Author: GREEN, H. GORDON
Title: The Silver Dart the Story of J.A. D. Mccurdy Canada's First Pilot. . .
Description: Wreck Cove: Breton Books, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1926908295. Card covers show some shelf wear, with light moisture damage to bottom back card cover and page bottoms from page 85 onwards. ; A tight solid book. B&W Illustrations ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 162 pages; "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.". Very Good .

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