FIRST airplane flight by a British subject in the British Empire - Baddeck, NS
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member onfire4jesus
N 46° 06.226 W 060° 44.747
20T E 674220 N 5108047
This memorial commemorates the first airplane by a British Subject in the British Empire (also, the first airplane flight in Canada). It is located in a plaza on the roof of the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in the historic park dedicated to him.
Waymark Code: WMGJ7P
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/11/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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The signs read:
[EN]"In Honour of the Aerial Experiment Association
Consisting of
Alexander Graham Bell
F. W. Baldwin
Glenn H. Curtiss
J.A.D. McCurdy
Thomas E. Selfridge
and of the SILVER DART which they designed and built
On the 23rd of February, 1909, the Silver Dart piloted by J.A.D. McCurdy, flew from the toe of Baddeck Bay, thereby making
THE FIRST FLIGHT BY A BRITISH SUBJECT IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Erected on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary by the Canadian Aeronautical Institute

Rebuilt by Parks Canada in 1978 in consultation with the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute formerly the Canadian Aeronautical Institute"

[FR]"En l'honour de L'Aerial Experiment Association
Composee de
Alexander Graham Bell
F. W. Baldwin
Glenn H. Curtiss
J.A.D. McCurdy
Thomas E. Selfridge
et du SILVER DART qu'ils concurent et construisirent

le 25 Fevrier, 1909, le Silver Dart pilote par J.A.D. McCurdy decolla de la glace de la Baie de Baddeck ce fut la
le premier vol effectue dans l'empire britannique par un sujet britannique

monument erice a l'occasion du cinquntieme anniversaire de ce vol par, l'Institut Aeronautique du Canada

Monument reconstruit par parcs Canada en 1978 en consultation avec l'Institut Aeronautique et Spatial du Canada anciennement l'Institut Aeronautique du Canada"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event

Date of FIRST: 02/23/1909

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