The Wings Over New Zealand Show

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, [...]

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 [...]