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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Green, H. Gordon (Henry Gordon), 1912-1991.     Subjects     McCurdy, J. A. D. (John Alexander Douglas), 1886-1961.     Silver Dart (Airplane)     Aerial Experiment Association.     Air pilots -- Canada -- Biography.     Airplanes -- Canada -- History.     Aeronautics -- Canada -- History.     Bras d'Or Lakes (N.S.) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Green, H. Gordon (Henry Gordon), 1912-1991.       by title:      The Silver Dart : th...       by call number:      629.13092 M478g     Search the Web     Green, H. Gordon (Henry Gordon), 1912-1991.     McCurdy, J. A. D. (John Alexander Douglas), 1886-1961.     Silver Dart (Airplane)     Aerial Experiment Association.     Air pilots -- Canada -- Biography.     Airplanes -- Canada -- History.     Aeronautics -- Canada -- History.     Bras d'Or Lakes (N.S.) -- History.       MARC Display

The Silver Dart : the story of J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's first pilot / H. Gordon Green ; edited by Ronald Caplan. by Green, H. Gordon (Henry Gordon), 1912-1991. Breton Books, 2014, c2013. Call #: 629.13092 M478g Subjects McCurdy, J. A. D. (John Alexander Douglas), 1886-1961.   Silver Dart (Airplane)   Aerial Experiment Association.   Air pilots -- Canada -- Biography.   Airplanes -- Canada -- History.   Aeronautics -- Canada -- History.   Bras d'Or Lakes (N.S.) -- History. ISBN:  9781926908298 (pbk.) Edition:  New ed. Description:  viii, 136 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes:  First published: Fredericton, N. B. : Brunswick Press, 1959. "With photographs of the 1909 flight of the Silver Dart, and the reconstructions and celebrations in 1959, 1984 and 2009"--Title page. Summary:  "An entertaining biography of an independent young boy, a fearless young pilot, a prescient and determined patriot -- J.A. Douglas McCurdy of Baddeck. From the boy and his brothers' adventures on their homemade houseboat on the Bras d'Or Lakes, to the dogged brainstorming and test flights of the Aerial Experiment Association here is the teamwork that culminated in the flight of the Silver Dart over the Bras d'Or ice on Feb. 23, 1909, the first manned flight in the British Empire. A story of companionship, invention and courage, as Canadian aviation was born in Cape Breton. The author of The Silver Dart was born in 1912. He lived on a farm near Ormstown, Quebec"--Provided by publisher. Other authors:  Caplan, Ronald, 1942- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 629.13092 M478g Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Local History Collection 629.13092 M478g Non-circulating Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor Add Copy to MyList

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