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Canada - National Aviation Day

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Canada - National Aviation Day

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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