Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 20, 2017 14:48:06 GMT 12
In this episode of the WONZ Show I managed to grab a short interview with four members of the very busy Black Falcons, the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s premier aerobatic display team. My guests are Squadron Leader Brett Clayton RNZAF (Falcon 1), Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro RNZAF (Falcon 2), Squadron Leader Hayden Sheard RNZAF (Falcon 4), and Flight Lieutenant Mike Williams RNZAF (Falcon 6).
This was recorded during the recent Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow, which the team displayed at in the Friday evening show and then opened both days on the Saturday and Sunday with their highly polished routine.
The Black Falcons team members are all instructors with the Central Flying School of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (who train the flying instructors and maintain flying standards across the Air Force), or with No. 14 Squadron RNZAF who train the new pilots. Their team practices and displays are all done in their own time outside their regular work hours.
The other two team members, Flight Lieutenant Stu Anderson (Falcon 3) and Squadron Leader Sean Perrett (Falcon 5) were unable to join the interview as they were flying in the airshow display in other types, Stu in the RNZAF’s famous Harvard NZ1015 which we watched together just after this interview, and Sean in Brendon Deere’s Spitfire.
Here's the show link:
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2017/04/the-black-falcons/
And a direct listen link:
LINK
Above: The four members of The Black Falcons who appear in this episode. Left to right are FLT LT Dan Pezaro (Falcon 2), FLT LT Mike Williams (Falcon 6), SQN LDR Hayden Sheard (Black 4) and SQN LDR Brett Clayton (Falcon 1).
This was recorded during the recent Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow, which the team displayed at in the Friday evening show and then opened both days on the Saturday and Sunday with their highly polished routine.
The Black Falcons team members are all instructors with the Central Flying School of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (who train the flying instructors and maintain flying standards across the Air Force), or with No. 14 Squadron RNZAF who train the new pilots. Their team practices and displays are all done in their own time outside their regular work hours.
The other two team members, Flight Lieutenant Stu Anderson (Falcon 3) and Squadron Leader Sean Perrett (Falcon 5) were unable to join the interview as they were flying in the airshow display in other types, Stu in the RNZAF’s famous Harvard NZ1015 which we watched together just after this interview, and Sean in Brendon Deere’s Spitfire.
Here's the show link:
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2017/04/the-black-falcons/
And a direct listen link:
LINK
Above: The four members of The Black Falcons who appear in this episode. Left to right are FLT LT Dan Pezaro (Falcon 2), FLT LT Mike Williams (Falcon 6), SQN LDR Hayden Sheard (Black 4) and SQN LDR Brett Clayton (Falcon 1).
