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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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Av 13
Date
circa 1936
Digitisation ID
2009N_Av13_TRA_2257
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1930s,
aeroplanes,
black and white,
flight,
milson airport,
photographs,
transport,
travel,
zk-ade (waco),
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