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	AEA Silver Dart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Silver Dart (or Aerodrome #4) was an early aircraft which was flown off the ice at Baddeck, Nova Scotia on February 23, 1909.
		The original Silver Dart was the fruit of the Aerial Experiment Association formed under the guidance of Alexander Graham Bell.
		The frame and structure of the Silver Dart was made of steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire, and wood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AEA_Silver_Dart (514 words)

	FlightDeck Milestones: A.E.A. Silver Dart
		The original Silver Dart was the fruit of the Aerial Experiment Association formed under the tutelage of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
		By the time the Silver Dart was constructed in 1908, it was the AEA's fourth flying machine, or aerodrome as Bell termed it.
		The Silver Dart was made of steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire, wood, had no brakes, and was covered with rubberized silk balloon-cloth.
	www.exn.ca /FlightDeck/Aircraft/Milestones/silverdart.cfm (678 words)

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		Dart The first passenger flight in Canada was made in the Silver Dart on August 2, 1909.
		Dart The TV Show 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' is looking for a Dart Player to be the subject of one of their makeovers.
	www.lacrosseweb.net /dart.html (1077 words)

	RCAF.com : The Aircraft : A.E.A. SILVER DART
		The original Silver Dart was the result of the combined effort by men whose names have since played a prominent place in Canadian and American aviation.
		The Silver Dart only flew a half mile, but it was the first heavier-than-air machine to fly in Canada or in the British Empire.
		After 300 flights, the Silver Dart and an improved version known as the Baddeck No. 1 were demonstrated to the Canadian Army and ultimately the Silver Dart crashed and was written-off while under trial.
	www.rcaf.com /aircraft/misc/silverdart/index.php?name=Silver+Dart (372 words)

	The Wright Patent Battles
		So when an AEA member, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, wrote to the Wrights in January 1908 for information about aircraft construction, the Wrights answered promptly and also referred him to their patent and other publications for more details.
		The first powered aircraft built by the AEA was called the Red Wing, after the color of its silk fabric wings.
		One, the Silver Dart, was their most successful aircraft and the first plane flown in Canada.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Wright_Bros/Patent_Battles/WR12.htm (1563 words)

	FactsCanada.ca -- Friday Feature 2001-15Fr -- The Silver Dart
		This Silver Dart is not second prize in the Saturday night tournament down at your local pub, nor is it Dodge's brother.
		After the AEA was dissolved shortly after the flight in Canada of the Silver Dart, McCurdy and Baldwin went on to form the short-lived Canadian Aerodrome Company.
		How the military can claim the Silver Dart as "the first experiment in aviation by the military" is also beyond me, as it was not their experiment.
	www.factscanada.ca /friday/friday-2001-15-08-10.shtml (1607 words)

	Royal Canadian Air Force - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The aviation age came to Canada on February 23, 1909, when Alexander Graham Bell's Silver Dart took off from the ice of Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia with J.D. McCurdy at the controls.
		This flight was the first "controlled powered flight" (also the first flight of a "heavier than air craft") in the British Empire.
		The craft also set other firsts with a March 10, 1909 flight of over 20 miles around Baddeck and on August 2, 1909, the Silver Dart made the first passenger flight in Canada and the British Empire.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/RCAF (1863 words)

	1908 In Aviation Encyclopedia Article @ FlyingWithChildren.com (Flying with Children) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		March 17 - AEA Red Wing was destroyed in a crash on its second flight.
		December 31 - Wilbur Wright wins a prize of FF 20,000 from Michelin for the longest flight of the year (a world record) - 124 km (76.5 miles) in 2 hours 18 minutes and 53 seconds from Camp d'Auvours.
		March 12 - AEA Red Wing, flying from the surface of Keuka Lake near Hammondsport, New York.
	www.flyingwithchildren.com /encyclopedia/1908_in_aviation (637 words)

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		Also: the DART Organizers Institute, a paid annual, four-month field school to train a new corps of community organizers.
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		All dart leagues and organizations in North Carolina are encouraged to let the.
	www.sports-hall.net /dart.html (390 words)

	Bras d'Or Lake (New Brunswick) - History page 4
		Their 4th and final model was the Silver Dart, first flown by Casey Baldwin during test flights at Curtiss’ Hammondsport, New York factory.
		It was the Dart’s first Canadian flight, from the frozen expanse of the Bras d’Or Lakes, February 23, 1909, that drew the attention of the world.
		McCurdy’s Silver Dart was restored and flown at Baddeck in 1959, on the 50th anniversary of its original flight.
	www.greatcanadianlakes.com /nova_scotia/brasdor/his_page4.htm (621 words)

