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

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 18th June 2024. Part 2 of 4.   Left Department of Internal Affairs after six months and joined NAC (National Airways Corporation) administration about 1975. Worked there 13 years. Reservations and...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Turitea Valley
Date:          June 18, 2024

Intersection at the corner of Princess and Main Streets. The NAC (National Airways Corporation) building can be seen on the corner, looking West. The building was constructed in the late 1940s, and was completely modernised in 1976.

Creator:      Stan Key - Motorcycle Training School
Place:          Corner of Princess Street & Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1968

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 April, 1959. "First off the Viscount when it arrived on its inaugural flight from Harewood this afternoon at Milson Airport was two-year-old Aubrey Altken, from Dunedi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 January, 1964. "Apiti born Mr J. R. Murray (pictured here) had what he described as a great birthday present on Tuesday--he flew as a co-pilot in an N.A.C. Dakota for...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1964-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

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

The new National Airways Corporation air freight depot officially came into use at Palmerston North Airport on 9 December 1974. Previously freight was taken from the airport to the N.A.C depot in the city. Unloading freight trollies are George Har...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1974

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

Union Airways' inaugural service, between Palmerston North and Dunedin, began in 1936, using three four-engined DH86 airliners. Its routes connected Palmerston North with Auckland, Blenheim Christchurch and Dunedin. Union Airways later combined t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1936

The aeroplane is parked outside the National Airways Corporation terminal building at Milson Airport. The Model 14 Super-Electra (first produced in 1937) claimed to be the fastest airliner of its day (257 mph, 413 km/h).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The NAC building at Milson Airport, Palmerston North

Creator:      Alex M Crocket
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

National Airways Corporation aircraft parked at Milson Airport, Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s