{"id":80,"date":"2012-07-12T04:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T04:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=80"},"modified":"2017-08-10T06:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T06:10:56","slug":"episode-23-paul-mcsweeny-and-pioneer-aero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2012\/07\/episode-23-paul-mcsweeny-and-pioneer-aero\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23 &#8211; Paul McSweeny and Pioneer Aero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2950\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-80-1\" 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_023_Paul_McSweeny.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_023_Paul_McSweeny.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_023_Paul_McSweeny.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_023_Paul_McSweeny.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=80-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_023_Paul_McSweeny.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_023_Paul_McSweeny.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%3D80\" 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> Paul McSweeny<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Host:<\/strong> Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 114 minutes, 59 seconds<br \/>\n(Recorded 10th of July 2012)<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Topic:<\/strong> Paul McSweeny tells us the story of his career in aviation, starting with his time in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and his subsequent career working on the restoration of warbird fighters at Pioneer Aero Restorations Ltd., at Ardmore. He details his time on various squadrons and RNZAF maintenance units and talks about the restoration of the unique Avro 626 with the Air Force, and various projects with Pioneer. In particular we discuss the Strikemaster that is now in the care of Pioneer, and the next big project &#8211; the Hawker Tempest II.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4554-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul and the Strikemaster<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCF4555-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Related Links Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rnzaf.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=civil&amp;action=display&amp;thread=14003\" target=\"_new\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pioneeraero.co.nz\/\" target=\"_new\">Pioneer Aero Restorations Ltd. Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rnzaf.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=civil&amp;action=display&amp;thread=14003\" target=\"_new\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Pioneer-Aero-Ltd\/\">Pioneer Aero Restorations Ltd. Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style38\" align=\"justify\">By the way the small music clip comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danosongs.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Danosongs<\/a> and is called Magic Ghost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Paul McSweeny<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Duration: 114 minutes, 59 seconds (Recorded 10th of July 2012)<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Topic: Paul McSweeny tells us the story of his career in aviation, starting with his time in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and his subsequent career working on the restoration of warbird fighters at Pioneer [&#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":[23,24,188,211,89,215,71,214,208,209,90,212,210,192,213,3],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","tag-aeroplanes","tag-aircraft","tag-ardmore","tag-auckland","tag-aviation","tag-hawker-tempest","tag-kittyhawk","tag-p-40","tag-paul-mcsweeny","tag-pioneer-aero","tag-podcast","tag-rebuilds","tag-restorations","tag-show","tag-strikemaster","tag-wings-over-new-zealand","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","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=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}