Episode Details

Guest: Sean Singleton-Turner

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 20th of April 2022

Released:  22nd of April 2022

Duration: 41 minutes 19 seconds

This episode is the fifth in a series called “Great Escapes”, covering stories of RNZAF ejections from aircraft that have saved lives in emergency situations.

In this episode we hear from Sean Singleton-Turner about his ejection from RNZAF BAC167 Strikemaster Mk. 88, NZ6368, on the 27th of October 1992.

Sean was a Royal Australian Air Force Pilot, flying with the RNZAF on an exchange posting to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF. The squadron was based at RNZAF Base Ohakea, and Sean was actively involved with converting instructors and other pilots from the Strikemaster to the Aermacchi MB339CB Macchi, plus training cadet pilots on the first ever Macchi course. He also was still occasionally flying the Strikemaster, and it was in his role as the squadron’s Maintenance Test Pilot that he was flying NZ6368 that fateful day when he was unable to recover the jet from a spin.

The music used in this episode is Hazy After Hours, from Mixkit

Quick Links:

• Great Escapes 1 – Geoff Hubbard

• Great Escapes 2 – Pete Lindsay

• Great Escapes 3 – Phil Barnes

• Great Escapes 4 – Safety And Surface

Listen Now