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Maylands Airport

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Maylands Airport (also known as Maylands Aerodrome, Maylands Airfield) on the Maylands Peninsula, in Maylands, Western Australia, was the main landing place of a significant number of record breaking flights in the early stages of flight in Australia.Earlier flights had landed on reclaimed ground adjacent to the city of Perth, known as Langley Park – see text of picture at http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37667620?q=langley+park+landing&c=picture – It was Perth's first official airport and was the birthplace of commercial aviation in Western Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

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