[Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" in flight]

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over a race track near Hammondsport, New York, December 1908. Conflicting dates (December 12 and December 13) are given in the captions.

Inscription: "Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart, carrying Mr. Doulas McCurdy as Aviator at Hammondsport, N.Y. Dec. 12, 1908."

Caption from bulletin: "27. Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart at the race-track near Hammondsport, N.Y., carrying Mr. J.A. Douglas McCurdy as Aviator, Dec. 13, 1908."

Photograph from a bulletin titled "Bulletins of the Aerial Experiment Association," a souvenir volume consisting of eight (8) pages of text and thirty-one (31) photographs illustrating the work of the Aerial Experiment Association, issued April 12, 1909.