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A Century Aloft: The Rise Of The Silver Dart
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Only 66 years separate American astronaut Neil Armstrong’s memorable moonscape statement from the first flights of Orville and Wilbur Wright. When engine-powered flight began with the Wright brothers on an isolated North Carolina beach in 1903, it developed very quickly. Less than six years later, Henri Blériot flew across the English Channel. Yet, in the development of heavier-than-air powered flying machines, a significant Canadian contribution is often overlooked.
The story of powered flight in Canada starts with Alexander Graham Bell and his insatiable thirst for knowledge, which began at [...]
February 9, 2009, by John Boileau
