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Walsh, Vivian Claude

 Person

Biographical Note

Vivian Claude Walsh was an English-born New Zealand engineer. Vivian and his brother Leo Austin Walsh were pioneers of New Zealand aviation. The brothers built a British Howard Wright biplane, which Vivian first flew on 5 February 1911. This was the first recognised powered flight made in New Zealand.

They also established the New Zealand Flying School in 1915 to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps, building their own series of flying boat trainers.

Vivian Walsh made pioneering airmail, air passenger, and air survey flights, but was unable to make these commercially viable, and in 1924 he sold the New Zealand Flying School assets to the New Zealand Government, and gave up all involvement in aviation. He died in 1950.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Prentice Arthur Kusabs Boeing B & W (Model 1) photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-02-05-A
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of twenty-three (23) black-and-white photographs of the Boeing B & W (Model 1). The images were taken by Prentice Arthur Kusabs, circa 1919, and depict the two Boeing Model 1s aircraft that were sold to the Walsh Brothers' New Zealand Flying School. The photographs range in size from 1x2" to 3x4" and show the aircraft in flight and on the ground. A few images include unidentified people, some of whom are possibly the Walsh brothers, George Bolt, and Kusabs. One...

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