[1] He formed the Canterbury Aero Club in 1910, helping to make and fly gliders on the Cashmere Hills.

[2][3] In 1921 he flew from Auckland to Wellington in 5 hours and 16 minutes with stops at Kawhia and Wanganui with Leo Walsh as passenger.

Several streets and aviation related facilities in various New Zealand cities are named after him, including George Bolt Memorial Drive, the main access road to Auckland International Airport.

Bolt performed initial research into the achievements of aviation pioneer and inventor Richard Pearse during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

In the 1953 Coronation Honours, Bolt was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to aviation.