The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest: Anthony Galbraith and Stephen Carruthers Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 23rd of February 2025 Published: 23rd of May 2025 Duration: 48 minutes, 34 seconds In this episode recorded at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, during the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum Meet held there on the 23rd of February 2025, we hear from Anthony Galbraith and Stephen Carruthers on their project to bring the 1928 Gloster Grebe biplane fighter back from extinction. They have formed the SHW Aviation Trust, named after Sir Henry Wigram who had donated the money that purchased the New Zealand Permanent Air Force’s first Grebe. The trust is working to gather parts, remnants, drawings, photos, and history of the Grebes and the people who flew and maintained them. Quick Links: • NZ501 Gloster Grebe [https://www.facebook.com/groups/347963671009520/] on Facebook • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand [https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/] • The Air Force Museum of New Zealand on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AirForceMuseumofNewZealand] The music is Wild Flower by Joachim Karud. [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WgF139-1024x774.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WgF139-scaled.jpgSide view of Grebe NZ501 at Wigram Aerodrome. Air Force Museum of New Zealand WgF139. Here is a video version so you can see the slides.

Guest: Chris Newey Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of March 2025 Published: 19th of May 2025 Duration:  47 minutes, 23 seconds In this episode we hear a presentation given by Chris Newey, who talks about his latest book The First Flight – The Origins of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron. The book covers the New Zealand Government’s purchase of 30 new Vickers Wellington bombers in the late 1930’s, and the creation of a special unit, The New Zealand Squadron, who formed in the UK to fly them. Made up from RNZAF members and New Zealanders who had been serving in the Royal Air Force, they were to train up on the new type and then ferry them across the world to New Zealand in five flights of six. However the gathering clouds of war put paid to that original plan, and the aircraft and men were offered to the British Government in August 1939 to form part of Britain defence should war come. In April 1940 the New Zealand Squadron was renumbered as No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF, and the beginning of a legendary fighting unit began. Chris has done extensive research into the New Zealand Squadron and its originals, and along the way he has discovered a lot of previously unknown history, and dispelled a number of myths. The book is highly recommended. The First Flight: The Origins of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron By Chris Newey Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aviation Books Ltd. (2 December 2024) Hardback/Paperback: ‎ 177 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1915335493 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1915335494 Dimensions – 27.9 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm Available online from: The Great British Book Shop (hardback only): https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/the-first-flightwww.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/the-first-flight [https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/the-first-flight] Amazon (soft cover only): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1915335493/www.amazon.com/gp/product/1915335493/ [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1915335493/] Local (NZ) stock of the hardback version now available – you can contact Chris Newey at chris@foodworks.co.nz The per copy NZ price is NZ$56.35 (incl. GST) – add $12.50 for packaging & postage – economy tracked courier, anywhere within NZ – add $5.70 for Rural Delivery [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PR2662-1024x735.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PR2662-scaled.jpgLine-up of New Zealand Squadron Wellingtons at RAF Station Feltwell, 1939. NZ302 second from the right. Air Force Museum of New Zealand. [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9781915335494-793x1024.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9781915335494.jpg [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4464-768x1024.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4464-scaled.jpgChris Newey during the presentation. (Phil Treweek photo) Thanks to Stuart Russell for the video and sound recording. The music is Wild Flower by Joachim Karud.

