{"id":9722,"date":"2022-04-22T00:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T00:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=9722"},"modified":"2022-04-22T00:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T00:47:21","slug":"wonz-258-great-escapes-sean-singleton-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2022\/04\/wonz-258-great-escapes-sean-singleton-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 258 &#8211; Great Escapes: Sean Singleton-Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2808\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9722-1\" 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_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.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_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=9722-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_258_Sean_Singleton_Turner.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%3D9722\" 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:&nbsp;<\/strong>Sean Singleton-Turner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>&nbsp;20th of April 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>&nbsp; 22nd of April 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;41 minutes 19 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode is the fifth in a series called \u201cGreat Escapes\u201d,&nbsp;covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his ejection from RNZAF BAC167 Strikemaster Mk. 88, NZ6368, on the 27th of October 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean was a Royal Australian Air Force Pilot, flying with the RNZAF on an exchange posting to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF. The squadron was based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, and Sean was actively involved with converting instructors and other pilots from the Strikemaster to the Aermacchi MB339CB Macchi, plus training cadet pilots on the first ever Macchi course. He also was still occasionally flying the Strikemaster, and it was in his role as the squadron&#8217;s Maintenance Test Pilot that he was flying NZ6368 that fateful day when he was unable to recover the jet from a spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music used in this episode is&nbsp;<em>Hazy After Hours<\/em>, from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mixkit.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixkit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2021\/10\/wonz-246-great-escapes-1-geoff-hubbard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Great Escapes 1 \u2013 Geoff Hubbard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;G<a href=\"http:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2021\/10\/wonz-247-great-escapes-2-peter-lindsay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reat Escapes 2 &#8211; Pete Lindsay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2021\/11\/wonz-248-great-escapes-3-phil-barnes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Great Escapes 3 &#8211; Phil Barnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2022\/02\/wonz-253-great-escapes-safety-and-surface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Escapes 4 &#8211; Safety And Surface<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4432.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Above: A framed before and after photo of Strikemaster NZ6368 that was presented to F\/Lt Sean Singleton-Turner by the RNZAF Base Ohakea Photographic Section after his ejection.  (Sean Singleton Turner photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped.jpg 499w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thumbnail_ohakea_cropped-400x512.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Above: Jim Rankin, left, and Sean Singleton-Turner, right, in 1992 at the completion of their Aermacchi conversion course. just months before the ejection occurred. (Sean Singleton Turner photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled.jpg 421w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Above: A screenshot of Sean during the interview in April 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OhG3943d-20-81-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The aircraft that was destroyed in the incident. Ground crew washing down No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6368 during Exercise Falcon&#8217;s Roost 13 at Kaikohe airfield. 13\/12\/1981. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-723x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-1446x2048.jpg 1446w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-400x566.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3799-92-scaled.jpg 1808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A comparison of the two jets that Sean was flying on the squadron. Air to air view of No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6370 in formation with Aermacchi NZ6463 prior to the retirement of the Strikemaster in RNZAF Service. Flying from RNZAF Base Ohakea. 19\/11\/1992. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-1024x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-1536x1203.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-2048x1604.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oh3338-92_1-400x313.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>View of the wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6368, flown by Flight Lieutenant Sean Singleton-Turner, RAAF, which crashed on 27 October near Pahiatua, after failing to recover from an intentional spin. 28\/10\/1992, The pilot ejected safely. (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest:&nbsp;Sean Singleton-Turner<\/p>\n<p>Host:&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded:&nbsp;20th of April 2022<\/p>\n<p>Released:&nbsp; 22nd of April 2022<\/p>\n<p>Duration:&nbsp;41 minutes 19 seconds<\/p>\n<p>This episode is the fifth in a series called \u201cGreat Escapes\u201d,&nbsp;covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his ejection from RNZAF [&#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":[2369,89,1913,602,806,951,340,2289,2290,2294,952,14,31,917,90,1628,192,2367,2366,2304,213,2368,916],"class_list":["post-9722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","tag-2369","tag-aviation","tag-bac","tag-bac167","tag-crash","tag-dave","tag-dave-homewood","tag-ejection","tag-ejector","tag-great-escapes","tag-homewood","tag-jet","tag-new-zealand","tag-over","tag-podcast","tag-sean","tag-show","tag-singleton","tag-singleton-turner","tag-spin","tag-strikemaster","tag-turner","tag-wings","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722","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=9722"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10427,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722\/revisions\/10427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}