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- Name
- AEA Silver Dart
- Manufacturer
- Aerial Experimental Association
- Description
- The Silver Dart (or Aerodrome #4) was a derivative of an early aircraft built by a Canadian/U.S. team, which after many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, earlier in 1908, was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
- First Flight
- 1909-02-23
- Designer
- John McCurdy
- Type
- Pioneer Era aircraft
- Length (m)
- 9.144
- Height (m)
- 2.7432
- Cockpit Crew
- 1
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 64.3738
- Capacity Description
- 2
- Number Built
- 1
- Powerplant Description
- 1 × Curtiss V-8 air-cooled piston engine originally (later changed to water-cooling by McCurdy), 37 kW (50 hp) each
- Primary Users
- Aerial Experiment Association
- Status
- Destroyed in crash
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEA_Silver_Dart
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 12.192
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 52.3
- Number of Engines
- 1