Guest: Rob Booth Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 2nd of March 2025 Published: 13th of May 2025 Duration: 30 minutes, 18 seconds In this episode we hear a presentation given at the Wings Over New Zealand 20th Anniversary Forum Meet at NZ Warbirds Inc., Ardmore, by Rob Booth, a former Warbirds pilot and owner. He is talking about the Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 ZK-SFR, which he and fellow NZ Warbirds pilots Steve Taylor and John Greenstreet brought into New Zealand in 1986, and had restored to fly. Later Grant Biel bought into the syndicate when Steve and John dropped out. The restoration was carried out at Ardmore by Bruce Coulter, who was assisted by Warren Denholm (then of Gulf Aeronautics, now much better known as owner of Avspecs Ltd.). The aircraft was very popular on the New Zealand airshow scene through the 1990s, during which Rob was the main display pilot of the Sea Fury. [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WONZ_324_Rob_Booth-1024x599.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WONZ_324_Rob_Booth.jpg [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/P3010906-1024x656.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/P3010906-scaled.jpgHawker Sea Fury ZK-SFR over the Southern Alps. (Rob Booth collection) [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4445-768x1024.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4445-scaled.jpgRob Booth during the talk at the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum Meet, Ardmore. (Phil Treweek photo) [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/P3010907-1024x700.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/P3010907-scaled.jpgThe Sea Fury while it as a Hawker Fury in service with the Iraqi Air Force. (Rob Booth collection) Here is a video version of this presentation, filmed by Stuart Russell for the WONZ Show. Quick Links: • New Zealand Warbirds Association Ltd [https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzwarbirds.org.nz%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR5nusw87bRnsznHt8vi70tPGHodj9hYF9lmGiwa0D3UIlR3CN6E0A6khtYHQQ_aem_zhWkxTmojI0pxmJZrPh2vQ&h=AT2Odl0ONVs6utLTlhFjUD23Vv8tJwqioCnAgYZ3HSvzyIQ2a1d7DxpI7ex6-Izs4AoC7CITSSZqTb7eiqiCyMhmK7nIIEf9G9Saf6ZojdPGxB0tAaR2XmzJmJXFY-0ScFY] • NZ Warbirds Association of Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064406511092] Here is a previous WONZ Forum Meet presentation by fellow Sea Fury owner-pilot Steve Taylor talking about the aircraft. https://youtu.be/chasI7W-tMU?si=SfDvyXVBaQ5R3bsm [https://youtu.be/chasI7W-tMU?si=SfDvyXVBaQ5R3bsm] Thanks to Stu Russell for the recordings. Photos below are from Rob Booth’s collection, and show the aircraft when they purchased it, and the restoration and then when it was flying around New Zealand. 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Guest: Andrew Brian of the Helicopter Heritage Museum Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 23rd of February 2025 Published: 4th of May 2025 Duration: 32 minutes, 24 seconds In this episode we hear from Andrew Brian of the Helicopter Heritage Museum. This is a talk given by Andrew during the Wings Over New Zealand 20th Anniversary Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. Andrew talks about how he literally stumbled into the saving, restoration and preservation of helicopters that have flown in New Zealand, and the various types he has rescued. His hobby has developed into a proper scale collection with the backing of businessman Daniel Smith. As the talk had a very visual component, the photos shown on Andrew’s PowerPoint have been added to a YouTube version of the talk, and also are displayed below. 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The music is Wild Flower by Joachim Karud.

Guest: Mark O’Sullivan Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 17th of April 2025 Published: 26th of April 2025 Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes, 42 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood sits down with warbirds pilot Mark O’Sullivan at Omaka to talk about his aviation passion. Mark was born and bred in Blenheim, and he learned to fly with the Marlborough Aero Club at Omaka Aerodrome. His desire to fly warbirds had been sparked when he was a kid and saw Robbie Booth flying his Sea Fury at an airshow at Woodbourne. Mark talks about getting into flying the Tiger Moth and Nanchang in the local syndicate, and then he progressed onto flying Harvards, with Frank Parker in Harvard NZ1065 (ZK-ENF) from Ardmore, and the local Omaka-based ex-SAAF Harvard II, 7660, ZK-XSA. He then had the opportunity to purchase 7660, and this Harvard became the basis of what would later become the basis of his collection. He also owns a Cessna C185F which he calls the family wagon, which he uses to go places with his wife Kate and children George and Mila. Mark also purchased the ex-Wanaka “Red Bull” Pitts S-2B Special, which he rebuilt himself and got it flying again as ZK-STX. He now flies it for fun, and he has been working up New Zealand’s first Pitts Special formation display team with Andy Love, Lincoln Jones and Ross Brodie. This is a great up-and-coming team to watch out for at airshows in the future. And perhaps Mark’s best known an most loved aeroplane is the Yakovlev Yak-3U “Steadfast”, ZK-YOV, the small fighter with the big radial engine, and the awesome smoke trails that form rings and shapes in the sky. Mark initially owned Steadfast in partnership with fellow Omaka resident Ronan Harvey, but recently Ronan sold his share to another partner. Mark displays Steadfast at warbirds airshows around the country and has wowed audiences at airshows such as Classic Fighters, Warbirds Over Wanaka, Wings Over Wairarapa, and recently also Ardmore’s Warbirds On Parade open day. Quick Links: • St Clair Estate Wines [https://saintclair.co.nz/] [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Header-1024x576.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Header.jpgMark O’Sullivan taking off in Yak-3U Steadfast during Warbirds Over Wanaka 2024. [https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/P4172565-1024x577.jpg]https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/P4172565-scaled.jpgMark O’Sullivan and his Pitts Special ZK-STX, with his Cessna 185 and the syndicate Tiger Moth that he learned taildragger flying in behind. 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