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[John A. McCurdy flying Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart"] (Item)

Photograph of John A. McCurdy piloting the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, February 23, 1909. The image is autographed by John A. McCurdy.Typed caption: "Silver Dart in its first successful flight at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Feb. 23, 1909. It was the first aeroplane to fly in Canada and the first flown anywhere in the British Commonwealth…

[Men with Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart"] (Item)

Photograph of a group of men gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, February 23, 1909. Identified people include John A. D. McCurdy (seated at controls) and Glenn H. Curtiss (behind McCurdy).Inscription on verso: "23 Fevrier 1909. McCurdy a Baddeck, Canada"

[Men with Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart"] (Item)

Photograph of a group of men examining the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft in a snowy field at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, circa 1908-1909.Inscription on verso: "Silver Dart at Baddeck, N.S."

[Men with aircraft on frozen lake] (Item)

Photograph of three men standing next to an unidentified aircraft on a frozen lake in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, February 23, 1909. Inscription on verso: "23 Fevrier 1909. McCurdy a Baddeck, Canada."

[People gathered around unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of people gathered around an unidentified aircraft at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, February 23, 1909. Inscription on verso: "23 Fevrier 1909, McCurdy a Baddeck, Canada."

[John A. McCurdy seated at controls of Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite] (Item)

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] (Item)

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,…