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Do you know that today is the ‘National Aviation Day’? As a matter of fact, it is exactly today, on February 23, 2009, all the country’s aviation community (and all to whom it matters in the entire world, for that sake), commemorate the 100th Anniversary since the first ever ‘manned, heavier-than-air, motor-powered flight‘ in Canada. On this day, exactly one hundred years ago, a motorized craft called ‘The Silver Dart’ made history as it lifted off from the frozen surface of the Bras d’Or Lake in Cape Breton Island, and flew successfully 800 meters, at an altitude of 9 meters.

It’s been my pleasure to post these images taken at the Wetaskiwin  Reynolds-Alberta Museum.

To be honest, at the time of taking these pictures I had a pretty vague knowledge what kind of story this ‘archaically looking airplane’ might be associated with.. Turned out, it was present to talk about a very important episode of Canadian aviation history.

And it is nice to know the Wetaskiwin Reynolds-Alberta Museum has a reproduction of such a famous craft.

All the best to the whole fraternity of Canadian Aviators around the world!

Blue Sky, and Safe Flying!

C