Kiwi Tales podcasts and videos of Kiwis with interesting stories to tell.
I really enjoy interacting with people on a one on one basis, and trying to understan...
Kiwi Tales #15: Willie Sage - Flying Stories and Pearls of Wisdom
Willie Sage has had a hugely varied career, ranging from shearing, to bush flying, to helicopters, to jets, to a highly respected Flight Examiner.In this interview (his second on Kiwi Tales), he tells a few stories of his aviation career, and offers some common sense thoughts and insights about relevant aviation topics.0:00 Introduction7:36 Flying Jets13:46 International Ferry Flights17:35 Bush Flying26:56 Airline Flight Training42:21 Flight Checking & Training59:12 Tips for New Pilots1:02:22 ATC Rules1:08:31 Brain Plasticity for Older Pilots1:13:26 Final Questions
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Kiwi Tales # 13: Bernie Lewis - From Tiger Moths to Test Pilot
Bernie Lewis is a 96 year old RAF and test pilot veteran. He has had an incredible aviation career that most of us can only dream of, having flown a huge range of fixed and multi-wing aircraft including the Vulcan bomber flying test bed. Not bad for a farm boy from Takaka who was no good at maths!!
He has written a book titled "From Tiger Moths to Test Pilot" telling of his career. It is available for purchase from The Copy Press, Nelson.
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0:00 Introduction
6:31 Early Years
28:53 Learning to Fly 1948
31:13 Joining the RAF 1950
35:28 Germany Posting
44:24 Instructing
46:39 Empire Test Pilot School
57:47 Helicopter Conversion
1:02:21 Bristol Siddeley Test Pilot 1963
1:10:04 Scout Helicopter Incidents
1:20:42 Interesting Test Pilot Jobs
1:47:37 Test Pilot Questions
1:55:29 Return to NZ 1971, CAA
2:00:17 Flying the Dauphin Helicopter
2:03:53 Parachuting
2:05:37 Final Questions
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Kiwi Tales #14: Cynric Temple-Camp - Pathologist. Stories of the Dead.
Cynric Temple-Camp has been a Pathologist at Palmerston North Hospital for nearly 40 years. In that time he has performed countless autopsies on murder victims, accident victims, unexplained deaths and many others, and has studied multitudes of viruses and diseases.
He has documented many of these cases in his three published books - The Cause of Death, The Quick and the Dead, and the Final Diagnosis, and has a knack of bringing people's stories to life in an almost poetic manner.
At the end of this interview is footage of a tour of the Pathology departments at Palmerston North Hospital kindy provided to me by Cynric.
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Also available on Spotify and other major podcast apps.
0:00 Introduction
13:45 Pathology
19:05 Curious Case of the Dead Man in a Locked Room
27:58 Books
34:34 Upbringing and Airforce Career in Rhodesia
42:39 Tragic Case of 3 year Old "Precious"
47:03 Becoming a Pathologist
1:00:58 Immigrating to NZ
1:06:28 First NZ Case - Exhumation
1:12:18 Calculating Time of Death
1:21:21 Finding Nothing in an Autopsy
1:25:16 Jason Chase Disappearance
1:37:39 Murder
1:42:42 Jack and the Beanstalk Re-Interpretation
1:46:25 Daniel Luff Murder
1:51:45 Memory (Olivia Hope and Ben Smart case)
1:58:39 Mark Lundy Case and Trials
2:07:02 Accidents
2:11:06 Piper Seneca Crash
2:15:48 Ansett Dash 8 Crash
2:18:41 Connection to the Person
2:21:51 Holding a Brain
2:24:00 Soul Weight Experiment
2:28:22 Final Questions
2:38:22 Tour - Specimen Testing
2:47:30 Tour - Mortuary
2:57:10 Tour - Histology Lab
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Kiwi Tales # 12: Doctor Dave - The Uncensored Healthy Bastards Story
Dave Baldwin (aka Doctor Dave) is a practicing GP in Bulls, and operates the Bulls Flying Doctor Service throughout NZ. He has a personality that is infectious, and is one of those larger than life characters that never seems to slow down.
In this interview Dave tells with openness and honesty his personal story of how it all came about, the Healthy Bastards campaign, and the tragic loss of their son in 2012.
And at the end of the interview there’s a bonus clip showing a little slice of the personal life of Dr Dave …
Episode Links:
Bulls Flying Doctor Service https://www.flyingdoctor.co.nz/home
International Healthy Bastards Club https://www.healthybastards.co.nz/home
Also available on Spotify and other major podcast apps.
0:00 Introduction
22:43 Fox Glacier Accident
34:37 Childhood
44:27 Schooling/University
1:03:15 Becoming a Doctor
1:05:48 RNZAF/75 Squadron
1:09:25 Bulls Medical Centre
1:21:20 Learning to Fly
1:24:30 Bulls Flying Doctor Service
1:36:43 ZK-RJG
1:42:08 CAA Directors Safety Award
1:44:08 Men's (& Women's) Health
1:46:00 Healthy Bastards Campaign
2:09:17 Family Tragedy
2:21:11 Suicide Epidemic in NZ
2:30:28 Spirituality
2:37:44 Death
2:40:03 Writing
2:47:43 Final Questions
2:56:32 Dr Dave Up Close and Personal
Music:
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/aura-classica/eine-kleine-nachtmusik-mozart
License code: YGLE9TEIORFD7S5V
Summer Rain
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/summer-rain
License code: FE4FFRAKB5T4IFF3
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Kiwi Tales # 11: Ewan Smith - The Story of Air Rarotonga
Ewan Smith founded Air Rarotonga nearly in 1978, and is still the Managing Director nearly 50 years later.
In this interview he tells the story of how it all started, the ups and downs of running an airline in the remote south pacific, and also how personal tragedy has shaped his and his family's lives.
Kiwi Tales podcasts and videos of Kiwis with interesting stories to tell.
I really enjoy interacting with people on a one on one basis, and trying to understand what makes them tick, and how they came to be where they are in their life today.
I have encountered so many people in my life that have such interesting stories to tell, and have their own unique perspective on the world, and I often find myself thinking what a shame it is we will never know their story.
These people are not always those we might imagine them to be. There are people who live their life quietly without a word as to what they’ve done in their past. There are old folks who have done things in younger days that we would think impossible now.
Everyone has a story to tell, and that is my goal with this little idea, to try and tell them, and in doing so to encourage, provide hope, and to inspire.
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