{"id":5617,"date":"2018-08-10T02:42:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T02:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2018-08-10T04:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T04:10:56","slug":"nasa-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2018\/08\/nasa-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 188 &#8211; NASA Research Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3925\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5617-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=5617-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_188_NASA_Pilots.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%3D5617\" 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><p><strong>Guest:\u00a0<\/strong>NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a030th of June 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a010th of August 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a058 minutes 17 seconds<\/p>\n<p>This episode features NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton speaking at the recent WONZ Forum Meet\u00a0held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram, Christchurch. They had just completed a tour in Christchurch flying the NASA SOFIA Boeing 747, which is a flying observatory.<\/p>\n<p>Dave and Paul explain the SOFIA mission, what the scientists onboard are doing and what they are looking at and look for; and also all about the unique 747 aircraft itself, what it&#8217;s like to fly, its background, etc. They also talk about other flying they do with NASA, and their own backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed13-0349-08_p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5619\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed13-0349-08_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed13-0349-08_p.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed13-0349-08_p-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed13-0349-08_p-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDave Fedors (NASA Image)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5620\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0026-10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul Newton\u00a0(NASA Image)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5622\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed15-0187-236.jpeg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis high-dynamic range (HDR) photo of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was captured just before sunset at the Christchurch International Airport in Christchurch, New Zealand while aircraft crews were preparing for a nighttime observation flight. (NASA Image)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5623\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/june16_sofia-at-night_chc.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNight shot of SOFIA, with terminals and control tower of Christchurch International Airport in the background. (NASA Image)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5627\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/P1710505-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul Newton, left,and Dave Fedors, right, during the presentation (Dave Homewood photo)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5628 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch-400x565.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Patch.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5629\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SOFIA-Sticker-400x331.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5630 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-1024x869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NASA-Logo-400x339.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcemuseum.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Air Force Museum of New Zealand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/SOFIA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA&#8217;s SOFIA Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/about\/biographies\/pilots\/fedors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dave Fedor&#8217;s Profile<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/Biographies\/Pilots\/newton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Newton&#8217;s Profile<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2016\/06\/nick-veronico-nasa-sofia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WONZ Show Episode 104 with NASA&#8217;s Nick Veronico<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Version<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a handheld video version, sorry it is a bit shaky, it was the end of a long day!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA SOFIA  Research Pilots - PART ONE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fXJBTSIyhMw?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><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA SOFIA Research Pilots - PART TWO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9DK5MRf0qXA?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><\/p>\n<p>A huge thanks to Dave and Paul for attending the event, and to Nick Veronico of NASA for arranging them to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The tune at the end of &#8220;Fly &#8211; Night Bird&#8221;, by the late Roy Buchanan. It seemed appropriate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 30th of June 2018<\/p>\n<p>Released: 10th of August 2018<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds<\/p>\n<p>This episode features NASA Research Pilots Dave Fedors and Paul Newton speaking at the recent WONZ Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at [&#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":[1368,1078,89,792,162,951,1440,1841,299,389,186,1846,952,1299,370,1837,95,1842,1847,917,1404,360,90,522,192,1848,1838,1844,1839,1384,1843,1845,1840,916,918],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","tag-1368","tag-air","tag-aviation","tag-boeing","tag-christchurch","tag-dave","tag-david","tag-fedors","tag-flying","tag-force","tag-forum","tag-galaxy","tag-homewood","tag-meet","tag-museum","tag-nasa","tag-new","tag-newton","tag-night","tag-over","tag-paul","tag-pilots","tag-podcast","tag-research","tag-show","tag-sky","tag-sofia","tag-solar","tag-space","tag-speakers","tag-stars","tag-system","tag-telescope","tag-wings","tag-zealand","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","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=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5635,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions\/5635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}