The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guests: Ian Slater, Bruce Slater and Graeme Sutherland Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 10th of July 2016 Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood speaks with Ian Slater, Bruce Slater and Graeme Sutherland, all of the Typhoon Legacy Co. Ltd. team who are working to rebuild WWII Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber JP843 back to [...]

  Guests: Tim Martin and Rickey Rau Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 19th of November 2015 Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds In this Wings Over Australia episode of the WONZ Show Dave Homewood and James Kightly chat with pilots Tim Martin and Rickey Rau, the pilots who fly Coulson Aviation’s amazing civil Lockheed [...]

Guest: Don Mackenzie Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of September 2009 Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 39 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood has delved into his archive and pulled out one of his early interviews from back in September 2009 with the late Flight Lieutenant Donald Malcolm Mackenzie AFC, mid, RNZAF, retired (NZ401776) of [...]

Guest: Murray Wallace Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 16th of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 25 seconds In this Wings Over Australia episode, Dave Homewood and James Kightly speak with Murray Wallace who spent five years as an engine fitter in the RAAF in the 1950’s before transferring to the Australian [...]

Guest: Nick Veronico (Public Affairs spokesman for NASA’s SOFIA project) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 18th of June 2016 Duration: 49 minutes 48 seconds In this episode Dave talks with Nick Veronico of San Carlos, California, USA, who is currently working in Christchurch, New Zealand, with the NASA SOFIA project. SOFIA is an acronym for Stratospheric [...]

Guest: Matt Henderson Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 15th of November 2015 Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 40 seconds In this Wings Over Australia episode, Dave Homewood and James Kightly speak with Matt Henderson, who keeps his pristine NZAI CT/4 Airtrainer and Cessna Bird Dog at Kyneton Airport, in rural Victoria, Australia. They [...]

Recorded: 12th of June 2016 Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 52 seconds In this episode we hear the recording of the New Zealand Bomber Command Commemorative Service held in the Hall of Memories of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. This annual event remembers the thousands of New Zealanders who served with Bomber Command in the [...]

Guests: Andy Wright, Ron Gretton and Geoff Matthews Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 15th and 17th of November 2015 Duration: 2 hour 2 minutes 9 seconds   In this episode Dave Homewood and James Kightly visit the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at RAAF Point Cook in Victoria. James is [...]

Guest: Matt Jolley, James Kightly Hosts: Dave Homewood and Grant McHerron Recorded: April-May 2016 Duration: 3 hour 16 minutes 11 seconds (179 MB) In this special episode we celebrate marking the 100th episode of the Wings Over New Zealand Show. Host Dave Homewood is joined by his WONZ Live Show co-host Grant McHerron, and together [...]

Guest: Mac Bettjeman Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2015 Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 26 seconds (136 MB) In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Mac Bettjeman, who lives in a retirement home in Tauranga. Mac talks about his childhood in the fascinating wilderness settlement in the Maungapurua Valley, near the Whanganui [...]

Guest: Ian Whitney Host: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 14th of November 2015, at Romsey, Australia Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 20 seconds In this episode, in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, co-hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly interview warbird recovery expert and restorer Ian Whitney. Ian talks about his background in aviation and [...]

Guest: Lindsay Budge Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2015 Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds (60.3 MB) In this episode Dave Homewood chats with WWII RNZAF veteran Lindsey Budge of Tauranga, who is now aged 96. He was a herd tester before the war,then spent some time in the Army before he transferred to [...]

Guest: Andrew Gormlie Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: Friday 8th of January 2016 Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds (41 MB) In this episode we hear from Andrew Gormlie of the Classic Flyers Museum in Tauranga about the upcoming “Classics To The Sky” Tauranga City Airshow, taking place on the 23rd of January 2016. He discusses what [...]

Guest: Nat Eichler Host: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 15th of November 2015, at Werribee, Australia Duration: 59 minutes 27 seconds In this episode, another in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, co-hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly are given a guided tour of the magnificent ex-RAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator restoration at Werribee, near Melbourne, [...]

Guests: Dave Sodastrom, Ewan McArthur and Ashley Briggs Host: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 14th of November 2015, at Moorabbin, Australia Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 46 seconds In this episode the “Wings Over Australia” co-hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly visit The Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin Airport near Melbourne, in Australia. [...]

Guest: Phil Vabre and Maurice Austin Host: Dave Homewood and James Kightly Recorded: 13th of November 2015, at Essendon, Australia Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 30 seconds In this episode, in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, co-hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly are given a guided tour of The Airways Museum at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, [...]

Guests: Gavin Grimmer, Chris Rudge, and the Reverend Richard Waugh Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 1 hour, 7 seconds Recorded: 10th of August 2015 Published: Topic: Over the decades many aeroplanes have simply vanished mid-flight in New Zealand, disappearing without trace. Most are thought to have gone down into the bush-clad [...]

Guest: Noel Kruse Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes, 28 seconds Recorded: 28th of July 2015 Published: 6th of September 2015 Topic: In this episode of the WONZ Show we continue the story of Noel Kruse’s aviation career. He talks about his time as a pilot, Flight Commander [...]

Guest: Bee Dawson Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 43 minutes, 11 seconds Topic: Dave talks with author Bee Dawson about her history-based writing, her RNZAF service, and her RNZAF-themed books, including High Flyers, Spreading Their Wings, Hobsonville, Wigram and her upcoming book on the history of RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay in Fiji.

Guest: Peter Tremayne Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 2 hours, 20 minutes, 42 seconds Topic: In this second episode with Peter Tremayne we begin by revisiting a few of the stories from episode one to add some corrections and a little more information. We then get into his fascinating post-Air Force career, from [...]