{"id":10599,"date":"2023-04-28T00:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=10599"},"modified":"2023-04-28T00:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T00:51:23","slug":"wonz-273-harvard-nz1044","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2023\/04\/wonz-273-harvard-nz1044\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 273 &#8211; Harvard NZ1044"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1461\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10599-1\" 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_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.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_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=10599-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_273_Bevan_Dewes_NZ1044.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%3D10599\" 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:<\/strong>&nbsp; Bevan Dewes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hosts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>&nbsp;27th of April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;1 hour 13 minutes, 54 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we welcome back Bevan Dewes to the WONZ Show to discuss the restoration and return to flight of his award winning North American Aviation Harvard Mk. IIA NZ1044, aka ZK-OTU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bevan purchased the aircraft in February 2020, and transported it to Wanaka where he restored it with the assistance of Callum Smith and the team at Twenty24, a restoration shop at Wanaka Airport, and the engine and propeller were overhauled by Aero Technology Ltd. at Ardmore. The restoration process was more drawn out than hoped due to various Covid lockdowns and the dreadful effect the virus rules had on the supply chain for parts from overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harvard was returned to its meticulously researched own wartime colour scheme that it wore in 1944-45 at No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit (2OTU) at RNZAF Station Ohakea. At that unit newly trained pilots would learn the business of becoming fighter pilots in Harvards and P-40 Kittyhawks and Warhawks. Many dozens, perhaps hundreds, of young pilots flew NZ1044 and trained up at 2OTU before heading to a fighter squadron on P-40s, or from May 1944 onwards, Corsairs. Many of them went on to make names for themselves, and some returned to 2OTU as instructors. So a long list of interesting pilots flew NZ1044 during the war between 1943 and 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the war the Harvard spent several years in storage as a reserve aircraft, but then returned to service in 1954, flying with the RNZAF Station Wigram pool of Harvards used by the No. 1 Flying Training School, and the Central Flying School. In 1958 NZ1044 became the first Mk. II Harvard to undergo the upgrade programme to Harvard Mk. IIA*, but on completion of this it went back into storage, and remained there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harvard was eventually sold by the Air Force to National Airways Corporation and became an instructional airframe at their apprentice school. It passed into the hands of Air New Zealand when NAC was merged into that airline. And then the airline sold it off in 1990. It remained stored near Rolleston for over a decade and then was sold to a group of enthusiasts who moved it to Ashburton, but it sat there in the back of a hangar untouched till 2020 when Bevan purchased it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NZ1044 returned to the air for the first time in almost 65 years on the 10th of March 2023. Since then Bevan debuted it at the Yealands Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka, Blenheim, where he wowed the crowd with a new pairs display act that he and Pete McCombe have been working up over the past few years. With Bevan in NZ1044 and Pete in Harvard NZ1066, the pair put on a beautiful paired aerobatic display on the Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bevan also flew NZ1044 again on the Saturday and Sunday, now with the bomb racks, practice bombs and the aircraft&#8217;s original two machine guns fitted. He led a tight formation in a flat display with Mark O&#8217;Sullivan in his lovely ex-South African Air Force Harvard, ZK-XSA, and then Mark did a solo aerobatic display. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While parked up on the flightline Bevan also added a pair of replica 250lb bombs to the racks, to add to the visual impact of the already impressive warbird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the grand dinner on the Sunday night when the awards were being handed out, Bevan was presented the Grand Warbird Champion trophy, much deserved as one of the most talked about aircraft debuting at the show, and recognising both his restoration of the aircraft back to flight, and his lovely presentation of the aircraft in the flying displays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the early morning of the 25th of April 2023, Bevan also took to the air to fly NZ1044 over his hometown Cenotaph at Masterton for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service flypast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bevan plans to offer rides in the Harvard very soon through a new warbird and classic aircraft ride company he and his fianc\u00e9 Lucy Newell have created, Legend Aviation. So watch this space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;Legend Aviation (coming soon!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twenty24.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twenty24 Ltd., Wanaka<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helisupportnz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heli Support New Zealand Limited<\/a> (who painted NZ1044)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquamax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aqua Max<\/a> (who paint stripped NZ1044)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avionicsnz.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">SAB Avionics<\/a> (who did the avionics work on NZ1044)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finda.co.nz\/business\/listing\/nj63\/aero-technology-ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aero-Technologies<\/a> (who overhauled NZ1044&#8217;s engine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldair.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fieldair<\/a> (who were involved in NZ1044&#8217;s engine overhaul)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/australia-pacific.airbus.com\/website\/en\/ref\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Airbus<\/a> (who were involved in NZ1044&#8217;s propeller overhaul)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcemuseum.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Museum of New Zealand<\/a> (who helped with NZ1044&#8217;s paint scheme and colour matching)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341574631_1567864457038387_8898977778064270687_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Above: Harvard NZ1044 with the Classic Fighters Grand Warbird Champion trophy on its wing. (Photo Bevan Dewes.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1010712-1024x576-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Above: One of the photos found by Dave Homewood in the accident report file for NZ1044 when it struck a wire, and nearly hit a hillside, just five days after it entered service with No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit. Note the gunner&#8217;s canopy, which inspired Bevan to refit that style of canopy to NZ1044. (Photo Dave Homewood, or am RNZAF Official print).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-2048x1276.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DWHvd034-400x249.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Line up of six Harvards of No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit on the tarmac at Ohakea. NZ1044 is the closest, still in its bare metal scheme and before it became FE-9. Beside it is FE-7 and FE-5. Image from the Des White personal collection, from the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-1536x974.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-2048x1299.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MUS000772-1-1-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">3\/4 front view of Harvard NZ1044 FE-9, of No. 2 Operational Training Unit, with port undercarriage collapsed. RNZAF Station Ohakea. This photo inspired the colour scheme research. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Shot.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest.jpg 881w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NZ1044-with-Chritchurch-crest-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side view of Harvard NZ1044, in front of No. 1 Hangar, with a line up of Harvards in the background. RNZAF Station Wigram. DWNZ1044c from the Des White personal collection, with the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. This is the 1950s silver and yellow bands scheme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556040061_457d69e623_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NZ1044 leading NZ1049 during the 1950s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49556048036_d5623f2381_k-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NZ1044 while owned by National Airways Corporation as an instructional airframe, at Harewood, Christchurch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/87059291_3253157151379960_2026766879112036352_n-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bevan Dewes, right, with Callum Smith of Twenty24, when they were assessing it in February 2020 at Ashburton. A few days later Bevan purchased the aircraft. (Photo Lucy Newell, via Bevan Dewes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390488-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bevan Dewes in NZ1044 at Yealands Classic Fighters 2023 airshow. (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-1151x2048.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-400x712.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400435-scaled.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NZ1044&#8217;s front cockpit. (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400441-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NZ1044 bombed up at Yealands Classic Fighters 2023 airshow. (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1390546-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pete McCombe in Harvard NZ1066 leading Bevan Dewes in NZ1044, showing off that lovely, unique NZ Duck Egg Blue colour underneath. (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10637\" width=\"838\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/P1400181-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bevan Dewes sitting on his pride and joy, Harvard NZ1044. (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The music heard in this episode is&nbsp;<em>Wild Flower&nbsp;<\/em>by Joakim Karud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest:&nbsp; Bevan Dewes<\/p>\n<p>Hosts:&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded:&nbsp;27th of April 2023<\/p>\n<p>Duration:&nbsp;1 hour 13 minutes, 54 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we welcome back Bevan Dewes to the WONZ Show to discuss the restoration and return to flight of his award winning North American Aviation Harvard Mk. 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