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View of hangar interior, New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123891-F
Description: Interior view of an aircraft hangar at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Most of the view is taken up with an aircraft that may be being overhauled or under construction. The engine is uncovered and its wingspan is incomplete. Anton Berntsen is sitting in the forward cockpit. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
View of a Curtis aircraft engine
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123928-F
Description: View of an American built Curtis aircraft engine in Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1917 by Anton Berntsen. The engine has eight cylinders so it may be the Curtis OX-5 aircraft engine which was state of the art new in 1917. If earlier it could be the Curtis OXX engine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" in flight
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123887-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School seen in flight above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" ready for inspection
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123895-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" ready for inspection at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The aircraft is on railway tracks, and in the background can be seen other aircraft and the hangars. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft flying above Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123893-F
Description: Aircraft high above Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama, Auckland. Rangitoto Island can be seen in the background. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
George Bolt working on an aircraft engine
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123885-F
Description: George Bolt working on an aircraft engine at the New Zealand flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. George Bolt trained at the New Zealand Flying School, and then stayed on as an instructor of student pilots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" in flight over Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123886-F
Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School flying over Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama with Rangitoto Island in the background. A motor launch is moored in the foreground. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Student pilots, instructors, and Walsh flying boat "B"
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123899-F
Description: New Zealand Flying School instructor Marmaduke Matthews (extreme right), and a group of student pilots bringing the Walsh flying boat "B" out of the hangar. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
B&W Boeing seaplane "F" parked in shallow water
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123888-F
Description: Seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School parked in shallow water at the edge of the beach at Kohimarima, Auckland. George bolt is in the back cockpit, and three student pilots are variously engaged in the water and on a float. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. This was one of two Boeing seaplanes bought in 1916 by the Walsh Brothers for their New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The two aircraft were the first produced by Boeing, and the first was completed in June 1916. The company first offered the planes to the US Navy who did not buy them, after which they were sold to the Walsh Brothers. After the war they made New Zealand record breaking flights, and were used in early air mail delivery trials. The planes were B&W Boeing seaplanes, the B and the W referring to William Boeing and Navy Lt Conrad Westervelt who designed them. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Instructor and students grouped in front of a Walsh flying boat
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123889-F
Description: Instuctor and students of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, grouped in front of a Walsh flying boat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. They are (from left) - Henry Heard. Tom Reid. Bill Exler. Kelly Smith. Math (Marmaduke) Mathews (instructor seated on plane). ?.... Marriner. Keith Purchase. Ken Fraser. Anton Berntsen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft above Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123890-F
Description: Aircraft of the New Zealand Flying School high above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Rotary engined flying boat
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123901-F
Description: Rotary engined flying boat on Waitemata Harbour off the beach at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. This was a Caudron aircraft, originally equiped for use on land. The Walsh brothers had the floats put on. Anton Berntsen notes that this aircraft was underpowered and used for solo pilots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft over water at Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123918-F
Description: Aircraft flying high over water off Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Refueling Walsh flying boat "B"
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123914
Description: Two men refueling Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft over water at Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123919-F
Description: Aircraft flying over water off Kohimarama, Auckland, with Rangitoto Island in the background. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Refueling Walsh flying boat "B"
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123915
Description: Two men refueling Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft over water at Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123920-F
Description: Aircraft flying high over water off Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Diving off B&W Boeing seaplane "F", New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123926-F
Description: Man diving off B&W Boeing seaplane "F" at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Aircraft high above Kohimarama, Auckland
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123905-F
Description: Air craft flying high above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
Dual controls of Walsh flying boat "B"
Date: 1917-1918
From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Reference: 1/4-123906-F
Description: Dual controls of Walsh flying boat "B". Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The dual contols were for training purposes, one for the instructor and one for the student pilot. Flying boat \"B\" was the first home made aircraft designed and made by the Walsh Brothers and based on their experience with the Curtis flying boat that they imported from the USA. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm