|
Post by vultee43 on Jun 21, 2020 16:47:05 GMT 12
Great guests and great topic. Huge thank you to all those involved and for giving up your time today.
|
|
|
Post by johnnyfalcon on Jun 21, 2020 16:47:11 GMT 12
An afternoon well spent - thank you all! The specifically themed material made it a great discussion, and I am sure it could have gone on for a few hours more. I think I have Covid-P40... Well, this just aggravated it.
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 21, 2020 17:01:29 GMT 12
Thanks so much to all the presenters at our brilliant P-40 themed Virtual WONZ Forum Meet this afternoon. It went so well. Thanks to Reg Wellington, Allan Emett, Liz Needham, Frank Parker, David Duxbury, John Saunders, Neville Mines and Brett Nicholls for such fantastic contributions. Also thanks to Bevan Dewes for your help when we planned this event. I'm stoked with how it all went and it's so great to see so many people viewing from across New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Canada. Hopefully a recording will be coming soon on YouTube.
Thanks to for the feedback too from those who were part of it. It was so cool, I'm stoked. We shall do it again sometime soonish. I am thinking the Mosquito as a theme..... or the Corsair....
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 21, 2020 17:06:44 GMT 12
By the way, Allan Emett at 96.5 years old is likely our oldest living P-40 pilot. How cool is it to have had him on with Bevan Dewes, who at 26.5 years old is the world's youngest P-40 pilot. A span of 70 years there! And lots of other P-40 pilots and owners in between also taking part too. So damned cool!
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 21, 2020 19:28:44 GMT 12
Here's the recording
|
|
|
Post by JollyGreenSlugg on Jun 21, 2020 21:48:29 GMT 12
The last virtusl forum meet was outstanding, and this one was as well. Thank you, Dave and Phil, for running a really impressive show, and thank you to all the guests for sharing your experiences with P-40s, be it 75 years ago or this morning. I had a ball, and it was relaxed and enjoyable as a meet should be. Now my wife knows that a P-40 flight would make a great 50th birthday present next year!
|
|
|
Post by lemuel on Jun 22, 2020 21:12:46 GMT 12
Thank you Dave for organising this and to all the speakers. Really enjoyed this and I look forward to the next one.
|
|
|
Post by planecrazy on Jun 22, 2020 21:33:01 GMT 12
Wow that was fantastic, all the presentations and questions inthralling, so good hearing a question about the P40 restorations and being shown the area on the machine being discussed! Not sure if here or the John Smith Collection thread is the place to ask so will go here. Hope I heard correctly there was mention of the John Smith P40s being displayed to the public one day, I am wondering where that may occur? If this is not appropriate and not yet decided I understand. Great discussion, well done by all and eternal thanks to John Smith, his family and those involved with the restoration and preservation of this wonderful collection, awesome. A PS, would anyone have a link as to where you can purchase Chris Rudge's book, thank you?
|
|
|
Post by errolmartyn on Jun 22, 2020 22:29:51 GMT 12
A PS, would anyone have a link as to where you can purchase Chris Rudge's book, thank you? Chris.Rudge@redcat.co.nz Cheers, Errol
|
|
|
Post by planecrazy on Jun 22, 2020 22:35:25 GMT 12
A PS, would anyone have a link as to where you can purchase Chris Rudge's book, thank you? Chris.Rudge@redcat.co.nz Cheers, Errol Thank you
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 22, 2020 23:24:26 GMT 12
If I'd thought about it, I would have asked Chris to be one of the speakers. He'd have been great, his book is excellent. Maybe we'l do another P-40 one down the track and invite Chris. But in the meantime discussion is already underway to do another Virtual Forum Meet, maybe in six or eight weeks time or so. The theme will be the Mosquito!
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 22, 2020 23:31:54 GMT 12
By the way, I am getting so much really positive and really nice feedback from this event, via email, Facebook, Messenger and here on the forum about both the VFM's we've done, and about the great speakers and topics. It's really humbling that my crazy little idea has touched so many people, and also impressed them. I'm so glad it worked out so well. I hope the next one will go so brilliantly. The feedback also stokes my fire and fires me up to carry on and do more of these things. But never fear, we'll also have the real life face to face Forum Meets back again in the future too. But in the meantime it's actually rather nice doing them without having to book a venue and travel anywhere. We ca all attend from the comfort of home, or the hangar.
