Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2022 13:06:57 GMT 12
The Wings Over New Zealand Show 258 - Great Escapes: Sean Singleton-Turner is now online. This episode is the fifth in a series called “Great Escapes”, covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.
In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his ejection from RNZAF BAC167 Strikemaster Mk. 88, NZ6368, on the 27th of October 1992.
Sean was a Royal Australian Air Force Pilot, flying with the RNZAF on an exchange posting to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF. The squadron was based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, and Sean was actively involved with converting instructors and other pilots from the Strikemaster to the Aermacchi MB339CB Macchi, plus training cadet pilots on the first ever Macchi course. He also was still occasionally flying the Strikemaster, and it was in his role as the squadron’s Maintenance Test Pilot that he was flying NZ6368 that fateful day when he was unable to recover the jet from a spin.
cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2022/04/wonz-258-great-escapes-sean-singleton-turner/
Above: A framed before and after photo of Strikemaster NZ6368 that was presented to F/Lt Sean Singleton-Turner by the RNZAF Base Ohakea Photographic Section after his ejection. (Sean Singleton Turner photo)
Above: Jim Rankin, left, and Sean Singleton-Turner, right, in 1992 at the completion of their Aermacchi conversion course. just months before the ejection occurred. (Sean Singleton Turner photo)
In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his ejection from RNZAF BAC167 Strikemaster Mk. 88, NZ6368, on the 27th of October 1992.
Sean was a Royal Australian Air Force Pilot, flying with the RNZAF on an exchange posting to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF. The squadron was based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, and Sean was actively involved with converting instructors and other pilots from the Strikemaster to the Aermacchi MB339CB Macchi, plus training cadet pilots on the first ever Macchi course. He also was still occasionally flying the Strikemaster, and it was in his role as the squadron’s Maintenance Test Pilot that he was flying NZ6368 that fateful day when he was unable to recover the jet from a spin.
cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2022/04/wonz-258-great-escapes-sean-singleton-turner/
Above: A framed before and after photo of Strikemaster NZ6368 that was presented to F/Lt Sean Singleton-Turner by the RNZAF Base Ohakea Photographic Section after his ejection. (Sean Singleton Turner photo)
Above: Jim Rankin, left, and Sean Singleton-Turner, right, in 1992 at the completion of their Aermacchi conversion course. just months before the ejection occurred. (Sean Singleton Turner photo)
