WONZ 323 – Andrew Brian of Helicopter Heritage

Guest: Andrew Brian of the Helicopter Heritage Museum

Host: Dave Homewood

Recorded: 23rd of February 2025

Published: 4th of May 2025

Duration: 32 minutes, 24 seconds

In this episode we hear from Andrew Brian of the Helicopter Heritage Museum. This is a talk given by Andrew during the Wings Over New Zealand 20th Anniversary Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch.

Andrew talks about how he literally stumbled into the saving, restoration and preservation of helicopters that have flown in New Zealand, and the various types he has rescued. His hobby has developed into a proper scale collection with the backing of businessman Daniel Smith.

As the talk had a very visual component, the photos shown on Andrew’s PowerPoint have been added to a YouTube version of the talk, and also are displayed below.

Quick Links:

• The New Zealand Helicopter Heritage Museum website

• The New Zealand Helicopter Heritage Museum on Facebook

• The Air Force Museum of New Zealand

• The Air Force Museum of New Zealand on Facebook

Thanks to Allan Udy for his assistance with recording this episode.

The music is Wild Flower by Joachim Karud.