{"id":5851,"date":"2018-11-23T00:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T00:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2018-11-23T00:24:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T00:24:03","slug":"john-denton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2018\/11\/john-denton\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 194 &#8211; John Denton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_294\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5851-1\" 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_194_John_Denton.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_194_John_Denton.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_194_John_Denton.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_194_John_Denton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=5851-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_194_John_Denton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_194_John_Denton.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%3D5851\" 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>John Denton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a023rd of September 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a023rd of November 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 hour 38 minutes 43 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode John Denton talks about his aviation experiences, from the days when he flew in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and later with Air New Zealand, and with New Zealand Warbirds Association.<\/p>\n<p>John trained in the RNZAF on North American Harvards and de Havilland Devons, and then went on to serve with No. 14 Squadron (Harvards and Devons), No. 41 Squadron (Bristol Freighters), No. 40 Squadron (Douglas DC6&#8217;s and Handley Page Hastings), and No. 42 Squadron (Douglas C-47 Dakotas, Devons, etc). He also became an instructor and spent a period with Pilot Training Squadron teaching new pilots to fly Harvards and Devons.<\/p>\n<p>Next he converted to the Vampire jets and served with No. 75 Squadron at Ohakea. He was selected to go to Vietnam in 1970 where he converted to the North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, serving at the US Army&#8217;s C\u1ee7 Chi Base Camp, and later\u00a0 at the US Marine Corp&#8217;s\u00a0Chu Lai Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>Following his six month tour of duty in Vietnam, John returned to Ohakea, where he converted to the new McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawks, and was soon posted back to No 14 Squadron where he was instructing pilots on the Skyhawk.<\/p>\n<p>In 1973 John left the Air Force and joined Air New Zealand, where he started flying the Douglas DC8. He graduated to the McDonnell Douglas DC10, and the Boeing 747-200. He became one of the first Air New Zealand pilots to convert to the Boeing 747-400, undertaking a course in Amsterdam and then training the crews for the new type.<\/p>\n<p>John was also one of the original pilots with New Zealand Warbirds Association. He was in the original syndicate for NZ1098 ZK-ENJ, and was part of the Roaring Forties display team. He also became one of the pilots of the first de Havilland Venom, ZK-VNM, and he was checked out in the original T-28 Trojan.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners may recall John spoke at a live WONZ event in 2017 about flying the Venom, which you can also hear here:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2017\/12\/geoff-cooper-john-denton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 170<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5863\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/John_Denton-400x262.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJohn Denton during the interview (Photo Dave Homewood)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/airforce.mil.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Royal New Zealand Air Force<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnewzealand.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Air New Zealand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nzwarbirds.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand Warbirds Association\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NZ-Warbirds-Association-Inc-150073775005366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand Warbirds Association on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The music at the end is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: John Denton<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 23rd of September 2018<\/p>\n<p>Released: 23rd of November 2018<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 43 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode John Denton talks about his aviation experiences, from the days when he flew in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and later with Air New Zealand, and with New 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