John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
Canadian aviation pioneer and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952.
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Aerial Experiment Association
Canadian-American aeronautical research group formed on 30 September 1907, under the leadership of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
Canadian-American aeronautical research group formed on 30 September 1907, under the leadership of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
The AEA came into being when John Alexander Douglas McCurdy and his friend Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin, two recent engineering graduates of the University of Toronto, decided to spend the summer in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
Frederick Walker Baldwin
Hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
Hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
In 1906, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering, and left for Baddeck, Nova Scotia, that summer to visit the home of his college friend Douglas McCurdy and the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
AEA Silver Dart
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.
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.
The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers, Douglas McCurdy.
Glenn Curtiss
American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
During the 1909–1910 period, Curtiss employed a number of demonstration pilots, including Eugene Ely, Charles K. Hamilton, J.A.D. McCurdy, Augustus Post, and Hugh Robinson.
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation.
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation.
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (1974)
St. Andrew's College, Aurora
Independent boarding and day school founded in 1899 and located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
Independent boarding and day school founded in 1899 and located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy - Member of the Aerial Experiment Association, inventor of the aileron, and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1947–1952).
Long Branch Aerodrome
Airfield located west of Toronto, Ontario and just east of Port Credit, now Mississauga, and was Canada's first aerodrome.
Airfield located west of Toronto, Ontario and just east of Port Credit, now Mississauga, and was Canada's first aerodrome.
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, the first person to fly an airplane in the British Empire, was hired as the airport's first manager.
JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport
Regional airport located in Reserve Mines in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Regional airport located in Reserve Mines in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
On July 27, 2009, the Sydney Airport was renamed after John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, a Canadian aviation pioneer who set a series of aviation records, the first British subject to fly a heavier-than-air machine, and the first Canadian to pilot a flying machine in Canada when he flew the Silver Dart off the ice in Baddeck.
Trans-Canada Trophy
Awarded by the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute to a Canadian citizen who has made an outstanding, contemporary achievement in aerospace operations, whether a single act within the year prior to the award or a sustained level of performance over a period of several years.
Awarded by the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute to a Canadian citizen who has made an outstanding, contemporary achievement in aerospace operations, whether a single act within the year prior to the award or a sustained level of performance over a period of several years.
1959 Air Commodore John Alexander Douglas McCurdy *, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
Arthur Williams McCurdy
Canadian businessman, inventor and astronomer.
Canadian businessman, inventor and astronomer.
He was the father of the pioneering aviator John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.