The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest: Warrant Officer Raymond William Tocker 73469 (18 June 1931 to 24 September 2015)

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 11th of February 2013

Released: 6th of January 2026

Duration:  1 hour 15 minutes 32 seconds

In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Homewood pulled another previously unpublished older interview out of [...]

Guest: Flight Lieutenant Wilfrid Leopold “Buck” Pound NZ427559 – 21 October 1922 to 27 January 2021

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 29th of June 2013

Released: 31st of December 2025

Duration: 53 minutes 23 seconds

In this Wings Over New Zealand Show episode Dave Homewood interviews WWII RNZAF bomber pilot [...]

Guests: Reg Mitchell – No. 488 (NZ) SquadronKeith Boles DFC – No. 109 Squadron PFFHarold “Bunny” Burrows – No. 487 (NZ) Squadron, and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF, and Martial “Sonny” Gaspard – No. 75 Squadron RNZAF

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 2nd of March 2013

Released: 25th of November 2025

Duration: 1 hour [...]

Guest: Squadron Leader Geoffrey Maurice Rothwell, DFC+Bar, BC Clasp, CDeG1940 + Palme(Bel), COdLeoll + Palme(Bel), LdH (Fra). RAF 42726, RNZAF. WWII. POW#58653 April 1920 to 5 November 2017

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 4th of March 2015

Released: 9th of November 2025

Duration:  1 hour  22 minutes 56 seconds

In this Wings Over [...]

Guests: Air Commodore Nick Osborne

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 8th of October 2025

Released: 8th of October 2025

Duration:  1 hour  41 minutes 29 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood interviews Air Commodore Nick Osborne RAAF, known to all as Oz.

Oz is a former fast jet pilot in [...]

Guest: Malcolm Laird

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 29th of September 2025

Published: 30th of September 2025

Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes, 48 seconds

Joining Dave Homewood on the Wings Over New Zealand Show this episode is Malcolm Laird of Ventura Publications. Malcolm has spent decades working in aviation publishing and the model aircraft [...]

Guest: John Gaertner

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 14th of September 2025

Published: 14th of September 2025

Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes, 58 seconds

John Gaertner has had a long career and life in aviation, working as a research assistant for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum, as an airline clerk for [...]

Guest: Mike Murray

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 6th of September 2025

Published: 7th of September 2025

Duration: 2 hour 11 minutes, 57 seconds

Mike Murray is one of the founders of the King’s Cliffe Airfield Museum. RAF King’s Cliffe was a wartime Air Force station in Northamptonshire. It is located 19 kms west [...]

Guest: Matt Wilcock

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 17th of August 2025

Published: 19th of August 2025

Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes, 43 seconds

Matt Wilcock was born and bred in Hamilton, New Zealand, but he moved as a child to Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. Having a lifelong interest in aviation, he joined the [...]

Guest: Squadron Leader John Barry (Retired)

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 11th of August2025

Published: 13th of August 2025

Duration: 1 hour 1 minutes, 39 seconds

John Barry was born and bred in Wanganui. Upon leaving school he went to the Teacher Training School, and planned on a career as a school teacher. But [...]