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The First Airplane Flight in Canada
 
By Cosmos Mariner, July 22, 2019
Le premier vol effectué dans l'Empire britannique par un sujet britannique (French panel)
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1 ► Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Baddeck — First Flight by a British Subject in the British Empire — Le premier vol effectué dans l'Empire britannique par un sujet britannique — 1909-1959 —
English:In honor of the Aerial Experiment Association consisting of Alexander Graham Bell F. W. Baldwin Glenn H. Curtiss J. A. D. McCurdy Thomas E. Selfridge and of the Silver Dart which they designed and built . . . — — Map (db m139879) HM
2 ► Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Baddeck — The First Airplane Flight in Canada — Le premier vol d'avion au Canada —
English: On February 23, 1909, more than 100 people witnessed the first successful powered flight in Canada, as the Silver Dart lifted off the ice of Baddeck Bay and flew 800 metres. The biplane, piloted by J. A. D. McCurdy, reached a . . . — — Map (db m79990) HM
3 ► Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Baddeck — First Aeroplane Flight — In the British Empire. —
Commemorating The work of the Aerial Experiment Association which resulted in the first aeroplane flight within the British Empire made by J.A.D. McCurdy at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909. The Aerial Experiment Association was founded . . . — — Map (db m79992) HM
4 ► Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Baddeck — Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park — Parc historique national Alexander Graham Bell —
English: The Park commemorates the humanitarian and scientific achievements of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and his associates Frederick W. Baldwin • John A.D. McCurdy • Glenn H. Curtiss • Thomas E. Selfridge Most . . . — — Map (db m80007) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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