{"id":10292,"date":"2022-11-17T23:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=10292"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:23:37","slug":"wonz-265-vampire-month-mayn-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2022\/11\/wonz-265-vampire-month-mayn-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 265 &#8211; Vampire Month: Mayn Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5865\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10292-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=10292-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_265_Mayn_Hawkins.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/wings-over-new-zealand-show\/id606143097?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fcambridgeairforce.org.nz%2FWONZShow%2F%3Fp%3D10292\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest:&nbsp;<\/strong>Maynard Roger Hawkins, known as Mayn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>&nbsp;21st of July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>&nbsp; 18th of November 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;1 hour  minutes  seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF\u2019s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires in Cyprus and Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of the WONZ Show, Dave Homewood&nbsp;talks with former RNZAF de Havilland Vampire pilot Mayn Hawkins. He was one of the RNZAF&#8217;s early jet pilots, flying the Vampire in New Zealand, Cyprus and Singapore. He also flew the de Havilland Venom at RAF Tengah in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon return to New Zealand he became an instructor, at No. 1 Flying Training School, and then the Central Flying School. He became the Commanding Officer of the latter unit, and was the most highly rated instructor in the RNZAF. He also flew in and later led the Central Flying School Harvard Aerobatic Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst a CFS instructor, Mayn flew a variety of types, such as the Harvard, Devon, Auster, Vampire, Canberra, etc., whilst ensuring standards were being maintained by units of the RNZAF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his retirement from the RNZAF he went to TEAL, which later became Air New Zealand. He flew the Lockheed Electra, the Douglas DC-8, the McDonnel Douglas DC-10 and the 747. With his training background he became a training captain at the airline. Among other achievements in the airline, Mayn was pilot on the first Antarctic flight made by Air New Zealand in the DC-10. He then went to Singapore Airlines, where he finished his career before retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music heard in this episode is\u00a0<em>Wild Flower\u00a0<\/em>by Joakim Karud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adf-serials.com.au\/nz-serials\/nzdh100.htm\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Defence Force Serials for de Havilland Vampires<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2020\/09\/wonz-228-alistair-marshall-and-rod-dahlberg\/\" target=\"_blank\">The WONZ Episode with Rod Dahlberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2021\/10\/wonz-246-great-escapes-1-geoff-hubbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WONZ 246 &#8211; Great Escapes 1: Geoff Hubbard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2022\/11\/wonz-263-vampire-month-tommy-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\">WONZ 263: Vampire Month \u2013 Tommy Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2022\/11\/wonz-264-vampire-month-dave-greenlees\/\" target=\"_blank\">WONZ 264: Vampire Month &#8211; Dave Greenlees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-1536x962.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-2048x1282.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310207-2-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jet pilots, with a Vampire as backdrop. Mayn is fifth from left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1.jpg 643w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mayn-1-400x248.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayn Hawkins during the interview.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-400x599.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310136-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A newspaper cutting from Mayn&#8217;s logbook from the days when he first graduated as a pilot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-1520x2048.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-400x539.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1310209-scaled.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayn leading the CFS Aerobatic Team, in a photo from his logbook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest:&nbsp;Maynard Roger Hawkins, known as Mayn.<\/p>\n<p>Host:&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded:&nbsp;21st of July 2022<\/p>\n<p>Released:&nbsp; 18th of November 2022<\/p>\n<p>Duration:&nbsp;1 hour minutes seconds<\/p>\n<p>November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF\u2019s de Havilland Vampire fleet retired from service. The Air Force operated 58 Vampires within New Zealand, and at least 44 more leased Vampires in Cyprus [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1078,2149,2148,2392,951,219,299,389,437,952,2389,31,917,44,90,1607,192,601,259,789,46,916],"class_list":["post-10292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","tag-air","tag-central","tag-cfs","tag-cyprus","tag-dave","tag-de-havilland","tag-flying","tag-force","tag-harvard","tag-homewood","tag-month","tag-new-zealand","tag-over","tag-pilot","tag-podcast","tag-school","tag-show","tag-singapore","tag-vampire","tag-venom","tag-veteran","tag-wings","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10351,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions\/10351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}