Captain John “J.C.” Mathewson, talking about flying the RNZAF Skyhawks, their various systems and the tactics employed in using it as a weapon, both before and after the Project Kahu upgrade. Plus a lot more detail from the life of a Skyhawk pilot. Note, the very last few minutes of this John stepped away from the microphone so it is more difficult to hear him, but persevere, as what he’s talking about is great.
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| WONZ 176 – Classic Flyers WONZ Forum Meet – Part One | 06 Mar 2018 | 01:44:20 | |
Guest Speakers: Andrew Gormlie (CEO, Classic Flyer NZ Museum) 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 of March 2018. The venue was the excellent Classic Flyers NZ Museum, at Tauranga Airport. In this episode, Part One of the Forum Meet recordings, we hear from Andrew Gormlie about the museum’s current and future happenings, with some very exciting revelations and plans for the coming year. We then hear from Des Underwood, today an aviation historian but in earlier life he was an NCO and then an Engineering Officer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Des talks about several projects he was involved with, including the ferrying of the Hawker Siddeley Andover fleet from Britain to New Zealand when they were purchased for RNZAF service; the recovery of a wrecked RNZAF Bell UH-1H Iroquois from a precarious crash site on the edge of a several thousand foot drop into a chasm; his becoming an Engineering Officer; and his role in the rebuild of wings and refit of avionics in the RNZAF’s McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk fleet under project Kahu. Lastly in this episode we hear from Roger Dalziel, who was an RNZAF pilot in the 1950’s, and he talks about his role as a pilot of the No. 42 Squadron Grumman Avenger target tugs. Roger tells what the Avenger was like to fly and his memories of those days towing targets of Army and Navy guns to fire at, plus some air to air gunnery by Sunderland crews.
Here is the Youtube clip screened by Des Underwood Quick Links: | |||
| WONZ 175 – Harold Kelsey – Navigator | 27 Feb 2018 | 01:46:47 | |
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 Squadron. He then joined a Lockheed Ventura crew with No. 2 (BR) Squadron at RNZAF Station Gisborne, followed by a posting to No. 8 (BR) Squadron at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. At the same station he moved onto No. 9 (BR) Squadron, and after a period he moved up to Nausori in Fiji with that unit. And his final posting was to Los Negros with No. 4 (BR) Squadron.
The music at the end is ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ by Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | |||
| WONZ 174 – Owen Hicks – Air Electrician | 01 Feb 2018 | 01:03:11 | |
Guest: Owen Rundle Hicks (NZ427777, Corporal, Royal New Zealand Air Force) 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 when Japan entered the war, as a driver in he Army Service Corps. However he was not happy with Army life so applied to switch to the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Air Electrician trade. He was accepted into the RNZAF in 1942. Within short time he was posted to No. 14 (Fighter) Squadron at Masterton, and following a three month course at Wigram he was posted back to No. 14 Squadron, now at Whenuapai. The squadron was preparing to take their Curtiss P-40K and P-40M Warhawks up to the Pacific. Owen went up to Tontouta with the squadron and spent six weeks there repairing damaged P-40’s that had endured mishaps on the ill fated ferry flights. He then rejoined the squadron at Espiritu Santo before being posted up to Guadalcanal with No. 15 (Fighter) Squadron who were short of Air Electricians. When No. 15 Squadron’s tour was over and they left for home they were replaced at Guadalcanal by No. 14 Squadron, so Owen was again part of that unit as he stayed on at No. 1 Fighter Strip, Guadalcanal. Soon the RNZAF changed the way the groundcrews were organised and he was detached from the squadron and became part of the newly formed Servicing Unit. He served with the S.U. till an accident put him in hospital, and once he’d recovered he was then posted to an emergency strip at Segi Point (aka Seghe), on the southern tip of New Georgia. He eventually returned to Guadalcanal, now based at Henderson Field, the bomber strip, with No. 10 Servicing Unit, who were maintaining Lockheed Venturas. Eventually returning to Santo he was found to have malaria, and was posed home, spending the rest of the war stationed at RNZAF Station Ardmore, save for a jungle course at RNZAF Swanson.
