New Zealand Flying School

Walsh Brothers type D flying boat

The New Zealand Flying School was formed in 1915, by the Walsh Brothers, Leo and Vivian, to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps. The school flew a fleet of home-built and imported flying boats from Mission Bay on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, near where a sculpture now stands to commemorate the Walsh brothers. Over 100 pilots trained at the school, most of them going on to serve in the First World War, including ace Keith Caldwell.

The flying school was sold to the New Zealand Government in 1924 after struggling to survive after the end of the war.

Aircraft

A 1993 documentary "Wings on the Waitemata" includes historical footage of the Walsh brothers' flying school.

Airports in New Zealand

International	Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Queenstown Wellington

Domestic	Ardmore Blenheim Chatham Islands Claris Gisborne Hamilton Hawke's Bay Hokitika Invercargill Kaikoura Kaitaia Kapiti Coast Karamea Kerikeri Nelson New Plymouth North Shore Okiwi Palmerston North Picton Rotorua Stewart Island Takaka Taupo Tauranga Timaru Waiheke Island Wairoa Westport Whakatane Whanganui Whangarei Whitianga

General aviation	Alexandra Ashburton Balclutha Coromandel Cromwell Dannevirke Dargaville Feilding Forest Field Fox Glacier Foxton Franz Josef Galatea Glenorchy Glentanner Gore Greymouth Haast Hanmer Springs Hastings Jacks Point Kaikohe Lumsden Mandeville Martinborough Masterton Matamata Milford Sound Motueka Mount Cook Oamaru Omaka Omarama Opotiki Parakai Pauanui Pitt Island Rangiora Roxburgh Taieri (Mosgiel) Taumarunui Te Anau/Manapouri Te Awamutu Te Kowhai Te Kuiti Tekapo Thames Tokoroa Tongariro Turangi Twizel/Pukaki Waihi Beach Waimate Waipukurau Wanaka West Melton

Military	Ohakea Waiouru Whenuapai Woodbourne

Former	Bell Block Dawson Farm Evans Bay Hobsonville Kohimarama Beach Mangere Mechanics Bay Mt Iron Norwood Ocean Beach (Bluff) Seagrove Shelly Bay Te Anau Te Pirita Waimakariri Waipapakauri Wigram Whataroa (Wataroa)

List of airports in New Zealand

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