The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Special Correspondents: Denis Sharp and Tom Allett The Speakers: At Hunsdon, England – Denis Sharp, Lay preacher David Scott, Linda Gough, Martin Gough, Glen Thompson, Arthur Wingate, Roy Howe, Andrew Payne and Jim Cosgrove In Cambridge, New Zealand – Jenny Boon, Dave Homewood and Ray Tocker In Amiens, France – Tom Allett, Pierre Ben and [...]

Guests: Peter Wheeler, and Robert Peel Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 55 minutes, 59 seconds Recorded: 19th of January 2014, live at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet Topic: This is the third episode of recordings from the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet 2014 held at Karapiro, Cambridge, New Zealand. [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Richard Stowers, Jonathan Pote and Barry Tod Duration: 56 minutes 23 seconds Recorded: 19th of January 2014, live at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet Topic: This is the second episode of recordings from the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet 2014. The guest speakers in [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Larry Hill and Reg Wellington Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 11 seconds Recorded: 19th of January 2014, live at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet Topic: This is the first episode covering recordings made at the recent Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum Meet 2014, held [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Peter Rowley Duration: 51 minutes 14 seconds Recorded: 7th of January 2014, via Skype to Peter’s home in Melbourne Topic: Dave chats with well known and much loved kiwi actor Peter Rowley about his aviation background. As well as appearing on kiwi screens in such hits as [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Doug McElwain Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes 44 seconds Recorded: 15th of August 2013, at Hamilton Topic: Dave Homewood talks with WWII veteran instructor and topdressing pioneer Doug McElwain about his life as a pilot. Doug gives a very detailed account of his RNZAF training, which is often [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Noel Kruse Duration: 37 minutes 54 seconds Topic: Noel Kruse continues his story of flying in the Royal Australian Air Force, this time as a Fighter Weapons Instructor, flying predominantly Vampires and Macchi 326H’s. By the way the small music is Magic Ghost from Danosongs  

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Les Marshall Duration: 45 minutes 47 seconds Topic: Les Marshall completes his story of a life in aviation by talking about his lovely Ryan PT-22 trainer that is based at Ardmore Airport, and how he managed to find and buy it. He also has a few more tales [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Les Marshall Duration: 1 hour 00 minutes 12 seconds Topic: Les Marshall continues his story and talks about his time as a topdressing Douglas C-47 Dakota (DC-3) pilot with James Aviation Ltd. He also recalls several interesting and a few scary incidents from his long topdressing career.

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Les Marshall Duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds Topic: Les Marshall very kindly sat down with Dave Homewood for a couple of hours in the Pioneer Aero Ltd hangar at Ardmore to talk about his long and interesting career in aviation. He talks about his dicovery of aviation in [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Noel Kruse Duration: 1 hour 00 minutes 17 seconds Topic: In this episode Cambridge-based pilot Noel Kruse discusses his Ryan STM-S2 which he recently completed a 33-year long restoration on, back to flying condition. Noel test flew his Ryan, which is known as “Charlie”, on the 16th of September [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Richard Small Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 15 seconds Topic: Richard is the CEO of Waikato Aero Club, based at Hamilton Airport. He’s also the President of the Royal New Zealand Aero Club (also known as Flying NZ). In this episode he talks about his own [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Peter McQuarters (aka Peter Mac) and Jason McQuarters (aka Jason Mac) Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes 18 seconds Topic: In this episode Dave chats with father and son, Peter and Jason McQuarters. Peter has been involved with aviation preservation since he was a teenager, when [...]

Episode Forty Four – Skyhawk Pilot Barry “Patch” Nelson Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Barry “Patch” Nelson Duration: 40 minutes, 16 seconds Topic: Dave talks with Wing Commander Barry “Patch” Nelson, who flew the McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk with the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1987 through till 1997. During that time he [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guest: Noel Kruse Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 06 seconds Topic: Noel Kruse continues his story as a fighter pilot, now fying the CAC Avon Sabre Mk. 32 jets with No. 3 Squadron RAAF and No. 77 Squadron RAAF at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia during the Indonsesian Confrontation conflict.

Guest: Noel Kruse Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 36 minutes Recorded: 15th of February 2013 Topic:. Dave Homewood talks with pilot and author Noel Kruse in the first of a series of episodes covering Noel’s more than 51 years in aviation in Australia and New Zealand. In this episode Noel talks about his [...]

Guests: Bill Reid, Robin Reid Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 20 minutes, 15 seconds Recorded: 19th of January 2013 Topic:. Dave Homewood recorded a full engine run of the Reid family’s Avro Anson Mk. 1 from inside the cabin, whislt at the Wings Over Wairarapa 2013 Airshow. This short [...]

Episode Twenty Seven – Forum Meet at Don Subritzky’s Collection, 30th of September 2012 Guests: Gordon Glynn, Bob De La Hunty, John Beeching, Murray Lane, James Kightly and special guest Jerry Yagen Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 47 minutes, 30 seconds (Recorded 30th September 2012) Topic:. This recording includes most of the guest speakers who spoke at the Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum gathering at Don Subritzky’s hangars, Dairy Flat. Whilst meeting other members among the many historic and often unique aeroplanes, forum members heard talks from John Parker of the Australian Beaufort restoration (regretably not in this recording), and the following: Gordon Glynn – Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) of Australia Bob De La Hunty – Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) of Australia John Beeching – WWII de Havilland Mosquito pilot, up from Nelson Murray Lane – talking about saving the Vickers Vincent and Vildebeest from extinction James Kightl

Guest: Laurence Harcourt “Bunty” Bunt, RNZAF, NZ405799 Host: Dave Homewood Duration: 67 minutes, 54 seconds Topic: Flying Officer Laurence Bunt, NZ405799, known as Bunty to all his mates, is a local legend around the Marlborough region. One of the enthusiastic team of guides at the Aviation Heritage Centre at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, [...]

Host: Dave Homewood Guests: Jim Mungall and Don Subritzky Duration: 55 minutes, 7 seconds Topic: In this episode we discuss the history of the Hawker Hind in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1940 till 1943. Our guests are well known aircraft collector Don Subritzky and Hind owner and historian Jim [...]