AEA Silver Dart

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biplane early aircraft experimental aircraft fixed-wing aircraft

The AEA Silver Dart was an early Canadian experimental aircraft built by the Aerial Experiment Association that made one of the first powered flights in Canada in 1909.

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instanceOf biplane ⓘ
early aircraft ⓘ
experimental aircraft ⓘ
fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
achievement demonstrated feasibility of powered flight in Canada ⓘ
aircraftCategory pioneer era aircraft ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander Graham Bell's research at Beinn Bhreagh ⓘ
Canadian aviation history ⓘ
controlSystem early wing-warping controls ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Alexander Graham Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Curtiss NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineConfiguration V-8 ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1909-02-23 ⓘ
firstFlightLocation Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReplica Baddeck, Nova Scotia replica ⓘ
Canada Aviation and Space Museum replica ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
landingGearType skid-type landing gear ⓘ
locationOfFirstPublicFlight Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada GENERATED ⓘ
madeFirstFlightOver frozen Bras d'Or Lake ⓘ
manufacturer Aerial Experiment Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
material bamboo ⓘ
rubberized silk ⓘ
steel tubing ⓘ
namedAfter silver-colored appearance ⓘ
notableFor first controlled powered flight in Canada ⓘ
one of the first powered flights in Canada ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator J. A. D. McCurdy NERFINISHED ⓘ
organization Aerial Experiment Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerplant Curtiss V-8 engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
program Aerial Experiment Association program ⓘ
propulsion propeller ⓘ
relatedTo AEA June Bug NERFINISHED ⓘ
AEA Red Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ
AEA White Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedFor aeronautical experimentation ⓘ
flight demonstration ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane ⓘ
yearOfFirstFlight 1909 ⓘ

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