Beverley - WA

  Airstrip

Position

DEG: -32.12591 116.94909
DMS: 32º 07' 33.28" S 116º 56' 56.72" E
UTM: 50 H 6445607mN 495198mE
Altitude: 210.52m

Description

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

104.52kms East of Perth - Driving 137 km (1 hour 45 mins)

Address & Contact

Beverley WA
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Information

Orientation 115°. Located 132 km east of Perth in the heart of the wheat-sheep belt, Beverley is set on the banks of the Avon River. In many ways it is a typical wheatbelt town (of the larger variety) but its size and the attractiveness of its main street make it more than just another simple service centre. It has a population of over 1200. The town's major attraction is the Aeronautical Museum which was built in 1967 to honour the local inventor Selby Ford who, with a cousin Tom Shackles, built a biplane which they called the 'Silver Centenary'. Although neither man was a flier, the plane was. The two men had literally designed the plane in chalk on their garage floor. They spent two years building it. It first flew in 1930. Later it was taken to Maylands Airfield where Major de Havilland and the aviatrix Amy Johnson flew it. Unfortunately it was never licensed because there were no blueprints of its design. It's hard taking a garage floor to the licensing board!
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Closest Weather Station

Beverley at 05/09:00am WST
Distance from Beverley 3.02km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
17.0°C17.9°C94%16.0°ChPa0.0mmSW6km/hr
3knots
km/hr
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Closest Climatic Station

Beverley
Distance from Beverley 3.02km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C34.233.530.826.121.517.916.817.720.324.328.432.1
Mean Min. °C16.316.714.711.27.96.05.15.05.87.911.514.4
Mean Rain mm11.913.316.422.953.778.677.558.536.123.615.310.4

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