Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 10th September 2019. Early life. Airforce cadetship. 1 year initial training at Woodburn. Further year at Wigram, then permanent appointment to Ohakea as instrument fitter. Time serving in UK.

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          September 10, 2019

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1996, Palmerston North airport became an international airport when Freedom Air started regular flights to Brisbane and Sydney. Other destinations were added in 1999. It wa...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 17, 2024

Possibly taken at the air pageant which marked the official opening of the aerodrome on December 5 1931.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1930s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1 April, 1959. "The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C., was the chief visitor to Ohakea yesterday in the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          1959-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

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 3 May, 1963. "The cast of the famous Ziegfeld Follies arrived at Milson yesterday, having been delayed by bad weather in Nelson. Despite the gusty wind the girls formed ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1963-05-03T00:00:00+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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 May, 1963. "Twenty-two members of the cast of 60 involved in the Napier B.S.A. Tin Hat Club "Anzac Review" this year are seen prior to boarding a Friendship aircraft a...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

Crowd and Planes on display

Creator:      Max Youle
Place:          Ohakea, Bulls
Date:          March 29, 1958

Fly-pass of aircraft. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          November 1956

Possibly a Bell model 47 helicopter. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          November 1956

This image was published in an article in the Manawatū Daily Times on 7 December, 1962. "With the surging thrust from four British Olympus engines, the last of three R.A.F Vulcan nuclear bombers hurtles skyward over the end of the runway at R.N.Z....

Creator:      Manawatū Daily Times
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          1962-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

An aeroplane flying over the central city of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

According to the promotional booklet "Palmerston North: A Model Modern City", this image shows the Union Airways hangar at Milson. Two Lockwood and De Haviland planes are on display.

Creator:      G F Framjee
Date:          circa 1939

Parachutists. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956

The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956

Parachutists. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956

Aircraft outside the hangar and other airport buildings.

Creator:      Alex M Crocket
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Possibly a De Havilland DHC - 2 Beaver. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 p...

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956

Possibly taken at the air pageant which marked the official opening of the aerodrome on December 5 1931.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1930s

Aerial top-dressing display. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956

Possibly taken at the air pageant which marked the official opening of the aerodrome on December 5 1931.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1930s

Possibly three Cesna Model 180s. The first International Agricutural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. Over 60 aircraft attended and a crowd of 2000 were entertained with a fly-pass of 64 planes.

Creator:      H Newth
Date:          November 1956