The Silver Dart was early aircraft designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association, formed under the guidance of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and partly funded by Bell’s wife. After many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, it was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It was flown off the ice of Baddeck Bay, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada. The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers, John McCurdy and flew 69 km/h for a distance of only 640 meters.
Additional info on the Silver Dart and why Hammondsport,NY [Glenn H Curtiss]
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Thanks for the comment. There is a nice reproduction of the Silver Dart at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, in Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame.
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