Following the establishment of the New Zealand Flying School at Ōrākei on Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour, Vivian Walsh became the first pilot to obtain an aviator’s certificate in New Zealand (several New Zealanders had earlier qualified as pilots in England).
Vivian Walsh
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5 February 1911
Pioneering aviator Vivian Walsh took to the skies over South Auckland for the first successful flight in New Zealand.
Main image: New Zealand Flying School badge
Cap badge for the Walsh Brothers' New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland