Biography & Autobiography Science & Technology
Silver Dart
The Story of J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's First Pilot and the First Airplane
- Publisher
- Breton Books
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2014
- Category
- Science & Technology, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926908298
- Publish Date
- Jun 2014
- List Price
- $18.95
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A WARM, ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENTERTAINING biography of the fearless pioneer pilot who flew Canada into the Aviation Era when his Silver Dart lifted off lake ice in Baddeck, February 23, 1909. The story of the Aerial Experiment Association — four young men around Alexander Graham Bell — that developed and flew the flimsy planes that became the legendary Silver Dart. A story of companionship, invention and courage, as Canadian aviation was born in Cape Breton Island.