CHAPTER 46
OF THE
ACTS OF 2008
WHEREAS Nova Scotia is a province of many firsts;
AND WHEREAS the Aerial Experiment Association, formed in 1907, consisted of Alexander Graham Bell (chairman), Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin (chief engineer), J. A. Douglas McCurdy (treasurer and assistant engineer), Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge (secretary) and Glenn H. Curtiss (director of experiments) and was financed by Mabel Bell;
AND WHEREAS the Association designed and built several airplanes, including the Silver Dart;
AND WHEREAS on February 23, 1909, the Silver Dart, piloted by J. A. Douglas McCurdy, flew from the ice-covered Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, in the County of Victoria in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia;
AND WHEREAS this flight was the first controlled powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine in Canada;
AND WHEREAS the year 2009 is the one hundredth anniversary of this historic flight.
2 Throughout the Province, the year 2009 shall be celebrated as the one hundredth anniversary of the first airplane flight in Canada by the Silver Dart in the Province. 2008, c. 46, s. 2.
3 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation. 2008, c. 46, s. 3 .