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Revision as of 11:25, 26 November 2007
The Silver Centenary is a Biplane built by Selby Ford in Beverley Western Australia during 1929-1930. It inaugural flight was on the July 1, 1930, it was flown for about 18 months by a number of Pilots including British aviator Amy Johnson. The aircraft was eventually grounded after Ford was unable to provide blue prints and technical specifications, the Silver Centenary was moth balled in 1933.
From 1933 to until Ford's death in a car accident in 1967 the aircraft hung from the roof of the Beverley powerhouse. After Ford's the death the people of Beverley created an aviation museum with the Silver Centenary being the feature piece.
In 2006 Ford's grandson Rod Edwards retrieved the plane from the museum to enable restoration this caused much concern to people of Beverley. Mr Edwards as part of the restoration decided to obtain airworthy certification for the plane, in August 2007 the plane received its airworthy certificate 77 years since it was originally built.
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The Silver Centenary flies again by Jonathan Beal ABC News (Australia)