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Rue
07-February-2009, 03:29 PM
For those with an interest in vintage aviation:

Silver Dart CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/06/silverdart-hamilton.html?ref=rss)

Former astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason flies a replica of the Silver Dart, the first heavier-than-air machine to fly in Canada, Friday in Hamilton. The first powered flight in the Commonwealth took place on Baddeck Bay in Nova Scotia on Feb. 23, 1909.