{"id":5758,"date":"2018-10-17T02:05:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T02:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=5758"},"modified":"2018-10-17T02:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T02:37:52","slug":"geoff-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2018\/10\/geoff-white\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 191 &#8211; Captain Geoff White"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8387\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5758-1\" 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_191_Geoff_White.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_191_Geoff_White.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_191_Geoff_White.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_191_Geoff_White.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=5758-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_191_Geoff_White.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_191_Geoff_White.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%3D5758\" 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: <\/strong>Captain Geoff White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong> 1st of October 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a017th of October 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a01 hour 23 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we hear from Geoff White, who was a childhood friend of the legendary pilot Ray Hanna, serving together in the Air Training Corps during the 1940&#8217;s. Upon leaving school Geoff joined the RNZAF and trained as a pilot. He spent a lot of his career as a transport pilot with No. 41 Squadron on Douglas Dakotas and Bristol Freighters, one of the latter he flew out from England when it was first handed over by the factory. He also trained as an instructor, and this included a few flights in the North American P-51D Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>On leaving the RNZAF Geoff took up a position flying for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. (T.E.A.L.) and started there flying the Short Solent flying boats. He progressed through the company (which became Air New Zealand in 1965) onto the Douglas DC-6&#8217;s, then the Lockheed Electras, and then onto jets flying the Douglas DC-8 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Geoff captained the last successful Antarctic flight that Air New Zealand flew, and talks about this too.<\/p>\n<p>Today Geoff lives in retirement in Albury, NSW, Australia. Dave spoke with Geoff via Skype a year ago to record this episode.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5759\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna.jpg 798w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ATCRayHanna-400x253.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGeoff in the cockpit. No. 19 Squadron Air Training Corps undergoing flying training at Mangere Aerodrome, 17th of January 1948.\u00a0Left to right: Sgt P J B Henderson, Cpl Geoff N. White (1st cadet to solo), Cpl Ray G Hanna, and Bob Prentice (Chief Instructor Auckland Aero Club) (Whites Aviation Neg 11757)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Captain Geoff White<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 1st of October 2017<\/p>\n<p>Released: 17th of October 2018<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 1 hour 23 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we hear from Geoff White, who was a childhood friend of the legendary pilot Ray Hanna, serving together in the Air Training Corps during the 1940&#8217;s. 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