Episode Details

Guests: Aaron Pearce, Aaron Patchett, and Fletcher McKenzie

Host: Dave Homewood

Insert: Grant McHerron and Doug Hamilton

Recorded: 5th of February 2020

Released:  6th of February 2020

Duration:  1 hour 43 minutes 40 seconds

In this episode Dave Homewood is joined by Aaron Pearce, Aaron Patchett, and Fletcher McKenzie in this semi-regular The Forum episode.

Aaron Pearce is the Chief Flying Instructor and Manager at South Canterbury Aero Club, Timaru. He has a passion for instructing new pilots, and for aviation in general. He also runs the very popular Kiwi Pilots page on Facebook. He was recently awarded the Grand Master’s Medal by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots in London.

Above: Aaron Pearce

Aaron Patchett is a pilot based at Omaka, where he enjoys flying some of the classic aeroplanes such as the Boeing-Stearman Kaydet, the Yak 52, the Pitts Special and the de Havilland DH83 Fox Moth. Aaron also works for Classic Aero Machining Services, building all sorts of parts for aeroplanes, all the way up to complete Gnome rotary engines.

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