R.N.Z.A.F., Flying Map - Sheet No. 3 (lower North and Upper South Islands)
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
Date: 1944
Squadron Leader M. C. McGregor and H. C. Walker with the Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ
As part of their centenary celebrations, the City of Melbourne organised an Air Race from London to Melbourne. The Manawatū entrants, Squadron-Leader Malcolm McGregor, the then local instructor, and H. C. Walker, first 'A' licensee trained by the ...
Date: circa 1934
Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ - Squadron Leader M. C. McGregor and H. C. Walker
As part of their centenary celebrations, the City of Melbourne organised an Air Race from London to Melbourne. The Manawatū entrants, Squadron-Leader Malcolm MacGregor, the then local instructor, and H. C. Walker, first 'A' licensee trained by the...
Date: 1934
Participants involved in the 24 hour Challenge Record with a Piper Tomahawk ZK-EVA
On 30 May 1987, 24 pilots and instructors from the Manawatū District Aero Club set a new 24 hour challenge record by keeping a Piper Tomahawk ZK-EVA aloft for 23 hours, 51 minutes and 56 seconds. The club flew 286 circuits, used 528 litres of fuel...
Creator: Drayton-Woods & Associates
Date: May 1987
In front of ‘Manawatu’ (Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ) onboard the TSS Monowai, Wellington
As part of their centenary celebrations, the City of Melbourne organised an Air Race from London to Melbourne. The Manawatū entrants, Squadron-Leader Malcolm MacGregor, the then local instructor, and H. C. Walker, first 'A' licensee trained by the...
Date: November 1934
Panorama of landed planes
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Ernest V. 'Pop' West
Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961) was a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. However, West did not lear...
Date: February 1938
Laura Stannard and Ernest V. "Pop" West inside a Union Airways DH86
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1936
"Two oldest pilots in the world"
The figure on the left is Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961), a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. How...
Date: 1938
A large group of aircrafts
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
McCleod, Laura Stannard and Ernest V. 'Pop' West with a Middle Districts Aero Club aircraft
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1938 to 1939
Tiger Moth ZK-AFU
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1938
Opening day at the Milson Aerodrome
J. Linklater (M.P. for Manawatū and the aero club's president), J. G. Coobe (Minister of Defence) and club member D. F. Smillie pose in front of a World War I Bristol Fighter. The Bristol, a R.N.Z.A.F. Machine, had been flown up from Wigram Air F...
Date: December 1931
People inspecting an aeroplane
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
Date: 1930s
Royal New Zealand Airforce aerial photograph
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
A group of school children inspecting an aeroplane
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1955
CJK Bolkow aircraft in front of the Palmerston North Flying school building
The Palmerston North Flying School was formed in 1966 by Alexander Brian Milne (a former RNZAF Pilot Officer in WWII and 'A'Cat pilot) and Syd Jensen.
Date: circa 1970
Bruce Beard, President of the Manawatū District Aero Club
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1990s
Large gathering in front of corrugated iron hanger
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome. It may show the opening of the Middle Districts Aero Club's new twin hanger and clubhouse in December 1938. Unfortuantely, on 17 February 1939 in a large fire which destroyed th...
Date: circa 1938
Crashed Tiger Moth, Taupo
The Middle Districts Aero Club acquired its first Tiger Moth in 1938 and by the end of 1949, had a fleet of six Tigers. These were considered the most practical aircraft for training new pilots. In 1958, Champions began replacing Tigers as the pre...
Date: 1965
Middle Districts Aero Club - Group around aeroplane
Members of the aero club and a large group of boys stand around a landed aircraft.
Date: circa 1940
Manawatū Aero Club group photograph
This photograph shows members who were prominent in club affairs at the time standing in front of a hanger and three aircrafts at Milson Aerodrome. From the left: A. Chandler, J. Penny, R. McDonald, G. W. Dixon, H. E. Edmunds (president), R. L. Mc...
Date: 1935
Founding member of the Manawatū Aero Club at Milson Aerodrome
From left (seated) are: M. Nathan, L. Stannard, H. E. Edmunds and Miss Shannon. Standing are: K. G. Chamberlain, J. B. Smillie, N. R. Lecher, R. L. Forrest, A. Radford, R. Linklater, A. H. Honeyfield, E. W. Pearse, R. L. McGaffin, J. Penny, G. W. ...
Date: 1930s
ZK-EVA Piper Tomahawk PA38 ZK-EVA flying over Victoria Avenue
The street in the centre of the photograph, running towards the Manawatū River, is Victoria Avenue. Broadway Avenue runs parallel to the lower edge of the photo, with the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit visible in the lower righthand corner.
Date: 1976 to 1977
ZK-EVA Piper Tomahawk PA38 ZK-EVA flying over Milson
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977
Middle Districts Aero Club's aircraft ZK-DOQ flying over The Square
Work on the foundations for the Civic Administration Building is visible in the upper right of this photograph, suggesting a date of about 1976 or 1977.
Date: 1976 to 1977
ZK-EVA Piper Tomahawk PA38 ZK-EVA flying over Fitzroy Bend
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977
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