Avro Avian aircraft at Milson aerodrome. Early 1930's, Goodwin Chichester Company.
Wings displayed in the folded back position to show the easy storage capabilities of the aircraft.
Photo taken by Josie Griffiths with her Box Brownie ca...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

The Miles Hawk, "Spirit of Manawatu" at Milson Aerodrome. This plane swooped in over the enthusiastic crowd at 175 miles per hour at an alititude of 100 feet to much applause!
Photo taken by Josie Griffiths, with her Box Brownie camera, on...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

Foreground left in image is Len Mangham's Monocoupe 70 aircraft, based at Milson. At rear is the visiting Avro 618 TEN from Australia, named the "Faith in Australia", boasting its newly fitted 3 x 330 horsepower Wright Whirlwind Radial engine...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 10, 1934

 Gypsy Moth aircraft as an honor guard over the newly arrived "Tainui", after it completed an International Air Race. 
De Havilland Rapide aircraft flew to Palmerston North after competing in an Air Race, the final part of the fl...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

 De Havilland Rapide at Milson aerodrome after it's epic flight from England to Australia as part of an International Air Race. The plane then flew on to Palmerston North, this part of the flight taking 12 hours and 9 minutes. It was the...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

 Gypsy Moth aircraft as an honor guard over the newly arrived "Tainui", after it completed an International Air Race. 
De Havilland Rapide aircraft flew to Palmerston North after competing in an Air Race, the final part of the fl...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

De Havilland Rapide at Milson aerodrome after it's epic flight from England to Australia as part of an International Air Race. The plane then flew on to Palmerston North, this part of the flight taking 12 hours and 9 minutes. It was the first...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

Photo of Union Airways De Havilland DH 86 passenger and mail aircraft at Milson Aerodrome in circa 1936.
Named Korimako, registration ZK-AEH
Photo taken by Josie Griffiths with her Box Brownie Camera.

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1936

This photograph shows the damage done to the "Southern Cross" when it landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1933

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

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

One of the world’s aviation pioneers, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (Smithy) landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 10 September 1928 just a few months after he and Charles Ulm made the first crossing of the Pacific in the “Southern Cross”. Pi...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          September 10, 1928

The 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, was delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after its wing was damaged during taxiing at the Milson Aerodrome 4 February 1933. It was repaired by voluntary labour at the A & P Associat...

Creator:      T C Benfell
Place:          The Showgrounds, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1933

The engine of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's aeroplane at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, being removed for repair. Kingsford Smith and his crew of the Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1933

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the aeroplane's wing was damaged during taxiing at Milson Aerodrome 4 February 1933.

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1933

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 June 1961 "Many members of the Second New Zealand Division Cavalry unit attended a reunion in Palmerston North at the weekend. This group from Invercargill is shown f...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          June 5, 1961

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1945

Date:          circa 1950

The first International Agricultural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Over 60 aircraft attended from all over New Zealand, and a crowd of 2,000 were entertained with a flypast of 64 planes. It attracted thousands of spec...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          November 9, 1956 to November 10, 1956

Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North, became the headquarters of Union Airways (later merged with National Airways Corporation which became Air New Zealand) when the Palmerston North – Dunedin service was inaugurated 15 January 1936. The three Unio...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 1936

Dave Kelly, operating a paver, was part of the crew who resealed the Palmerston North airport runway.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          November 22, 1979

D Higgins and Sons were the contractors for the resealing of the airport runway. Pat Higgins, seen here checking the final mix of bitumen, was the Managing Director of D Hggins and Sons.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          November 22, 1979

The first International Agricultural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Over 60 aircraft attended from all over New Zealand, and a crowd of 2,000 were entertained with a flypast of 64 planes. It attracted thousands of spec...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          November 9, 1956 to November 10, 1956

The first International Agricultural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Over 60 aircraft attended from all over New Zealand, and a crowd of 2,000 were entertained with a flypast of 64 planes. It attracted thousands of spec...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          November 9, 1956 to November 10, 1956

Malcolm Charles McGregor and Henry Campbell Walker entered the London to Melbourne Air Race, 1934, flying a Miles Hawk aircraft, named “Manawatu”, owned by the Manawatu Centenary Air Race Committee. The plane ended in fourth position in the handi...

Creator:      T C Benfell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1934

Pictured are aeroplanes 'Kereru' and ZK-AEH, "Korimako", one of the original aircraft of Union Airways of New Zealand Ltd who set up headquarters at Palmerston North's Milson Airport in 1936.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

The "Miles Hawk" ZK-AEQ, a training aircaft owned by the Manawatu Aero Club, stands outside the first hangar at Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North.

Creator:      T C Benfell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1935

This Miles Hawk aircraft was flown from England to Australia in the 1934 Air Race. The pilots were Middle Districts Aero Club Chief Instuctor, Squadron Leader McGregor, and the Club Captain, H C Walker, from Palmerston North. They came fourth.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1934

Only one M-3B Falcon Major, pictured here, was registered in New Zealand. It crashed at Rongotai Airport, Wellington, 19 February 1936, killing its pilot, Squadron Leader M C McGregor of Palmerstson North. Union Airways was a subsidary of the Unio...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1935

The fuel depot, operated by Shell Petroleum, at Milson Airport, Palmerston North.

Creator:      O Taylor
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950