Links to Relevant WebsitesThe flight of the Silver Darthttp://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/mccurdy.cfm J.A.D. McCurdy Several interesting photographs... http://www.earlyaviators.com/emccurdy.htm The Silver Dart makes Canadian aviation history: a look back Audio clip from the CBC archives An interview with J.A.D. McCurdy, broadcast on 23 February 1949, the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Silver Dart at Baddeck http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-419-2424-20/that_was_then/science_technology/silver_dart John A.D. McCurdy by J.M.S. Careless http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume6/126-127.htm Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Silver Dart Chapter http://museum.gov.ns.ca/other_ns/cahs/ First Airplane flight in Canada by U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Wright_Bros/Patent_Battles/WR12G9.htm John Alexander Douglas McCurdy http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/aviation/m039.htm Treasures of the APS: A.G. Bell on Powered Flight Alexander Graham Bell's address to the American Philosophical Society on 7 May 1909, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/exhibits/treasures/flight.htm Trial by Flyer ...Alexander Graham Bell invited Curtiss to visit him in Washington in January 1907 and ordered a four-cylinder engine for his kite experiments. Meanwhile, Bell had received a call from Selfridge, a young West Point graduate who had been studying flight and believed the military would soon take it seriously. Bell invited Selfridge to Nova Scotia to see his kites and to meet Mabel. The Bells took a liking to the earnest and personable young officer, and welcomed him like a member of the family. Bell asked his friend President Theodore Roosevelt to allow Selfridge to join him as an official aviation observer... http://www.memagazine.org/flight03/trialby/trialby.html Glenn Curtiss photographs, 1909 many taken at Baddeck http://glennhcurtiss.com/id35.htm |
Canada's Aviation Hall of FameCanada's Aviation Hall of FameThe fragile aircraft Silver Dart shook loose the frozen bonds of Nova Scotia's Bras d'Or Lake in nineteen hundred nine to usher in this fledgling nation's age of flight... http://www.cahf.ca/main.htm Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922 http://www.cahf.ca/members/B_members.htm#Alexander%20Graham%20Bell Frederick Walker Baldwin (1882-1948) http://www.cahf.ca/members/B_members.htm#Frederick%20Walker%20Baldwin John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (1886-1961) http://www.cahf.ca/members/M_members.htm#John%20Alexander%20Douglas%20McCurdy |
Three plaques: Bell, Baldwin, McCurdy Baddeck
First Aeroplane Flight monument Baddeck
North River war memorial North River
Port Dauphin Naval Base monument, 1713-1719 Englishtown
Englishtown war memorial Englishtown
Indian Brook war memorial Indian Brook
Ingonish war memorial Ingonish
Neils Harbour war memorial Neils Harbour
South Harbour war memorial South Harbour
John Cabot 1497 memorial Aspy Bay
Transtlantic Telegraph historic site 1856 Aspy Bay
St. Margarets Village war memorial St. Margarets Village
Middle River war memorial Middle River
Whycocomagh war memorial Whycocomagh
Belle Cote war memorial Belle Cote
Cheticamp war memorial Cheticamp
French Mountain war memorial French Mountain
Inverness coal miners monument Inverness
D'Escousse war memorial D'Escousse
Samsonville centennial plaque Sampsonville
Sydney Harbour in the Second World War Sydney Boardwalk
New Victoria war memorial New Victoria
Sydney Forks war memorial Sydney Forks
John Bernard Croak V.C. memorial school Glace Bay