Certificate reads, "To commemorate the introduction of NAC's Boeing 737 services to Palmerston North

This is to certify that: Sean Monaghan

flew on the first passenger jet airliner to use Palmerston North Airport, an NAC Boeing 737 Twin-jet, on S...

Creator:      NAC
Date:          1975

Douglas DC-3 ZK-APA aircraft [Puweto], thought to have been taken at Milson Airport, with the Royal Mail insignia panted near the cockpit.This airplane was used for military and civilian purposes. This photograph was almost certainly taken after 1...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a Harvard airplane transformed into a slide, with children playing, in Main Street, Pahiatua.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Pahiatua
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1963, "Airline travellers were met with a dismal welcome on their arrival at Palmerston North yesterday. With steady rain and a cool wind, the city airport pres...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          April 18, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 November 1958: "The crew and some of the Ohakea station staff who travelled in the Comet on its demonstration flight under the wing of the machine after it had return...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          November 20, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 8th December 1965 "The speed of the camera "freezes" the propellers of trhjDC-3 aircraft shortly after take-off"

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          December 8, 1965

The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen and Prince Philip are at Milson Airport before departing to Wellington.

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1977

Taking to the air is Darby West, test piloting Alexander Radford's home built plane, a modified version of the American Lincoln Sports 1921, at Milson Airport. See Manawatu Evening Standard 23 May 1975, p 10-11 for more information.

Darby (David...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1940

Alexander Reginald George Radford (1890-1972) was born in Hanham near Bristol, England. He was an engineer and worked for various firms in England before emigrating with his wife and parents to New Zealand an 1911 and settling in Christchurch and ...

Creator:      Alex Radford
Date:          1890 to 1972

These photographs were possibly taken in the Gillespies Line area. The photographer is unknown. This was one of the first planes to visit Palmerston North.

Date:          1922 to 1923

This photograph shows a warehouse at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

This photograph shows a hangar at Milson Airport. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

National Airways Corporation DC3s parked in front of Aerodrome Control at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

A photograph in the same set as this was published September 1928 in the Manawatu Daily Times over the news heading "Steering a Plane". The caption underneath reads, "The Southern Cross at Sockburn - a photograph specially taken showing the huge w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Sockburn, Christchurch
Date:          September 1928

A photograph in the same set as this was published September 1928 in the Manawatu Daily Times over the news heading "Steering a Plane". The caption underneath reads, "The Southern Cross at Sockburn - a photograph specially taken showing the huge w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Sockburn, Christchurch
Date:          September 1928

Milson Airport stands on the outskirts of Palmerston North. It was established in 1936. Through the trees can be seen the control tower. Printed in 'The Guardian' 24 September 1975.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1975

The plane on the right is the same as that in 2014N_Av42_009527. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club.

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

This photograph shows the damaged "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 several we...

Creator:      G F Framjee [?]
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1933

M H Oram, later Sir Matthew Oram, Member of Parliament, first President of the Manawatu Aero Club, speaking at the opening of the Club's landing strip. The airstrip was on the site of the present day Palmerston North airport, which began operating...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          December 5, 1931

Douglas DC-3 ZK-APA aircraft [Puweto], thought to have been taken at Milson Airport, with the Royal Mail insignia panted near the cockpit.This aircraft served with the RNZAF as NZ3555 from 20 August 1945 and was re-registered as a civilian aircraf...

Creator:      Elmar Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1947

Douglas DC-3 ZK-APA aircraft [Puweto], thought to have been taken at Milson Airport, with the Royal Mail insignia panted near the cockpit. This airplane was used for military and civilian purposes. This photograph was almost certainly taken after ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The National Airways Corporation aeroplane ZK-APB ‘Popotea’, made by the Douglas Aircraft Co. (US), sits on the grass at what is thought to be Milson Airport. ZK-APB was the first NAC DC-3 to be properly fitted out as an airliner, rather than jus...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The interior of a Dakota aeroplane looking from the cockpit to the rear of the plane. A Red Cross first aid kit can be seen to the right of the toilet and the overhead luggage areas have no cupboard doors.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The interior of a Dakota aeroplane looking from the rear to the cockpit.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

There were six All Black players from the Manawatu in the 1980 tour, the most to represent the province at one time. This photograph is of the group returning home after a tour of North America and Wales. From the left: Doug Rolleston, Gary Knight...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1980

Shown here is the first of the RNZAF’s three Cessna ‘Eagle’ Aircraft which went into service in a training and VIP transport role. The five-seater plane replaced the ageing Devons. The Cessna had a range of 450 nautical miles and cruised at 185 to...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea, Rangitikei Region
Date:          February 13, 1981

A Caterpillar bulldozer excavating the area in front of the airport terminal, for concreting. An Air New Zealand Boeing 737(on the right) and a commuter airline Cessna 402 are parked beyond. Photograph published in the Manawatu Evening Standard 12...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          March 12, 1981

An aerial view showing Palmerston North's Milson runway and buildings, on the edge of the city.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The Palmerston North Ambulance Division attending the opening of Milson Airport. The Ambulance Division was registered in Palmerston North 7 October 1931.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 5, 1931

These photographs were possibly taken in the Gillespies Line area. The photographer is unknown. This was one of the first planes to visit Palmerston North.

Date:          1922 to 1923