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Description
| Manufacturer: | Aerial Experiment Association | |
| Base model: | Silver Dart | |
| Designation: | Silver Dart | |
| Nickname: | Silver Dart | |
| Basic role: | Commercial Transport | |
| Crew: | Pilot | |
| First Flew: | 1909/12/06 | |
Specifications
| Length: | 39' 4" | 11.9 m | |
| Height: | 9' 7" | 2.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 49' 1" | 14.9 m | |
| Wingarea: | 420.0 sq ft | 39.0 sq m | |
| Gross Weight: | 859 lb | 390 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 860 lb | 390 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Curtiss | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 40 | ||
Performance
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Canada Aviation Museum | +ttawa | Ontario |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Randy Brinkman Welland, ON | Did you know that a full sized replica of the Silver Dart is being built by a group in Ontario Canada. It's being built in Welland and we intended to fly it later this fall in preparation for the 100th aniversary flight on Feb 23 2009. Randy 09/01/2008 @ 17:01 [ref: 22593] |
| hi everybody u dont no, NE | um ya it was flown on Feb.23,1909, ya...g2g 02/16/2006 @ 16:34 [ref: 12523] |
| Bob , ON | Hello, Im doing a project on the "Silver Dart" and I think it's a very interesting topic. The Silver Dart seems like a pretty cool aircraft, and John Alexander Douglas McCurdy was the right person for the first flight in Canada in the Silver Dart. Well thank you very much for the information on this site all about the Silver Dart, and on John A.D. McCurdy. Bye for now! 11/14/2005 @ 11:12 [ref: 11696] |
| taya collingwood, NS | i love the silver dart so so so so much i'm doing a project on it right now isn't that totally cool 10/12/2005 @ 16:03 [ref: 11463] |
| derek , ON | its funny how all the people who were talking shit about the silver dart are american. they'er just u[pset that they're pussy ass plane built by the wright brothers didn't fly as high or as long.
peace a concerned canadian citizen 05/16/2005 @ 22:00 [ref: 10233] |
| sweet , AL | This aircraft gets me about as excited as hot virgin pussy. 04/13/2005 @ 17:27 [ref: 9947] |
| me , AB | ya im a nerd and i luv the silver dart
NOT anyone who dose is a nerd 03/16/2005 @ 17:16 [ref: 9718] |
| Unknown , AZ | It wasn;t at all what I expected, I recommend that you make it better, in any way possible cause it is plainly bad.
Thank you, 10/29/2001 @ 14:04 [ref: 3515] |
| Christoher Haddon Saxmundham, FL | as The grandson of JAD McCurdy I can confirm that the first flight in the Commonwealth was indeed Febuary 23rd 1909.By all accounts he was a truly remarkable man, and apparently invented the aerolion... but he never pattened it.
Chris Haddon, Saxmundham UK 09/25/2001 @ 08:37 [ref: 3263] |
| Craig Vancouver, BC | Umm, how can you classify the Silver Dart as "commercial transport"? Seems a little odd to me.
The date it first flew is also incorrect. Having done some research, I don't know who to believe anymore, but it first flew in Canada on February 23, 1909. Apparently it also made a couple of flights in Hammondsport, New York, the year before as well. 08/10/2001 @ 23:58 [ref: 2892] |
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