Guest: Phillip Barnes, aka Barnsey

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 4th of October 2021

Released:  5th of November 2021

Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

This episode is the third in a series called “Great Escapes”, covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.

In this episode Phil Barnes tells the story of his ejection [...]

Guest: Peter Lindsay

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 30th of September 2021

Released:  29th of October 2021

Duration: 39 minutes 19 seconds

This episode is the second in a series called “Great Escapes”, covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.

In this episode Pete Lindsay tells the story of his incredible ejection [...]

Guest: Air Commodore Geoffrey Hubbard OBE, RNZAF Retired

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 1st of October 2021

Released:  22nd of October 2021

Duration: 53 minutes 27 seconds

This episode is the first in a series called “Great Escapes”, which will delve into some intense stories of pilots, aircrew or passengers finding themselves in grave danger in the air, and [...]

Guest Speaker: Denys Jones

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 30th of October 2016

Released: 17th of October 2021

Duration: 46 minutes 43 seconds

This episode is a recording of a fantastic talk given by Denys Jones of Ferrymead Aeronautical Society in Christchurch at a Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum [...]

Guest: Cornelius James “Jim” Sheddan DFC, NZ412358 (3 March 1918-9 December 2010)

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 19th of January 2010

Released:  17th of September 2021

Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 11 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood spoke with the RNZAF fighter ace Jim Sheddan in 2010. Jim was originally posted to No. 485 (NZ) Squadron on Spitfires [...]

Guest: Sydney Arthur Vincent (1924-2011)

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 1st of December 2009

Released:  3rd of September 2021

Duration:  38 minutes 58 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood has dipped into the archive and pulled out one of his early interviews, with the late Syd Vincent. At the time Syd was the President of the Fleet Air [...]

Guest: John Lamont

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 14th of July 2021

Released:  20th of August 2021

Duration:  1 hour 23 minutes 57 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood caught up with well known and respected airshow pilot John Lamont, while they were both visiting Ardmore Airport. As a child, John lived next to the Omaka Aerodrome and he [...]

Guests: Captain Neville Hay and Peter Allen

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 13th of July 2021

Released: 6th of August 2021

Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 35 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood interviews former TEAL and Air New Zealand aircrew members Captain Neville Hay and Peter Allen, inside the Boeing 747-200 simulator that is housed at MOTAT, the Museum [...]

Guest: Aidan Cartwright, Gareth Cartwright, Scott Montagu, Derek Shipley and Ian ‘Iggy’ Wood.

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 10th and 24th of July 2021

Released: 24th of July 2021

Duration:  1 hour 9 minutes 48 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood spent a couple of days, two weeks apart, at Waharoa Aerodrome, Matamata, with members of the Piako Gliding Club. [...]

Guest: Paul McSweeny of Pioneer Aero Ltd.

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 12th of July 2021

Released: 18th of July 2021

Duration:  16 minutes 32 seconds

In this special mini-episode Dave Homewood does a walk-around the hangar with Paul McSweeny of Pioneer Aero Ltd., to give an update on all the projects currently happening and one one its [...]