Thought to be the occasion of the air pageant held to mark the inauguration of Union Airways commercial service from Palmerston North 15 January 1936. ZK-ADE (nearest) was owned by the Manawatu Aero Club. Other planes from left: Vickers Vildebeste; NZAF Bomber; NZAF Bomber; ZK-ABY; NZAF Bomber. The NZAF bombers are AVRO 626 aircraft, used for pilot/ observer training and were based at RNZAF Wigram.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Fb%2Fb%2Fd59aff-4492-4f55-b587-fa1bbefa4071%2Fresize_master_176f2366fa994b1088735ea8ac572a84.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=b73d5a2f64c08494636556262fa152d57fb28261&ver=1628689942Aeroplanes, Milson Airport
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1936
- Digitisation ID
- 2009N_Av13_TRA_2257
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- T C Benfell
- Place
- Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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