Owen’s Photo Collection
Special thanks to Owen’s son Wally Hicks for his assistance in making this episode. | |||
| WONZ 173 – Hugh Findlater | 26 Jan 2018 | 00:51:07 | |
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 initio course at No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on de Havilland Tiger Moths in July 1942, and on completing that successfully he embarked for Canada. In Canada Hugh trained initially at No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, flying the Cessna Cranes, and then he elected to go onto medium bombers so was sent next to No. 34 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge in Nova Scotia. There he was training on Lockheed Venturas, and this is where he also formed a crew. Onto England next and Hugh was posted to No. 13 Operational Training Unit at Finmere, near Bicester, where he converted to the North American B-25 Mitchell. And following his training he was posted to operations with No. 180 Squadron RAF, based at Dunsfold in Surrey. This squadron, flying B-25 Mitchells, was bombing German targets in occupied France including railway marshalling yards and V1 flying bomb sites leading up to, during and after the D-Day invasion of France. They were bombing by day and by night. Following six months operational flying with No. 180 Squadron, Hugh was due to go on rest, and he asked to go to a transport unit. He was posted to No. 83 Group Communications Squadron, which was flying smaller transport and communications aircraft all around the front line areas. These included Austers, Avro Ansons, Percival Proctors, and even some captured German Fieseler Storch and Messerschmitt Bf108 types. Taking VIP’s and generals around all the forward areas of the front lines, landing in paddocks and anywhere he could, Hugh got an amazing first hand view of the Allied advance across the continent. He remained with this unit till the war’s end. When the war ended, rather than wait for a ship home to New Zealand, Hugh volunteered to go onto another RAF Transport Command squadron, this time flying the Avro York with No. 242 Squadron. He continued flying with this unit till September 1946, then did a short stint at No. 1510 Beam Approach Beacon System Flight on Ansons and Oxfords through the October, and then gained his commercial licence, before returning to New Zealand. Following his demob from the RNZAF, Hugh managed to get a position as a pilot with National Airways Corporation, New Zealand’s internal airline, in June 1947 and flew with them till retirement at age 55. During that period he flew as a co-pilot on Lockheed Electras, Lockheed Lodestars, and Douglas DC-3’s, then gained command on the de Havilland DH89 Dominies, de Havilland Herons, Douglas Dakotas, Fokker Friendships, Vickers Viscounts and finally the Boeing 737’s. When his compulsory retirement age of 55 years old came around Hugh was not yet ready to stop flying, so he next moved to the Guinness Peat airline Air Tara. He was now flying Boeing 737’s around Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Below photos: Photos of No. 180 Squadron RAF North American B-25 Mitchells from Hugh’s collection
Note: The Don Taylor we talked about was indeed Cambridge’s Don Taylor. More on him here | |||
| WONZ 172 – The Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School | 21 Jan 2018 | 01:29:31 | |
Guests: Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 21st of January 2018 Released: 21st of January 2018 Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 30 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood visits the annual two-week long Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School, at Waharoa Aerodrome, near Matatmata. He talks with some of the school’s organisers, flying instructors and students. The flying school has been running for 52 years, and is named in memory of Leo and Vivian Walsh, the brothers and pioneering aviators who founded the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. Every January “The Walsh”, as it is affectionately known, appears like a pop up village at Waharoa aerodrome, and instructors come from all over New Zealand and the world to spend a fortnight volunteering to teach kids aged between 16 and 20 how to fly. The students also come from across the country, from all walks of life, and experience an amazing adventure that in many cases becomes the first stepping stone to a career in aviation – or at least a lifelong hobby. Quick Links: • The Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School on Facebook
Below: Scenes around the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School camp and flightline All photos and recorded interviews Copyright Dave Homewood 2018 | |||
| WONZ 171 – Peter Waller – Vietnam FAC | 07 Jan 2018 | 00:48:32 | |
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 squadron before moving on to the English Electric Canberra, and then eventually the Skyhawk as it entered service. In 1972 Pete was chosen to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam in the role of Forward Air Controller. He was attached to a USAF unit and flew the unusual push-pull twin boom Cessna O-2 in combat. He would mark targets for the Phantoms and other aircraft to strike with bombs or rockets. Pete gives a fascinating insight into the life of a Kiwi strike pilot and FAC pilot during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The music heard in the opening is Pop Nugget by Dave Depper. Video Version: Photos: All photos come from Pete Waller’s collection
