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AEA Silver Dart - First controlled powered flight in Canada (Feb 1909)

The AEA Silver Dart became the first powered aircraft to fly in Canada when it took off at Baddeck, Nova Scotia on February 23, 1909, piloted by Canadian aviation pioneer John Alexander Douglas McCurdy. It was designed and built by Alexander Graham Bell and members of the Aerial Experimental Association (A.E.A.). Constructed out of steel tubing, wood, bamboo, friction tape, wire, rubberized fabric, and doped linen, it had no brakes and was very difficult to manoeuvre. Its name was inspired by the silver-looking rubberized fabric used to cover the aircraft.

Photos of this aircraft

Source : Wikipedia

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Stamps depicting this aircraft

Canada 1959 SG 509, Scott 383

Canada 2009 SG 2602, Scott 2317

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Sources / URLs for addl info

1. Wikipedia entry - AEA Silver Dart.

2. National Air Force Museum of Canada

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