This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.

Caption: “Miss Helen Wilson with airhostess Miss Sargeant on the steps of the N.A.C. plane which took her on the first step of her journey to A...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1960

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 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 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 just...

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

ZK_AFD was an important Lockheed Electra 10a, built in 1937. It was often the first plane to fly new national routes in the 1930s and 1940s. Eight aircraft eventually operated in New Zealand - seven for Union Airways/NAC and one for Trans Island A...

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The plane was originally owned by the Dutch Air force and known as LT9-9. It was then registered in Australia as VH-CAC. Bought by Aircraft Pty Ltd, who on-sold aeroplanes, it was then in service with NAC with the name “Koriri" (registered as ZK-...

Creator:      Dennis Kelly
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947