Part Four of the 1955 series “I Saw Them Fly” is now available online via the “Sounds Historical” page on Radio New Zealand’s website. The shows are downloadable. This series is the memories of Frederick Carpenter, who lived in Christchurch, New Zealand at the time of recording in 1955, but who grew up and worked at Farnborough in the earliest days of it becoming an aerodrome. Carpenter was witness to and involved in many of the experimental glider, balloon, airship and powered aeroplane flights there. In this fourth episode of six he remembers the beginning of military aviation at Farnborough. This is a brilliant series with first hand memories read by the man himself. Find Episode four on this page for the episode dated 26 April 2015:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical
Also previous episodes if you’ve missed them can be found here:
Episode One
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical/20150308
Episode Two
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical/20150405
Episode Three
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical/20150412
By: Dave Homewood - 15th October 2015 at 12:48
Great news for the early aviation buffs. I sent a reminder through to Jim Sullivan at Sounds Historical a few weeks back that parts 5 and 6 of the series “I Saw Them Fly” had still not yet aired and it had been a while since episode 4 back in April.
Jim Sullivan acknowledged my reminder and kindly made sure to put them in the schedule, the result being Episode 5 aired this past Sunday – and it’s great! With personal memories of Samuel Cody, Geoffrey de Havilland, Alliott Verdon Roe, and James McCudden just before WWI – and it can be listened to here, 18 minutes into this recording:
podcast.radionz.co.nz/history/history-20151011-2105-sounds_historical_for_11_october_2015_part_2-048.mp3
By: Dave Homewood - 7th May 2015 at 12:06
Part four’s page is now on this link
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical/20150426
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April 28, 2015 at 12:05 am