	Silver Dart makes aviation history - Silver Dart makes aviation history - CBC Archives
		The plane was called the Silver Dart, and had been built by the Aerial Experiment Association, a group of like-minded aviation enthusiasts dedicated to creating a “practical aerodrome.” In this CBC radio clip, McCurdy — by then Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia — looks back at the event on its 40th anniversary.
		• The Silver Dart was powered by a 40-horsepower Curtiss engine, and was built using steel tubing, bamboo, friction tape, wire, wood, and rubberized silk balloon-cloth.
		• Besides McCurdy and Bell, the members of the AEA were engineer Casey Baldwin, motorcycle maker Glenn H. Curtiss, and Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge of the U.S. Army.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-75-419-2424/science_technology/silver_dart/clip1 (326 words)

	Board Dart Height Official
		The center of the dart board should be at a height of 5 feet 8 inches off the floor.
		Dart Board Measurements: Standard height from the floor to the bullseye on the dartboard is 5 feet 8 inches, while the oche (distance between the front of.
		In order to be in line with official darts regulations, the dart board must be the correct height off the floor and when throwing darts, you must stand the.
	board.be4life.org /hanging-a-dart-board/board-dart-height-official.php (2522 words)

	Cape Breton Island Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Baddeck would be the site of his experiments with hydrofoil technologies as well as the Aerial Experiment Association, financed by his wife, which saw the first powered flight in the British Empire when the AEA Silver Dart took off from the ice-covered waters of Bras d'Or Lake.
		He is credited with inventing the telephone, hydrofoil, hearing aid, and iron lung, as well as doing extensive work with hearing- and visually-impaired persons, notably Helen Keller.
		Bell contributed to the design of the Silver Dart, an aircraft that made the first powered flight in the British Empire from the ice of Bras d'Or Lake.
	216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Cape_Breton_Island (2820 words)

	Ariel Experiment Association
		As the tiny Silver Dart soared into the sky, they were lucky enough to see the first airplane flight in Canadian history.
		After this success, the AEA started work on the Silver Dart, the plane in which McCurdy made his historic flight.
		From the Cygnet to the Silver Dart, the members of the AEA had met their original goal of building a working flying machine.
	www.yesmag.bc.ca /focus/flight/aea.html (441 words)

	Chapter 2
		In his note he explains that is was predetermined that the AEA would dissolve on March 31, 1909.
		The Dart was ready for testing on the second day of August and made three successful flights over the field at the military base.
		The Silver Dart was damaged beyond repair but McCurdy and Baldwin escaped with only minor injuries.
	www.cbv.ns.ca /rv/bell3.html (1747 words)

	Aviation Publications over Time
		AEA Red Wing flies for the first time, March 12.
		AEA White wing makes first flight, May 18.
		AEA Silver Dart flown for the first time, Dec. 6.
	invention.psychology.msstate.edu /library/timeline.html (466 words)

	Sample Search Results for Alexander Graham Bell
		The first experiments are with tetrahedral kites, and a year later 4 biplanes (called "aerodromes") are built at Curtiss' plant, including the Silver Dart.
		Keywords: invention telephone aviation AEA Experiments With Gliders 1908 Jan 13 Baddeck, Nova Scotia Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) makes its first trial of a bamboo biplane hang glider "aerodrome", which evolves into the Red Wing, White Wing, June Bug and Silver Dart powered planes.
		Silver Dart on the ice of Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia Feb 23, 1909
	207.61.100.164 /results.html (7845 words)

	aea - OneLook Dictionary Search
		AEA : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		AEA : Glossary of research economics [home, info]
		Phrases that include aea: aea june bug, aea mo, aea red wing, aea silver dart, aea white wing
	onelook.com /?w=aea (131 words)

	LICENSE NUMBER 1 Flight Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		So it was Glenn Curtiss, director of experiments for the AEA, who on July 4, 1908, wheeled out the biplane June Bug in front of a 1,000 spectators, movie cameramen and photographers.
		In startling contrast to the secretive manner in which the Wrights had conducted their activities, an assortment of newshounds and representatives of the Aero Club, the Army, the German government and Scientific American waited with pencils poised.
		During the following six months, Curtiss helped Baldwin build the first powered aircraft in the U.S. military (airship SC-1), and he contributed to the AEA Silver Dart-the first airplane flown in Canada.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200404/ai_n9383179 (885 words)

