This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 April 1958, page 6: "Seen after a smooth landing on the new hard runway at Milson Airport today are some of the 24 passengers from the National Airways Corporation's D.C.3 Koreki, the first commercial aircraft to use the landing strip which will be officially opened on Saturday."
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"Enjoyed a Smooth Landing at Milson (Airport)"
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2017-20
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- April 14, 1958
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_014712
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Other
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Milson Airport, Palmerston North
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