Events In History
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13 July 1916Vivian Walsh obtains New Zealand’s first pilot’s certificateFollowing 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). Read more...
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5 February 1911New Zealand’s first controlled powered flightPioneering aviator Vivian Walsh took to the skies over South Auckland for the first successful flight in New Zealand. Read more...
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Main image: New Zealand Flying School badge
Cap badge for the Walsh Brothers' New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland