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The First Airplane Flight in Canada
![Le premier vol effectué dans l'Empire britannique par un sujet britannique (<i>French panel</i>) image, Touch for more information](Photos4/494/Photo494184.jpg)
By Cosmos Mariner, July 22, 2019
Le premier vol effectué dans l'Empire britannique par un sujet britannique (French panel)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near Chebucto Street (Nova Scotia Route 205) 0.2 kilometers east of Jones Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| Near Chebucto Street (Nova Scotia Route 205), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Chebucto Street (Nova Scotia Route 205) close to Prince Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near Chebucto Street (Nova Scotia Route 205), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 of the . . . — — Map (db m80007) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024