Biography: Walsh, Austin Leonard and Walsh, Vivian Claude

Curtiss Walsh seaplane ‘C’

A modern colour artwork showing a seaplane flying over water with dolphins swimming beneath and Rangitoto Island in the background

An artistic impression of the Walshes’ Curtiss seaplane ‘C’ in flight above Waitematā Harbour in 1918, with Rangitoto Island in the background.

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Terry Moyle. 'Walsh, Austin Leonard and Walsh, Vivian Claude', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021, updated May 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/47502/curtiss-walsh-seaplane-c (accessed 4 June 2026).