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 1909, was dismantled and shipped to
Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It was flown off the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of
Bras d'Or Lake, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada. The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers,
John McCurdy. The original
Silver Dart was designed and built by the
Aerial Experiment Association (AEA), formed under the guidance of Dr.
Alexander Graham Bell.