WONZ 306 - Legend Aviation 2: Stephen Davies Howard
Jun 1, 2024 14:16:05 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 1, 2024 14:16:05 GMT 12
The Wings Over New Zealand Show 306 is now online. This episode is the second of the recordings from the recent Legend Aviation WONZ Forum Meet, hosted by Bevan Dewes and Lucy Newell of Legend Aviation at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, on Sunday 28th of April 2024.
Stephen Davies Howard was a Royal Air Force fast jet pilot, flying McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Panavia Tornados during the Cold War, and the latter in the Gulf War. Steve joined the RAF in 1980 straight from school and the Air Training Corps, and following flying training he flew fighter jets. He was also an airshow display pilot in the Phantom. Later in his career he moved into strategic reconnaissance, and various British Ministry of Defence roles. After commanding squadrons and stations, he was posted to Washington D.C. in the USA as the Air Attaché at the British Embassy, where he was able to fly a number of the US fighter aircraft types including the F-15 and F-16. He eventually left the RAF as a Group Captain, and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force, where he ended up as the Training Group Commander, also with the rank of Group Captain. Since leaving the RNZAF in 2010 Steve has run his own businesses, and is Deputy Commissioner of TAIC.
In this presentation, Stephen focuses his talk on his years as a young Phantom pilot during the Cold War years of the 1980s.
Here is the episode link:
cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2024/06/wonz-306-legend-aviation-wonz-forum-meet-2-stephen-davies-howard/
Photo by Phil Treweek.
Stephen Davies Howard was a Royal Air Force fast jet pilot, flying McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Panavia Tornados during the Cold War, and the latter in the Gulf War. Steve joined the RAF in 1980 straight from school and the Air Training Corps, and following flying training he flew fighter jets. He was also an airshow display pilot in the Phantom. Later in his career he moved into strategic reconnaissance, and various British Ministry of Defence roles. After commanding squadrons and stations, he was posted to Washington D.C. in the USA as the Air Attaché at the British Embassy, where he was able to fly a number of the US fighter aircraft types including the F-15 and F-16. He eventually left the RAF as a Group Captain, and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force, where he ended up as the Training Group Commander, also with the rank of Group Captain. Since leaving the RNZAF in 2010 Steve has run his own businesses, and is Deputy Commissioner of TAIC.
In this presentation, Stephen focuses his talk on his years as a young Phantom pilot during the Cold War years of the 1980s.
Here is the episode link:
cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2024/06/wonz-306-legend-aviation-wonz-forum-meet-2-stephen-davies-howard/
Photo by Phil Treweek.
