The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest: Jack Godfrey (1931-2019), with Jack’s son Nigel Godfrey Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 10th of October 2021 Released: 3rd of June 2021 Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 22 seconds Dave Homewood sat down with the well known and respected modeller and aircraft builder Jack Godfrey in October 2019. Jack talks about growing up in Auckland and the [...]

Guest: NZ Warbirds President Frank Parker Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of April 2021 Released: 11th of May 2021 Duration: 43 minutes 04 seconds On the 25th of April 1941, the very first North American Harvard to fly in New Zealand, NZ901, took off on its initial test flight following assembly at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. The [...]

Guests: John ‘JK’ Kelly, Peter Layne and Gavin Trethewey Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of April 2021 Released: 2nd of May 2021 Duration: 55 minutes 49 seconds On the 25th of April 1941, the very first North American Harvard to fly in New Zealand, NZ901, took off on its initial test flight following assembly at RNZAF [...]

Guests: Nick Sheehan and Keith Skilling Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of April 2021 Released: 26th of April 2021 Duration:  47 minutes 28 seconds On the 25th of April 1941, the very first North American Harvard to fly in New Zealand, NZ901, took off on its initial test flight following assembly at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. The Harvard would [...]

Guest: The late Malcolm Graham Campbell (5 Oct 1934 – 27 Nov 2020) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 12th of April 2013 Released: 14th of March 2021 Duration:  57 minutes 50 seconds In this tribute episode Dave Homewood releases an old interview he did with the late Malcolm Campbell, who was well known as a pilot, airline founder and [...]

Guest: Wing Commander Bob Henderson, RNZAF, retired Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 5th of January 2021 Released: 17th of January 2021 Duration:  1 hour 45 minutes 33 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with former RNZAF Wing Commander Bob Henderson, who was the Commanding Officer of No. 40 Squadron RNZAF from 1989-1993. Bob discusses his Royal New Zealand [...]

Guest: Squadron Leader Alan Harrison, retired Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 9th of February 2019 Released: 8th of January 2021 Duration:  1 hour 21 minutes 32 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Alan Harrison about his service in the Royal Air Force through the 1960’s, 1970’s and early 1980’s. Alan trained and served initially as an Air [...]

Guest: Harley Cadwallader Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 14th of October 2020 Released: 8th of December 2020 Duration:  1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds Harley Cadwallader was a career topdressing and spray pilot. He learned to fly at his home airfield of Masterton with the Wairarapa Aero Club, on Tiger Moths. He started in the agricultural aviation industry as [...]

Guest: Karl Kjarsgaard Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 13th of September 2020 Released: October 2020 Duration:  1 hour 18 minutes 23 seconds In a slightly different topic from the usual WONZ Show in this episode Dave Homewood talks with Karl Kjarsgaard of Canada about his efforts to ensure the Handley Page Halifax bomber is not forgotten by Canadians, [...]

Guests: Alistair Marshall, and Rodney Dahlberg Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: Al recorded 10th of September 2020, Rod recorded 13th of August 2018 Released: 24th of September 2020 Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 15 seconds In this “MOSQUITO SPECIAL” episode Dave Homewood talks again with Al Marshall, the team leader of the exciting current move of [...]

Guests: Alistair Marshall, and Sidney Arthur “Tony” Williams Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: Al recorded 10th of September 2020, Tony recorded 8th of August 2018 Released: 11th of September 2020 Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 29 seconds In this “MOSQUITO SPECIAL” episode Dave Homewood talks first with Al Marshall, the team leader of the exciting current move of the world famous [...]

Guest: NZ44090 Aircraftman Clifford Noel Taylor, Aircrafthand (Tech) Host: Dave Homewood, with Gary McGuire Recorded: 19th of November 2019 Released: 27th of August 2020 Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 29 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood and Gary McGuire have a chat with WWII veteran Cliff Taylor of Pukekohe. Cliff was born in Palmerston North, and grew up in [...]

Guest: Lou Larsen Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 17th of December 2019 Released: 18th of July 2020 Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 43 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood sits down with Lou Larsen, the adopted son of the late Rukuhia scrap dealer Jim Larsen. The Larsen family owned the aluminium smelting business situated on the [...]

Guest: WWII veteran Cpl John Lawrence Ernest Hamlet (known as Laurie), NZ416754, RNZAF Instrument Repairer Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of November 2019 Released: 5th of July 2020 Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 24 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Laurie Hamlet, who was born and grew up in Auckland. Before the war he was apprenticed [...]

Guests: Ian Slater, Cameron Wallace, Graham Allan and Martin Oldfield Host: Dave Homewood Recorded:  7th of June 2020 (6th of June 2020 in Canada) Released: 7th of June 2020 Duration:  1 hour 6 minutes 26 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood catches up with Ian Slater of Typhoon Legacy Co. Ltd in Canada and gets an update [...]

Guest Speakers: Mike Nicholls, James Kightly and Charles Davis Host: Dave Homewood, with Technical Support from Phil Treweek Recorded:  17th of May 2020 Released: 1st of June 2020 Duration:  1 hour 47 minutes 1 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood hosts the first ever WONZ Virtual Forum Meet, via Zoom, as a result of the Covid [...]

Guest: Edward Leaf, Air Gunner Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 6th of December 2019 Released: 2nd of May 2020 Duration:  53 minutes 24 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with WWII Air Gunner Eddie Leaf, who served with the Royal Air Force in Vickers Wellingtons, Short Stirlings, Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancasters. Eddie was born in the UK but [...]

Guest: Neville Worsley Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 9th of February 2020 Released: 17th of April 2020 Duration:  51 minutes 4 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with longtime pilot Neville Worsley about his long career in flying as a commercial pilot in aerial topdressing and tourist flying, and his hobby as a recreational pilot and sport flyer. [...]

Speakers: Dave Starr, Gavin McIvor and Des Gyde Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 8th of December 2019 Released: 3rd of April 2020 Duration:  1 hour 34 minutes 19 seconds This episode features presentations made in front of a live audience at the 2019 Wings Over New Zealand Christmas Party, held at Te Kowhai Aerodrome, Hamilton. The speakers are: Dave [...]

Guest: Lucy Newell Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 18th of February 2020 Released: 29th of March 2020 Duration:  51 minutes 44 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood chats with Lucy Newell, a young Kiwi commercial pilot who is currently bush flying in Ontario, Canada. She is piloting Cessna Caravans off gravel strips and floatplane DHC-2 Beavers off lakes. Lucy began [...]