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Student pilots, instructors, and Walsh flying boat "B"
- Date
- 1917-1918
- 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
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
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Student pilots, instructors, and Walsh flying boat "B". Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke. Ref: 1/4-123899-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32056316More information can be found in our terms of use.