HMNZS Te Mana

The past month has included a number of events related to the Royal Australian Navy’s International Fleet Review 2013 as well as the arrival of Jetstar’s new 787-8. Grant’s been visiting a few ships & interviewing their aircrew while Kathy’s had a flight on Australia’s brand new MRH-90 Taipan transport helicopters. Not long after that, Grant was in Sydney to watch the mass-flypast of aircraft as the fleet steamed into Sydney harbour then both Steve & Grant were on the tarmac in Melbourne for the new Jetstar 787 arrival celebrations.

Naturally this generated lots of great new content and we’ve packaged it all up as follows:

• 0:06:43 – LT Hamish Walker, Lynx Pilot on HMS Daring
   
• 0:13:37 – LT CDR Teilo Elliot-Smith, Air Warefare Officer on HMS Daring
   
• 0:27:15 – CDR Angus Essenhigh, Commanding Officer of HMS Daring
   
• 0:34:37 – LT David Roderick, Seasprite Pilot on HMNZS Te Mana
   
• 0:46:17 – LT Hamish Liddy, Seasprite Observer on HMNZS Te Mana
   
• 0:57:22 – Leading Hand Zach Taylor, Seasprite crew on HMNZS Te Mana
   

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  1:06:29 – David presents Grant with their 6 Squadron patch & explains its symbolism
   
• 1:07:43 – Grant chats with listener “Mick from the Frankston line”
   
• 1:14:45 – Kathy Mexted chats with Steve about flying in the MRH-90
   
• 1:17:45 – LT Jack Wadey, MRH-90 Taipan Pilot
   
• 1:31:40 – CPT Brett Chandler, Commanding Officer of HMAS Creswell
   
• 1:38:27 – Kathy chats about how she knew Brett Chandler from some time ago
   
• 1:43:20 – David Hall, CEO of Jetstar Australia & New Zealand
   
• 1:48:53 – Captain Jeremy Schmidt, lead pilot on Jetstar’s 787 programme
   
• 1:55:19 – Gordon Rich-Phillips, Victoria’s Minister for Aviation Industry
   
• 1:59:23 – We wrap it up and sign off