Hi all, in the latest Wings Over New Zealand Show episode I spoke with kiwi Peter Tremayne about his flying in the RNZAF between 1957 and 1977. He trained on Harvards and then went to Devons, and onto Bristol Freighters. He then volunteered for the RNZAF Antarctic Flight where he trained in New Zealand on the Beaver and the Auster. The RNZAF Antarctic programme was cancelled before he got down there but he was posted to The US Navy's VX-6 Squadron and flew with them on the frozen continent in a US Navy DHC Otter. He later went back to Freighters and flew operations in Borneo and then in Vietnam on this type. And he transferred tothe Lockheed C-130H Hercules with No. 41 Squadron in 1968.
Peter now lives in the USA where he runs an excellent website about his aviation experiences here:
www.dudesdownunder.com/index.htmlHe has told some fantastic stories here, and I am pleased to have captured some great history with this show. We hope to do a follow-up in coming weeks too to cover his fascinating post-RNZAF flying career.
Here's the episode:
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show_ ... r_Tremayne