The Wings Over New Zealand Show

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

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

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

Guest: Don Simms Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2016 Released: 7th of February 2017 Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 52 seconds RNZAF Skyhawk historian and author Don Simms gave a fascinating presentation at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held on the 30th of October 2016 at the Air Force Museum of [...]

Guest: Vic Jay Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 24th of January 2017 Released: 2nd of February 2017 Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Vic Jay, via Skype from England. Vic has recently released his book “The Mallon Crew” detailing his late father Bob Jay, an RAF Flight Engineer, [...]

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

Guest: Ross Brodie Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2016 Released: 19th of January 2017 Duration: 41 minutes 13 seconds Ross Brodie is an inspirational young aviator who is a fourth generation pilot, and grew up with aviation not only in his blood but all around him. He lives on the famous Brodie family [...]

Guest: Andrew Gormlie Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 13th of January 2017 Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds With the first big New Zealand airshow of the year coming up, Dave talks with Andrew Gormlie of Classic Flyers Museum in Tauranga about their “Classics To The Sky 2017” airshow. This year’s event is subtitled “Strikemasters At Sunset” [...]

Guests: Bruce Cooke, Matt Austin and James Kightly Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 12th of December 2016 Published: 18th of December 2016 Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 27 seconds In this special Dave and his guests Bruce, Matt and James celebrate both the Christmas season and the Wings Over New Zealand Show’s 5th Birthday. This episode [...]

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 [...]