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[John A. McCurdy seated at controls of Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite]
Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite, Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, circa February 1909. Caption on verso: "Cygnet No. 2. A tetrahedral kite, designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, built at Baddeck, Novia Scotia [sic], and contains 3960 tetrahedral cells, covered with red silk and driven with the same motor as the Silver Dart. J. A.…
[John A. McCurdy seated at controls of Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft]
Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, circa March 1909.Caption on verso: "Silver Dart. J. A. D. McCurdy, aviator, showing the first water cooled motor installed in an aeroplane. McCurdy made a 14-mile flight in this plane over the ice at Baddeck, Novia Scotia [sic], March 2,…