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 22, 2020 23:35:26 GMT 12
One thing that really tickled me after the May Virtual Forum Meet was Ben Carmine told me that he and Nick Sheehan watched it together while sitting in the Bristol Fighter at Warbirds At Ardmore. Hahaha, that is sooooo damned cool! Shot guys! It was also cool in this P-40 event to have Shorty Mines say a few words about recovering ZK-CAG and others from Papua New Guinea. Thanks for that Shorty, much appreciated when I threw that to you unexpectedly.
|
|
|
Post by alanw on Jun 23, 2020 15:53:54 GMT 12
Hi Dave, I really enjoyed the afternoon - Fantastic. It was enjoyable to listen to all the guest speakers, but the two that stood out that little bit more, were our WWII Vet(s), on their P 40 and Corsair flying experiences. David Duxbury and his talk also hit a personal note, when he spoke about the end of Lend Lease and the settling of the Bill for New Zealand, and how New Zealander's had contributed to the low remaining payment, due to the things like Food/Groceries to the war effort. My Paternal Grandfather Walter Willoughby was a Market Gardner, here in Auckland and supplied his produce to the US/New Zealand war efforts (before being called up). It was neat to note my family played some small part in helping to make that final debt be so small. Thanks again and really look forward to the next one Regards Alan
|
|
|
Post by John L on Jun 24, 2020 0:41:18 GMT 12
A great show again Dave and all who participated - wish I'd hooked up - kept thinking of questions to ask while I watched. Next time..... Reg & Ray were great - reminded me of my grandfather as they started turning over old times...great listening.
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 26, 2020 10:46:41 GMT 12
Yes Alan, it's amazing when you look into the New Zealand war effort how much was contributed by this country to the Allies. New Zealand was vital in supplying food to the US Forces in the Pacific plus the British, with everything from meat to butter to grain and dairy products being exported. I believe the only reason New Zealand introduced meat rationing here for the locals was because a huge proportion of the New Zealand meat product was being shipped to the UK. But New Zealand was also producing massive amounts of wool and woollen products for export to use in military uniforms, and the New Zealand food industry was canning fruit for the Allies, and the leather industry was making massive amounts of tanned leather. New Zealand produced around 2 million pairs of leather military boots which were being supplied to the NZ forces, the US forces, the Brits and a proportion even went to India to help equip their massive Army. We had a population of 1.6 million and around 10 percent of them were in the Armed Forces but others at home were farming wool, meat, dairy, leather, and much more. We also had munitions factories and our science industry was filly into developing new technology for the war effort. There was also a massive ship building industry building Naval craft for the NZ and US forces. So virtually every family had some involvement in the war effort, no matter what they did. I think that sadly the New Zealand Home Front effort is pretty much forgotten now by most.
|
|
|
Post by shorty on Jun 26, 2020 15:08:05 GMT 12
Rationing continued in New Zealand until 1949 as we were sending so much produce to the UK to aid with their post war recovery. As proof I offer you copies of my ration book issued in October 1948 ration book by Neville Mines, on Flickr ration book coupons by Neville Mines, on Flickr
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 26, 2020 16:27:01 GMT 12
Yes, in fact from 1944 New Zealand was even sending goat meat to the UK.
Goat Meat for Britain. As the result of an appeal being made to the owners of land in Hawkes and Poverty Bays on which goats are running, it is anticipated that the carcasses of 10,000 surplus goats will be exported to augment the food supply of Britain. Some thousands more carcasses of older animals will be made available for dog and cat meat in New Zealand. A feature of the avenues being opened up for the disposal of goat meat was emphasised by Major G. F. Yerex. Government organiser of the campaign for extra meat for Britain, says the Minister of Internal-Affairs (Mr. Parry). In the, past the reduction of herds grown to excessive size by natural increase had been attended by some expense to landowners, who had merely killed the goats and left the carcasses of the animals where they lay. Under the scheme now in operation there would be a monetary return to landowners. "Travellers along the roads up near Wairoa and Gisborne, Mr Parry added, "are struck by the large herds of goats to be seen feeding on the hillsides. The animals are invaluable in keeping the blackberry pest down. Their thinning out for food for Britain, however, should not to any large extent minimise the good work of the animals retained among the blackberry and other noxious weeds of pastures."
EVENING POST, 29 JULY 1944
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 27, 2020 15:43:25 GMT 12
Wow, in less than a week the video has had 551 views. When you add the 50 or more people that tuned in live, that's a petty good audience. Keep sharing the video to P-40 loving friends please.
|
|
|
Post by vultee43 on Jun 27, 2020 19:32:21 GMT 12
Could become a 'thing'. Great to have all this information recorded as we all know how much has been lost or forgotten. Ties in very well with your other recorded histories Dave. Perhaps some siutable recognition for services to Aviation / History should be in order?
|
|