Langley Park, Perth

{{Short description|Park in Perth, Western Australia}}

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| caption = Langley Park, looking across the western end towards the Perth CBD, circa 2006. The dominant building on the right is the Federal Law Courts, the gardens in front include Government House and Supreme Court Gardens

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| location = Perth, Western Australia

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| designation1 = State Register of Heritage Places

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Langley Park is an open space in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. Running alongside Riverside Drive, it is grassed, rectangular in shape and has approximate dimensions {{convert|900|x|100|m}}. It was created by reclaiming land from the adjacent Swan River between 1921 and 1935, to provide open space near the city.[http://www.cityofperth.wa.gov.au/html/ser09_parks.php#langley www.cityofperth.wa.gov.au] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324112847/http://www.cityofperth.wa.gov.au/html/ser09_parks.php#langley |date=24 March 2006 }} Langley Park. Accessed 21 March 2006

As a pioneer of civil aviation in Western Australia, Major Norman Brearley used the park as an airstrip in the 1920s. That tradition continues with "fly-ins", where small aircraft land in the park.[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?placesearch=Langley%20Park%2C%20Perth&distinct_entry=true www.airliners.net] Aviation Photos: Langley Park, Perth. Accessed 21 March 2006 In 2003, to celebrate 100 years of powered flight, 10 aircraft – one representing each decade of the 20th century – landed.{{citation|url=http://www.sabc.org.au/All/Calendar/Archive/CentenaryFlight.pdf|title=Centenary of Aviation Fly In|author=Werner Buhlmann, Royal Aero Club of WA|publisher=Sport Aircraft Builders Club|accessdate=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504234721/http://sabc.org.au/All/Calendar/Archive/CentenaryFlight.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sabc.org.au/All/Calendar/Archive/CentenaryOfFlightB.html|title=Centenary of Flight, Langley Park Fly-In - 29th April 2003|publisher=Sport Aircraft Builders Club|accessdate=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619184437/http://sabc.org.au/All/Calendar/Archive/CentenaryOfFlightB.html|archive-date=19 June 2005|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://toomuchfs.com/reallife/rl_flyin.htm |title=Langley Park fly-in: Commemorating 100 years of Aviation. |date=26 April 2003 |accessdate=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221003147/http://toomuchfs.com/reallife/rl_flyin.htm |archivedate=21 February 2005 }} Aircraft have also used the park to perform emergency landings. In 1997 a Tiger Moth TMK had an engine failure and put down in the park."Two Die As Old Plane Crashes" by John Townsend, The West Australian, 2 March 1998 While not an official airfield, Langley Park makes Perth a place where fixed-wing aircraft can land in proximity to the central business district.[http://www.discoverwest.com.au/didyknow.html#aircraft www.discoverwest.com.au] Interesting Facts Did you know?. Accessed 21 March 2006