Guest: James Kightly

Hosts: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 12th of February 2023

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes, seconds

James Kightly of Australia joins Dave via Zoom to discuss the plans for the upcoming Wings Over Britain tour that Dave is undertaking later this year in late June and through July 2023. They discuss some of the places that Dave hopes to visit and the stories that will be recorded for the upcoming WONZ Show sub-series “Wings Over Britain”.

They also look back and reminisce about the similar sub-series that Dave and James recorded in November 2015, “Wings Over Australia”, and highlight some of the episodes recorded in that series that people can still access and listen to.

James also announces his new role with Vintage Aviation News, and how they will be supporting Wings Over Britain with promotional updates as the tour progresses and the episodes roll out. Thanks for the support Vintage Aviation News!

Above: Dave Homewood and James Kightly with Bill Reid’s Avro Anson at Omaka during Yealands Classic Fighters Airshow weekend in 2019.
Photo by Bev Laing.The Wings Over Britain Facebook Page

Wings Over Britain Givealittle Fundraiser

Aviation Tours NZ

The New Zealand Bomber Command Association

The Hauraki Brewing Company

Vintage Aviation News

The Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum

Aviation Xtended Podcast

Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast

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Wings Over Australia Episodes Specifically Mentioned:

Episode 90 – Keith Webb

Episode 121 – Jamie Croker

Episode 127 – Terry Hetherington of the Fleet Air Arm Museum of Australia

Episode 116 – Andy Bishop at the Temora Aviation Museum

Episode 103 – Matt Henderson

Episode 94 – The Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin

Episode 125 – The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS)

All the Wings Over Australia Episodes

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A few photos from the Wings Over Australia series

Dave Homewood, right, recording with Terry Hetherington of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Nowra, NSW. (James Kightly photo)Dave recording with Andy Bishop at Temora Aviation Museum (James Kightly)Dave hearing the story of the Fokker Trimotor “Southern Cross” replica restoration from Jim Thurston at HARS. (James KIghtly)Dave and James at the end of the whirlwind tour around aviation museums and sites around Victoria, ACT and NSW, that resulted in the Wings Over Australia sub-series. (Bev Laing)