Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961) was a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. However, West did not lear...
Date: February 1938
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1936
The figure on the left is Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961), a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. How...
Date: 1938
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1938 to 1939
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1938
J. Linklater (M.P. for Manawatū and the aero club's president), J. G. Coobe (Minister of Defence) and club member D. F. Smillie pose in front of a World War I Bristol Fighter. The Bristol, a R.N.Z.A.F. Machine, had been flown up from Wigram Air F...
Date: December 1931
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
Date: 1930s
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1955
The Palmerston North Flying School was formed in 1966 by Alexander Brian Milne (a former RNZAF Pilot Officer in WWII and 'A'Cat pilot) and Syd Jensen.
Date: circa 1970
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1990s
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome. It may show the opening of the Middle Districts Aero Club's new twin hanger and clubhouse in December 1938. Unfortuantely, on 17 February 1939 in a large fire which destroyed th...
Date: circa 1938
The Middle Districts Aero Club acquired its first Tiger Moth in 1938 and by the end of 1949, had a fleet of six Tigers. These were considered the most practical aircraft for training new pilots. In 1958, Champions began replacing Tigers as the pre...
Date: 1965
Members of the aero club and a large group of boys stand around a landed aircraft.
Date: circa 1940
This photograph shows members who were prominent in club affairs at the time standing in front of a hanger and three aircrafts at Milson Aerodrome. From the left: A. Chandler, J. Penny, R. McDonald, G. W. Dixon, H. E. Edmunds (president), R. L. Mc...
Date: 1935
From left (seated) are: M. Nathan, L. Stannard, H. E. Edmunds and Miss Shannon. Standing are: K. G. Chamberlain, J. B. Smillie, N. R. Lecher, R. L. Forrest, A. Radford, R. Linklater, A. H. Honeyfield, E. W. Pearse, R. L. McGaffin, J. Penny, G. W. ...
Date: 1930s
The street in the centre of the photograph, running towards the Manawatū River, is Victoria Avenue. Broadway Avenue runs parallel to the lower edge of the photo, with the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit visible in the lower righthand corner.
Date: 1976 to 1977
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977
Work on the foundations for the Civic Administration Building is visible in the upper right of this photograph, suggesting a date of about 1976 or 1977.
Date: 1976 to 1977
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977