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
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
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 (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
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
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
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
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
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
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
Date: 1930s
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
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
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
Members of the aero club and a large group of boys stand around a landed aircraft.
Date: circa 1940
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
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
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
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
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
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 December 1962, "With the added burden of extra flights due to the holiday rush, the staff of N.A.C. at the Palmerston North Airport have been kept busy. Despite the ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: December 29, 1962
The first International Agricultural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. The aeroplane shown here is possibly a Cessana Model 180. The show attracted thousands of spectators and featured flying disp...
Creator: H Newth
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 1956 to November 10, 1956
Cubs with their leaders being shown an Australian "Mirage" at Ohakea Air Force Base.
Creator: Cheryl Hensman
Place: Ohakea Air force Base
Date: circa 1980
Manuscript written by Doug Turner of Palmerston North. Doug Turner , born 1931, has spent most of his life in the Manawatu area, and developed an interest in aviation at an early age. He describes his time in the Air Training Corp., through w...
Creator: Douglas Turner
Date: 2013
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
Philip Fowler travelled to England to serve as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War One.
This photograph album provides a unique look at his life while serving in Imbros in the Aegean Sea, in England on rest and recreation and...
Creator: Philip Fowler
Date: circa 1916 to 1920
Milson Airport opened in 1936. Aeroplanes, Koromiko, ZK-AFC and ZK-AFD, of Union Airways, parked outside the airport terminal building.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1939
An aerial view showing Palmerston North's Milson runway and buildings, on the edge of the city.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Philip Fowler (1895-1970) served as a pilot in WWI. On his return he worked for the New Zealand Air Transport Company in Timaru transporting passengers, and then for Walsh Brothers, Kohimarama, Auckland. This image was probably taken during this t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: unknown
Date: circa 1920
Philip Fowler (1895-1970), the pilot, served as a pilot in WWI. On his return he worked for the New Zealand Air Transport Company in Timaru transporting passengers, and then for Walsh Brothers, Kohimarama, Auckland. This image was probably taken d...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: circa 1920
Aircraft outside the hangar and other airport buildings.
Creator: Alex M Crocket
Place: Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date: 1950