New Ejection Seat Series - The WONZ Show
Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:31 pm
The latest Wings Over New Zealand Show, Episode 246, is now online. This episode is the first in a series called “Great Escapes”, which will delve into some intense stories of pilots, aircrew or passengers finding themselves in grave danger in the air, and have managed to have their lives saved by means of an ejection seat, or other means.
This episode features Air Commodore Geoff Hubbard, who served with the RNZAF from 1953 till 1990. On the 3rd of July 1957 Geoff found himself in an inverted spin over the Malayan jungle in de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1, serial WE409, and was forced to “bang out” using the ejector seat. He tells the second by second story of that incredible few minutes in his life. He also details what it was like to fly the Venom as a young fighter pilot, and he talks about the reason why he and No. 14 Squadron RNZAF were there, the Malayan Emergency. He also tells what happened in the very first RNZAF ejection, also a Venom flown by Mike Palmer, who was on the same squadron.
Here's the link:
https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZSh ... f-hubbard/
This episode features Air Commodore Geoff Hubbard, who served with the RNZAF from 1953 till 1990. On the 3rd of July 1957 Geoff found himself in an inverted spin over the Malayan jungle in de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1, serial WE409, and was forced to “bang out” using the ejector seat. He tells the second by second story of that incredible few minutes in his life. He also details what it was like to fly the Venom as a young fighter pilot, and he talks about the reason why he and No. 14 Squadron RNZAF were there, the Malayan Emergency. He also tells what happened in the very first RNZAF ejection, also a Venom flown by Mike Palmer, who was on the same squadron.
Here's the link:
https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZSh ... f-hubbard/