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April 11, 2025
<br /> Guest: Steve Subritzky<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Host: Dave Homewood<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Recorded: 2nd of March 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Published: 11th of April 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Duration: 44 minutes, 35 seconds<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this episode we hear a presentation given by Steve Subritzky and Dave Homewood about the world’s last existing Vickers Vincent biplane bomber. Steve, who is the Aviation Manager at the Museum of Transport And Technology (MOTAT), has been piecing together the puzzle that is the world’s only Vickers Vincent for many years in his spare time after work, without the aid of any drawings as they no longer seem to exist. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Vincent, minus its wings (which are still yet to be restored), had been transported from North Shore Airfield down to Ardmore to go on a special temporary display in the New Zealand Warbirds Hangar from March to May 2025, so it was on display during this event.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Dave gives a background to the Vincent as a type, and details the specific aircraft, NZ311 (previously K6357 with the Royal Air Force). And then Steve details how it was rediscovered and dug out of the ground on a riverbank in Marton after being buried for over two decades. Steve talks about the restoration of this rare aircraft, and the challenges along the way.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Quick Links:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzwarbirds.org.nz%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR5nusw87bRnsznHt8vi70tPGHodj9hYF9lmGiwa0D3UIlR3CN6E0A6khtYHQQ_aem_zhWkxTmojI0pxmJZrPh2vQ&h=AT2Odl0ONVs6utLTlhFjUD23Vv8tJwqioCnAgYZ3HSvzyIQ2a1d7DxpI7ex6-Izs4AoC7CITSSZqTb7eiqiCyMhmK7nIIEf9G9Saf6ZojdPGxB0tAaR2XmzJmJXFY-0ScFY" data-type="link" data-id="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzwarbirds.org.nz%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR5nusw87bRnsznHt8vi70tPGHodj9hYF9lmGiwa0D3UIlR3CN6E0A6khtYHQQ_aem_zhWkxTmojI0pxmJZrPh2vQ&h=AT2Odl0ONVs6utLTlhFjUD23Vv8tJwqioCnAgYZ3HSvzyIQ2a1d7DxpI7ex6-Izs4AoC7CITSSZqTb7eiqiCyMhmK7nIIEf9G9Saf6ZojdPGxB0tAaR2XmzJmJXFY-0ScFY">New Zealand Warbirds Association Ltd</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064406511092" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064406511092">NZ Warbirds Association of Facebook </a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks to Stu Russell for the recording.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/66745a4f-38ec-4348-ad9c-ea7ba929fc08.jpg"></a>Above: Steve Subritzky’s magnificent Vickers Vincent. (Nick Sheehan photo)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Below: Photos from the event, taken by Phil Treweek.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4284-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4271-1-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4254-scaled.jpg"></a>Steve Subritzky, left, and Dave Homewood, right, during the presentation.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4257-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4247-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4271-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4290-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> And below is a video version of the presentation, filmed by Stu Russell.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
April 3, 2025
<br /> Guest: Kenn Cox, former RNZAF jet fighter pilot<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Host: Dave Homewood<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Recorded: 23rd of February 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Published: 3rd of April 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Duration: 44 minutes, 40 seconds<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this episode we hear from Kenn Cox, the second speaker from the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Kenn was a young ‘bog rat’ Vampire pilot on No. 75 Squadron RNZAF in the late 1960s, and found himself as one of the ten pilots selected to be posted to Cecil Field in the USA in 1970 to convert onto the McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk, which had just been purchased by the New Zealand Government to replace the English Electric Canberras.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Kenn talks about the trip to the USA, the introduction to US Navy training, learning to fly the Skyhawk, and various adventures in the USA during the months that the group of pilots was there.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He also talks about operating the Skyhawk in the early days of its New Zealand service, navigating them around the country, and taking them up to Singapore for their first international exercises.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Quick Links:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/">The Air Force Museum of New Zealand</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AirForceMuseumofNewZealand">The Air Force Museum of New Zealand on Facebook</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks to Allan Udy for his assistance with recording this episode.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brand-new-A-4K-and-TA-4K-in-USA-Dec-1969-Douglas-photo-scaled.jpg"></a>Above: Brand new RNZAF A-4K and TA-4K Skyhawks in the USA, Dec 1969, before the Kiwis took them over. McDonnell Douglas photo, via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/P2230887.jpg"></a>Above: Kenn Cox during his talk at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Dave Homewood photo. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brand-new-TA-4K-NZ6251-in-USA-Dec-1969-Douglas-photo-1-scaled.jpg"></a>Above: A brand new TA-4K Skyhawk NZ6251 in December 1969, before the Kiwis arrived in the USA. McDonnell Douglas photo, via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.4-scaled.jpg"></a>The chosen ten pilots from No. 75 Squadron RNZAF in front of the newly delivered TA-4K “T-bird” Skyhawk NZ6251. Left to right are: Graham Thompson, Ken Gayfer, John Woolford, Roger Henstock, Mike Callanan, Kenn Cox, Murray Abel, Ross Ewing, John Scrimgeour and Trevor Bland. Photo via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.12a-scaled.jpg"></a>Training with the US Navy. Left to right, standing: A US Navy Instructor, John Woolford, Ross Ewing, Murray Abel, and Mike Callinan. Seated: Roger Henstock, Trevor Bland, John Scrimgeour, and Ken Gayfer. Squatted: Kenn Cox, and Graham Thompson. Photo via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.5-scaled.jpg"></a>Above: Handover for the first RNZAF Skyhawks from McDonnell Douglas to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Photo via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.7-scaled.jpg"></a>Above: RNZAF Skyhawks lined up at Cecil Field, NAS Jacksonville, Florida, next to US Navy Skyhawks. Photo via Don Simms.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.12b.
March 28, 2025
<br /> Host: Dave Homewood<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Recorded: 2nd of March 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Published: 28th of March 2025<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Duration: 40 minutes, 42 seconds<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this episode NZ Warbirds president Frank Parker is heard talking about flying the various WWII fighters he’s flown during his career. Frank was the first speaker at the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum Meet at Ardmore on the 2nd of March 2025.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Frank talks about how he first got into aviation, and a little on his RNZAF career, before talking about how he got into flying and owning warbirds.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He then starts talking about getting a rating in Garth Hogan’s P-40N, which he and his wife Liz Needham ended up owning. Then he talks about flying the Supermarine Spitfire, the Yakovlev Yak 3, the Flug Werk Fw190 Focke-Wulf replica, the North American P-51D Mustang, the Bell P-39 Airacobra, and the Goodyear FG-1D Corsair. He also gives a mention to the L-39 jet, too.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Quick Links:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://nzwarbirds.org.nz/?" data-type="link" data-id="https://nzwarbirds.org.nz/?">NZ Warbirds Association Inc.</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064406511092" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064406511092">NZ Warbirds Association Inc. on Facebook</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks to Stuart Russell for his assistance in recording and editing this episode.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks to Phil Treweek for the photos.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4149a-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4107-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4109-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4116-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4133-2-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4148-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_4149-1-scaled.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Video: You can also watch a video version of this episode, filmed by Stuart Russell for the WONZ Show, here:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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