WONZ 262 – 2022-2023 Airshow Season

Guest: Tracy Dixon, Ed Taylor, Gavin Conroy and Frank Parker Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 19th of October 2022 Released:  20th of October 2022 Duration: 53 minutes 56 seconds In this episode of the WONZ Show, Dave Homewood chats with four of the key people behind New Zealand’s biggest airshows, Tracy Dixon (Wings Over Wairarapa), Ed Taylor (Warbirds Over Wanaka), Gavin Conroy (Yealands Classic Fighters) and Frank Parker (President of NZ Warbirds Association, and Warbirds On Parade). We hear a little about the journey each of them went through to get to the position they have within the airshow industry, and we discuss the challenges to airshows in recent years. With more optimism we look at the upcoming airshows this summer, with Warbirds On Parade on the 4th of December 2022 at Ardmore, Wings Over Wairarapa at Masterton over the 24th to 26th of February 2023, and Classic Fighters at Omaka over Easter weekend, 7th to 9th of April 2023. Quick Links: New Zealand Warbirds Association Inc. New Zealand Warbirds Association on Facebook Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival Website Wings Over Wairarapa on Facebook Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka Website Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka on Facebook Warbirds Over Wanaka Warbirds Over Wanaka on Facebook Above: NZ Warbirds President Frank Parker (Photo Geoff Soper). Above: Gavin Conroy, of Yealands Classic Fighters airshow. Above: Tracy Dixon, of Wings Over Wairarapa. Above: Ed Taylor of Warbirds Over Wanaka. The music heard in this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud