AEA Silver Dart (early powered airplane) testing site vicinity

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The AEA Silver Dart (early powered airplane) testing site vicinity is the coastal area near Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, where some of the earliest controlled powered flights in Canada were conducted in 1909.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic area
historic aviation site vicinity
associatedWith AEA Silver Dart
Aerial Experiment Association
Alexander Graham Bell
J. A. D. McCurdy
category Canadian aviation history site
historic flight testing location
continent North America
country Canada
environment coastal area
lakeshore area
hasBodyOfWater Bras d'Or Lake
surface form: Bras d’Or Lake
hasHistoricalPeriod early 20th century
hasNearbySettlement Baddeck, Nova Scotia
surface form: Baddeck
hasTerrain open flat areas suitable for takeoff and landing
inception 1909 (as an aviation testing area)
languageOfLocation English
locatedIn Beinn Bhreagh
Canada
Nova Scotia
near Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Bras d'Or Lake
surface form: Bras d’Or Lake
notableEvent early controlled powered flights in Canada
test flights of the AEA Silver Dart
partOf Beinn Bhreagh estate area
provinceOrTerritory Nova Scotia
significance site of some of the earliest controlled powered flights in Canada
usedFor early powered flight testing
experimental aviation

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Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada notableProject AEA Silver Dart (early powered airplane) testing site vicinity