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Haurongo: Walsh, Austin Leonard rāua ko Walsh, Vivian Claude

Flying to Wellington

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A photograph showing a seaplane moving through water beside the Wellington wharves that are lined with people

George Bolt, with Leo Walsh as passenger, flew the flying school’s Supermarine Channel flying boat from Auckland to Wellington in October 1921. This was the first Auckland to Wellington flight. The supermarine is pictured here in Wellington Harbour. 

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Museum of Transport and Technology

Reference: 15-2567

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Terry Moyle. 'Walsh, Austin Leonard rāua ko Walsh, Vivian Claude', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2021, whakahou May 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47504/flying-to-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).