AEA Silver Dart
Type: | Canard Biplane |
Role: | Experimental |
Top speed: | 40 mph / 64 kph |
Range: | 20 mi / 32 km |
Weight: | 320 lbs / 145 kg |
Wingspan: | 40' 1" / 12.22 m |
Length: | 30' 0" / 9.14 m |
Height: | 9′ 7″ / 2.92 m |
Power: | Curtiss 50hp V-8 Air-cooled Piston Engine |
Crew: | 1 |
Capacity: | 2 |
Designer(s): | John McCurdy, Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin, Glenn Curtiss, Thomas Selfridge, Alexander Graham Bell |
Manufacturer: | Aerial Experiment Association |
Number Manufactured: | 1 |
Country of Origin: | Canada |
First Flight: | February 23, 1909 |
Retired: | August 2, 1909 (Crashed) |