The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest: Aviation artist Juanita Franzi Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 27th of November 2015 Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds In this final episode in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, Dave and James discuss aviation profile art with Juanita Franzi of Sydney. Juanita has a background in engineering and graphic design, and she is [...]

Guest: Terry Hetherington, Manager of the Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 26th of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour  21 minutes 15 seconds In this penultimate episode in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, Dave and James visited the Fleet Air Arm Museum of Australia at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, south of Sydney. There they met with the [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Haydn Finbow Recorded: 11th of July 2016 Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 20 seconds Born and brought up in a small village in Suffolk, England, Haydn Finbow joined the Royal Air Force in 1941, with the desire of becoming a Spitfire pilot. In this episode Haydn details his journey through the [...]

Guests: Jim Thurstan, and Bob Delahunty Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 26th of November 2015 Duration: 59 minutes 35 seconds Dave Homewood and James Kightly continue the Wings Over Australia Tour with a visit to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at Albion Park in Illawarra, New South Wales. They talk first with Jim [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Matthew O’Sullivan (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Keeper of Photographs), and Simon Moody (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Research Curator) Recorded: 28th of October 2016 Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 20 seconds This episode, which follows on from the previous show here, continues our look behind the scenes at [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Michelle Sim (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Communications Officer), and Nathan ‘Barf’ Bosher (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Safety and Surface Technician, in the Restoration Workshops) Recorded: 28th of October 2016 Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 29 seconds Quick Links: • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand Website [...]

Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 24th of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 24 seconds In this Wings Over Australia episode, Dave Homewood and James Kightly visit the world famous Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This is a superb museum covering all aspects of Australia’s military history from the Boer War and [...]

Guest: Jamie Croker Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 23rd of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 57 seconds Another stop that Dave Homewood and James Kightly made on the epic Wings Over Australia tour last year was to the Australian War Memorial’s Treloar Technology Centre in Mitchell, Canberra, ACT. There they met the facility’s [...]

Guests: WWII Period – Ron Mayhill (Bomb Aimer), John Swale (Lancaster Air Gunner), Jack Meehan (Wireless Operator-Air Gunner), and Alan John (Bomb Aimer) Mosquito Period – Jim Arnold Vampire and Skyhawks Period – Warwick Jones Canberra Period – Barrie Gilliver Skyhawk Period – Nick Osborne Skyhawk Period and Association Secretary Glen Turner Hosts: Dave Homewood [...]

Guest: Matt Austin Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 22nd of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 2 seconds Whilst in rural New South Wales to attend the Temora Airshow during the Wings over Australia tour, Dave and James’ host for the weekend was Matt Austin in the historic town of Junee. They [...]

“We Span The Ocean” The No. 5 Squadron RNZAF 75th Anniversary Reunion Show Guests, As Below: • Wings Commander Daniel “D.J.” Hunt Current Commander of No. 5 Squadron, Navigator, P-3K and P-3K2 Orions • Wings Commander Gordon Ragg AFC, JP Former Commander of No. 5 Squadron, Pilot, P-3B Orions, and No. 5 Squadron [...]

Guest: Ron Hildreth Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: December 2011 Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 59 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood interviews Ron Hildreth of Hamilton, who joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in September 1942, and trained as a Rigger. Following his course at RNZAF Station Rongotai he was posted to No. 16 [...]

Guest: Andy Bishop Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 22nd of November 2015 Duration: 53 minutes 54 seconds Following the Warbirds Downunder 2015 Airshow at Temora last year, Dave Homewood and James Kightly got the rare opportunity to sit down with Andy Bishop, the Temora Aviation Museum’s chief engineer, to record an interview for [...]

Introduced by: Des Underwood MRAeS (Chairman, Bay of Plenty Branch, RAeS) Main Speaker: Brian Lockstone MRAeS Recorded: Friday 2nd of September 2016 in the Boeing Room at Classic Flyers Museum, 9 Jean Batten Drive, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga, recorded by Dave Homewood Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 2 second In this episode we hear a recording [...]

Guests: Mark Awad, Bevan Dewes and Stewart Wilson Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 21st and 22nd of November 2015 Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 1 second Whilst attending the Warbirds Downunder 2015 Airshow at Temora, in New South Wales last year, Dave Homewood and James Kightly found some time between looking at air [...]

Guest: John Wall Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 27th of July 2016 Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 6 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Mr. John Wall, of Hamilton. Born in London in 1923, John fell in love with the Supermarine Spitfire at the age of 16 and determined he’d join the Royal Air [...]

Guest: Steve Death Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 19th of November 2015 Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds Dave Homewood and James Kightly continue the Wings Over Australia tour in this episode by dropping in on one of Australia’s most well known pilots, Steve Death, at his Hazair headquarters at Albury Airport in New [...]

Guest: Daniel Leahy Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 19th of November 2015 Duration: 31 minutes 24 seconds In this episode – part of the Wings Over Australia sub-series – hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly met Daniel Leahy for lunch in the Albury Airport cafe in New South Wales, where they discuss Daniel’s [...]

Guest: Tim Costley Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 23rd of July 2016 Duration: 24 minutes 15 seconds In this important episode Dave Homewood speaks with RNZAF pilot Tim Costley, who is one of the trustees of the Missing Wingman Trust. This trust was set up in 2010 as a means of supporting the families of RNZAF [...]

Guest: Judy Pay Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 18th of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 41 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood and James Kightly interview legendary Australian warbird owner and pilot Judy Pay for Wings Over Australia, at her home airfield of Tyabb, on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne, [...]