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Silver Dart The Story of J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada’s First Pilot and the First Airplane

Created by: H. Green
Publisher: Breton Books
SKU: BB0110

$18.95

A WARM, ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENTERTAINING biography of the fearless pioneer pilot who flew Canada into the Aviation Era when his Silver Dart  lifted off lake ice in Baddeck, February 23, 1909. The story of the Aerial Experiment Association — four young men around Alexander Graham Bell — that developed and flew the flimsy planes that became the legendary Silver Dart. A story of companionship, invention and courage, as Canadian aviation was born in Cape Breton Island.

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A WARM, ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENTERTAINING biography of the fearless pioneer pilot who flew Canada into the Aviation Era when his Silver Dart  lifted off lake ice in Baddeck, February 23, 1909. The story of the Aerial Experiment Association — four young men around Alexander Graham Bell — that https://nimbus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/9781988747224-1.jpgeloped and flew the flimsy planes that became the legendary Silver Dart. A story of companionship, invention and courage, as Canadian aviation was born in Cape Breton Island.

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Weight276 g
Dimensions6 × 9 in
Awards this title has won
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ACTIVE TITLE

Binding

Paperback

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Language

Date Published

June 3 2014

Publisher

Page Count

162

No of Pages

162

ISBN

9781926908298