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India Four Two
24th Feb 2022, 04:12
February 23 marks the anniversary of Canada’s first powered flight in Canada, when, in 1909, pilot J.A.D. McCurdy flew the Silver Dart nearly 800 metres in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEA_Silver_Dart

The flight was on the ice of Bras d'Or Lake on Cape Breton Island.

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