Back Issues: When Milson was home to an international airport
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1996, Palmerston North airport became an international airport when Freedom Air started regular flights to Brisbane and Sydney. Other destinations were added in 1999. It was not to last, international flights stopped from the city in 2007. The very first international flight was received at the Milson Airport in November 1934, when New Zealanders competed in the London to Melbourne air race.
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- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- August 17, 2024
- Digitisation id
- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_043168
- Format
- Born Digital
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Russell Poole
- Place
- Palmerston North
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