First Military Test Flights

The first military demonstration of aircraft flight in Canada took place at Petawawa Camp in August 1909, when J.A.D. McCurdy and F.W. Baldwin, assisted by the Royal Canadian Engineers, conducted test flights. On the morning of 2 August, they made three successful flights in the Silver Dart, which was destroyed in landing after the fourth flight. Further flights were made in the Baddeck No. 1 on 12 and 13 August, and the tests ended on 13 August after that aircraft was damaged.

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