An adventurous bunch of pilots celebrated Canada's 100th anniversary of powered flight last summer with a coast-to-coast flight that included 50 types of aircraft, from a Tiger Moth to a Czech Albatros jet trainer. Some 127 aircraft were signed up for the Cross-Canada Century Flight; the first of them departed Boundary Bay on the west coast for a 12-day trip to Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and others joined along the way. The destination was the same spot where J.A.D. McCurdy lifted the Aerial Experiment Association Silver Dart off Bras D'Or Lake in February 1909 and flew half a mile.
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