Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 "Cleared to Land," early days of aviation in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons
p. 15 Design for living: the Savage Crescent conservation area / Margaret Tate
p. 25 Atawhai / Patricia Keiller ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2010
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith – Southern Cross. The Southern Cross damaged a wing when she sank into a drain while taxing at Milson NZ aerodrome on 4th February 1933. In addition to damage to the port side wing she also broke her port side prope...
Creator: D W Jones
Place: Milson aerodrome
Date: February 4, 1933
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
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith – Southern Cross. The Southern Cross damaged a wing when she sank into a drain while taxing at Milson NZ aerodrome on 4th February 1933. In addition to damage to the port side wing she also broke her port side propeller...
Kingsford Smith visited Palmeston North as part of a tour around New Zealand. Repairs to his aeroplane were necessary after the 'Southern Cross' was damaged when taxiing to a halt at Milson Aerodrome on Saturday 4 Feb 1933. The damaged wing was re...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: The Showgrounds. Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
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
Repairing the wing of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" aircaft with 3-ply wood in a Palmerston North Agricultural and Pastoral showground building in Waldegrave Street. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VI...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: The Showgrounds. Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
The 'Southern Cross', flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew, shortly before its departure from Milson Aerodrome. The Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft was delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after its wing was damaged during taxiin...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
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
Charles Kingsford Smith damaged his aircraft when taxiing at 5mph along the Milson Aerodrome runway before take off. The left wheel sank axle-deep in a boggy patch of ground. The left wing and port propellor were damaged taking several weeks to be...
Creator: G F Framjee [?]
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: February 4, 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. Mr T C B...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
Sightseers view the damaged 'Southern Cross' aircraft at Milson Airport. The wing of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s famous aircraft was damaged while the aircraft was taxiing to a halt at the aerodrome 4 February 1933. The wing was repaired at an ...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: Milson Airport, 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