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| WONZ 296 – Wings Over Britain: IWM Duxford | 05 Feb 2024 | 00:33:15 | |
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 the museum with Rebecca and mutual friend Mike Shreeve, including some areas that the public does not normally see, Dave sat down with Rebecca to record this interview. Duxford is one of the most famous airfields in the world, and the Imperial War Museum’s collection, and the various collections of the IWM’s partners at Duxford, are incredibly impressive. Rebecca talks about her role and how she got into the job there in 2001. She describes the exhibits in the various hangars, and different events that are held at Duxford each year. And she talks about the restoration projects in Hangar 5 at the time, as well as revealing her favourite aircraft in the collection, and her favourite Spitfire. Quick Links:. The music in this episode is I Vow To Thee, My Country by Gustav Holst. Thanks to Mike Shreeve and Ania Shreeve for their assistance with making this episode. 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| WONZ 170 – WONZ Christmas Party – Geoff Cooper and John Denton | 14 Dec 2017 | 01:00:48 | |
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 have gathered in the Fly DC3 hangar for the event. We then hear from John Denton, a former jet fighter pilot with the RNZAF in the 1950’s through till the 1970’s. And John was one of the first big stars of the New Zealand Warbirds airshows, as he displayed the original de Havilland Venom ZK-VNM on the circuit for several years. One of the great displays of the 1980’s and 1990’s was John in the Venom performing a tail chase behind Warbirds President Trevor Bland in the North American Mustang, ZK-TAF. John talks about this and more, and he goes through step by step what happened the day he crashed the Venom through the fence at the end of the Ardmore runway and ended up in a turnip paddock across the road. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in a hangar on an active airfield, so there is some aircraft noise and the audio quality is reflected by the circumstances. Quick Links: • New Zealand Warbirds Association • New Zealand Warbirds Association on Facebook • Fly DC3 New Zealand (our venue hosts) • Fly DC3 New Zealand on Facebook Videos from Youtube featuring John in the Venom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk_TNwqeMSc | |||
| WONZ Show 169 – WONZ Christmas Party: Paul McSweeny | 06 Dec 2017 | 00:36:22 | |
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-owning Pioneer Aero. He also talks about the latest projects, past restorations and the future projects that are coming up on their rebuild schedule for the near future such as the de Havilland Hornet. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in a hangar on an active airfield, so there is some aircraft noise and the audio quality is reflected by the circumstances. Quick Links: • Pioneer Aero Ltd. on Facebook • The Military Aviation Museum (owner of the P-39) • Fly DC3 New Zealand (our venue hosts) • Fly DC3 New Zealand on Facebook
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| WONZ Episode 168 – Ken Lee | 21 Nov 2017 | 01:01:35 | |
Guest: Kenneth Charles Lee, Squadron Leader NZ39924 and 75419, Royal New Zealand Air Force 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 for the Civil Reserve scheme, in which the Government paid for him to learn to fly at Auckland Aero Club. By the time WWII began in September 1939 he was a qualified pilot, and on the 26th of October 1939 he was mobilised into the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Ken started his Air Force career with a refresher course at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Bell Block, in de Havilland Moths and Tiger Moths. He then progressed to flying Vickers Vincents at No. 2 Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Woodbourne, on the first course through the Empire Air Training Scheme. When most of course mates went off to Britain to fly operations, Ken was retained to become a flying instructor. Following nearly three years instructing on Tiger Moths, Oxfords and Harvards at RNZAF Stations Taieri, Whenuapai and Woodbourne, Ken finally got his chance for overseas service in 1942. He travelled to England, and sent time flying Miles Master trainers before converting to the Supermarine Spitfire at an Operational Training Unit. Next he was posted to the famous No. 485 (NZ) Squadron RAF, and began flying operations over occupied Europe as a Spitfire pilot. Following a long tour of operations Ken ended up as a test pilot for de Havillands in their propeller unit. This interview was recorded at Ken’s home in January 2010. On the day we’d recorded several other interviews and this was the last before I had to return home to Cambridge. We sadly ran out of tape and so did not quite cover all of Ken’s wartime experiences, however this recording gives some great detail and very interesting memories. Below: Ken Lee at RNZAF Base Auckland in March 2010 recreating the photo below it taken at RAF Biggin Hill in 1943. (RNZAF Image AK10-0177-003-2, via Marty Fitchett) Surviving members at the time of No. 485 (NZ) Squadron in 2012 at RNZAF Base Auckland. Left to right are the late Harvey Sweetman, Jim Robinson, the late Ken Lee, the late Doug Brown, and Owen Hardy. (RNZAF photo, via Marty Fitchett)
Thanks to Richard Carstens and Marty Fitchett for their assistance with this episode. | |||