"Mayor Greets First New Runway Arrivals" - Milson Airport

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 April 1958, page 6: "Seen shaking hands after an inaugural landing of a commercial aircraft on the new sealed runway at Milson Airport today is the Mayor (Mr. W.B. Tennent, M.P.) and the pilot of an Airways Corporation's D.C.3 (Mr. R.J. Montrowe). Alighting from the steps of the aircraft is the first officer (Mr. D. Johns.)"

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

April 14, 1958

Digitisation id

2017N_2017-20_014711

Format

B&W negative

Held in

Other