February 23

When the AEA Silver Dart took to the air from the ice in Baddeck, Nova Scotia on the 23rd in 1909, its flight marked the first controlled powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. This is not to be confused with the Silver Dart (pictured), a proposed alternative to the American Space Shuttle, which is being built by the London, Ontario, Canada firm PlanetSpace, and which will be launched from their facility on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.