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		Made from steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire and wood, it was covered with rubberized silk balloon-cloth, its propeller was carved from a solid block of wood, and it had no brakes.
		The last of AEA's team efforts, it went to Canada and became the first airplane to fly in that country, on 2/23/09 (p: McCurdy).
		Although the Canadian Army was unimpressed and felt that airplanes would never amount to much in actual warfare, AEA was finally invited to the base at Petawawa to show their machine.
	aerofiles.com /_ab.html (6047 words)

	Royal_canadian_air_force info here at en.16-yo.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The aviation childhood came to Canada on February 23, 1909, when Alexander Graham Bell's Silver Dart took postponed from the ice of Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia with J.D. McCurdy at the controls.
		This aerial navigation was the inaugural "controlled powered flight" (also the inaugural aerial navigation of a "heavier than air craft") in the British Empire.
		The adeptness and concluded enumerated firsts with a March 10, 1909 aerial navigation of up 20 miles circumference Baddeck und on August 2, 1909, the Silver Dart made the inaugural passenger aerial navigation in Canada und the British Empire.
	en.16-yo.info /Royal_Canadian_Air_Force (2238 words)

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		The Silver Dart was made of steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire, wood,.
	steel.be4life.org /cold-formed-steel-design/cold-dart-steel-urban.php (2545 words)

	Silver Dart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		AEA Silver Dart - An early aircraft which was flown off the ice at Baddeck, Nova Scotia on February 23, 1909.
		Silver Dart (space craft) - A privately funded rocket and space travel project founded by London, Ontario based firm PlanetSpace.
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silver_Dart (117 words)

	Unnoficial Daimler Dart SP250 Home Page
		Alan Pike and I run almost identical Darts, both silver.
		I owned my first Dart for 17 years and my present one for about 5 years.
		I'm considering building another "not quite stock" Dart out of the bits I have left over, the photo of the red and ye low racer is just what I have in mind.
	www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Garage/3460/geobook.html (1197 words)

	Royal Canadian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Canada's first aircraft, the AEA Silver Dart, in flight The aviation age came to Canada on February 23, 1909 when Alexander Graham Bell's Silver Dart took off from the ice of Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia with J.D. McCurdy at the controls.
		Thus ended the career of the Silver Dart."http://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aircraft/Milestones/silverdart.cfm Several years later, the beginning of the First World War on August 4, 1914 found Canada immediately embroiled in the conflict by virtue of Britain's declaration.
		Some European nations were using airplanes for military purposes and Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, Sam Hughes, who was organizing the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), enquired if London required had any need for aviators.
	royal-canadian-air-force.iqnaut.net (1690 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Thereafter progress became very rapid, for, previously, designing aeroplanes had been rather like learning to swim before going into the water.
		3AUG1909: "SILVER DART IS WRECKED AS THE RESULT OF FIRST DAY'S TRIAL Initial aeronautical experiments at Petewawa end disastrously for biplane and come within an ace of proving fatal to Baldwin and McCurdy, it's inventor...and aviator's smash-up comes after four successful flights, in which efficiency of New Motor was well demonstrated.
		AEA Drome No. 5: Bell's tetrahedral "Cygnet II," above, with its rear-mounted Curtiss engine (see previous page) and propeller (hidden in this photo), which McCurdy, above, tried, unsuccessfully, to fly at Baddeck on 22, 24Feb1909.
	glennhcurtiss.com /id35_m.htm (1436 words)

	Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver Dart, Baddeck, NS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Designed by Douglas McCurdy, a student from the University of Toronto, and member of Dr. Bell's AEA.
		The design was similar to June Bug, but more compact, and with more attention to detail.
		A belt and pulley reduction between motor and propeller was attempted, but due to problems it was replaced by a chain and sprocket.
	www.vintageviews.org /vv-ny/Fj/cards/h007.html (86 words)

	Fire! History of WildFire Detection in Canada
		The Silver Dart, the first heavier-than-air machine to take wing in Canada, lifted off at Baddeck, Nova Scotia in 1909.
		During World War I, a short time later, open cockpit biplanes were used for surveillance.
		Canada Aviation Museum [AEA Silver Dart, Robert Bradford]
	www.bushplane.com /forestfire/content/methods/aerial/opening.html (202 words)

	Charles River Radio Controllers - powered by smugmug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pictures from our Feburary 2006 club meeting - Adam Tashjian presented his large scale RC helicopters
		Pictures of a flying 1/12 scale model of the AEA Silver Dart, the orig...
		Images from the July 2005 CRRC hand launch glider contest by David Spi...
	mediacenter.charlesriverrc.org /gallery/702494/3/31584448 (160 words)

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