Host: Dave Homewood

Guest: Noel Kruse

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 06 seconds

Topic: Noel Kruse continues his story as a fighter pilot, now flying the CAC Avon Sabre Mk. 32 jets with No. 3 Squadron RAAF and No. 77 Squadron RAAF at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia during the Indonesian Confrontation conflict.

Host: Dave Homewood

Guest: Noel Kruse

Duration: 1 hour, 12 minutes, 10 seconds

Topic: In this episode Noel tells us about his time with No. 76 Squadron RAAF at Williamstown and Darwin, flying CAC Sabres in peacetime and in a time of war.

Noel Kruse next to a painting [...]

Host: Dave Homewood

Guest: Graham Orphan

Duration: 45 minutes, 24 seconds

Topic: In this episode we hear from Graham Orphan, the man in charge of the world renowned Classic Fighters airshow held every second Easter at Omaka Aerodrome at Blenheim, Marlborough, at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. We hear [...]

Peter Wheeler and the New Zealand Bomber Command Association

Host: Dave Homewood

Guest: Peter Wheeler

Duration: 37 minutes, 16 seconds

Topic: In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Peter Wheeler of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association about the history and current activities of the NZBCA

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Guest: Noel Kruse

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes, 50 seconds Recorded: 22nd of February 2013

Topic:. In this third interview Noel Kruse details his conversion training onto the CAC Avon Sabre, the Australian-built and improved version of the famous North American F-86 Sabre fighter jet. Noel [...]

Guest: Noel Kruse

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 36 minutes, 56 seconds Recorded: 15th of February 2013

Topic:. In this second episode in the series, Noel talks to Dave about his flying training experiences in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1962, where he re-learned all about flying in CAC Winjeels and de [...]

Guest: Noel Kruse

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 36 minutes Recorded: 15th of February 2013

Topic:. Dave Homewood talks with pilot and author Noel Kruse in the first of a series of episodes covering Noel’s more than 51 years in aviation in Australia and New Zealand.

In this episode Noel talks about his [...]

Guests: Carla McKnight

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes, 48 seconds Recorded: 22nd of January 2013

Topic:. Dave Homewood talks with Cambridge-based artist Carla McKnight, who specialises in painting warbirds, horses and other animals in acrylics. Carla is soon moving away from Cambridge to Auckland due to a change in [...]

Guests: Bill Reid, Robin Reid

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 20 minutes, 15 seconds Recorded: 19th of January 2013

Topic:. Dave Homewood recorded a full engine run of the Reid family’s Avro Anson Mk. 1 from inside the cabin, whilst at the Wings Over Wairarapa 2013 Airshow. This short [...]

Guests: Greg Tyrrell, Bill Reid, Warren Denholm, Dave Phillips, Brett Emeny, Peter Anderson and Tom Williams

Host: Dave Homewood

Duration: 48 minutes, 29 seconds

Recorded: 18th-20th of January 2013

Topic:. Dave Homewood talks live in the field to various people at the Wings Over Wairarapa 2013 Airshow, which was held at [...]