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Beverley Aeronautical Museum, WA Australia
| Address | 139 Vincent Street,
Beverley
Western Australia, 6304, Australia | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-9646 1555 |
Beverley Aeronautical Museum was built in 1967 as a tribute to Mr Selby Ford, a local resident who in 1928 started building a bi-plane from a design in a magazine. The plane took two years to complete and cost approximately 600 pounds.
Working from drawings on the power house floor, Selby Ford and a friend launched the plane in a field half a mile from the Beverley townsite. Captain Nesbitt was the test pilot and he reported the plane as safe as a church. It was flown to Maylands where it was inspected by Major De-Havilland and Amy Johnson. Because the blueprints were not available, the plane could not be licensed commercially, thereby putting an end to its flying career.
The 'Silver Centenary' was the first privately made aeroplane in the State. Today the 'Silver Centenary' forms the main attraction in the museum, together with a vampire jet, various items of aviation equipment and an Anso Cheetah 9 engine from Jimmy Woods. There are models of Air India 707 and a Malaysian-Singapore Comet Jet. The museum explains the stories of aviation from 1911 to John Glenn's epic space flight.
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| Activity | Lessons/Tutorials. | | Entity Facility | Car park. | | Experience | Historic/Heritage. |
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