{"id":15824,"date":"2025-06-27T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=15824"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:17:49","slug":"wonz-328-martin-hedley-of-pioneer-aero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2025\/06\/wonz-328-martin-hedley-of-pioneer-aero\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 328 &#8211; Martin Hedley of Pioneer Aero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3150\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15824-1\" 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_328_Martin_Hedley.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_328_Martin_Hedley.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_328_Martin_Hedley.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_328_Martin_Hedley.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=15824-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_328_Martin_Hedley.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_328_Martin_Hedley.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%3D15824\" 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;Martin Hedley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>&nbsp;2nd of March 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published:&nbsp;<\/strong>27th of June 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp; 32 minutes, 38 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we hear the final presentation given at the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum Meet at Ardmore. The presenter is Martin Hedley, foreman at Pioneer Aero Ltd., the warbird restoration company at Ardmore. And he is talking about the company&#8217;s current main project, the Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber from WWII. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dauntless is being restored from a wreck recovered from Lake Michigan by Taras Lyssenko, General Manager of A and T Recovery, and combining it with parts from a second aircraft that had been a wind machine in the film industry. The project started  at Pioneer under the ownership of Jerry Yagen, but he has since handed all his collection over to the care of his museum, the Military Aviation Museum, at Virginia Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rnzaf.proboards.com\/\">The Wings Over New Zealand Forum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/pioneeraero.co.nz\/\"> Pioneer Aeros Ltd.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100057148672320\">Pioneer Aero Ltd. on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzwarbirds.org.nz%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR5nusw87bRnsznHt8vi70tPGHodj9hYF9lmGiwa0D3UIlR3CN6E0A6khtYHQQ_aem_zhWkxTmojI0pxmJZrPh2vQ&amp;h=AT2Odl0ONVs6utLTlhFjUD23Vv8tJwqioCnAgYZ3HSvzyIQ2a1d7DxpI7ex6-Izs4AoC7CITSSZqTb7eiqiCyMhmK7nIIEf9G9Saf6ZojdPGxB0tAaR2XmzJmJXFY-0ScFY\">New Zealand Warbirds Association Ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064406511092\">NZ Warbirds Association of Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Stu Russell for the recording. The music is Wild Flower by Joachim Karud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-2048x1556.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4530a-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"15835\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4550-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15834\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_4554-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above:  Photos from Martin&#8217;s presentation, taken by Phil Treweek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n-400x270.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/476797952_1122270923021186_1244486305572925806_n.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dauntless when it was pulled from Lake Michigan. (From the Pioneer Aero Ltd. Facebook page).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/478975668_1123030149611930_1866590573427898651_n-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin unwrapping the Dauntless when it first arrived in New Zealand. (From the Pioneer Aero Ltd. Facebook page).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/479970851_1123030076278604_5798265164720400656_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pioneer Aero Ltd. team with the Dauntless fuselage in 2023, with Martin standing in the cockpit. (From the Pioneer Aero Ltd. Facebook page).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a video version of this podcast below, thanks to Stu Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WONZ 328: Martin Hedley of Pioneer Aero Ltd.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMlltS0THQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest:&nbsp;Martin Hedley<\/p>\n<p>Host:&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded:&nbsp;2nd of March 2025<\/p>\n<p>Published:&nbsp;27th of June 2025<\/p>\n<p>Duration:&nbsp; 32 minutes, 38 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we hear the final presentation given at the WONZ 20th Anniversary Forum Meet at Ardmore. The presenter is Martin Hedley, foreman at Pioneer Aero Ltd., the warbird restoration company at Ardmore. 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