Sempai-mj
2009-11-03, 01:36 PM
Just A FYI, I have no ties to the mint, I purchased one.
Copy & Pasted from the WebSite:
On February 23, 1909, on a frozen lake in Nova Scotia, a silver-winged "aerodrome" amazed onlookers as it flew 0.8 km (0.5 mi) to complete the first airplane flight in Canada. Designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association under Alexander Graham Bell, the Silver Dart flew 50 times before being destroyed during military trials; around the world the potential value of flight in war was fast being discovered.
http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/brilliant-uncirculated-silver-dollar-100th-anniversary-of-flight-in-canada-2009-prod530014
Copy & Pasted from the WebSite:
On February 23, 1909, on a frozen lake in Nova Scotia, a silver-winged "aerodrome" amazed onlookers as it flew 0.8 km (0.5 mi) to complete the first airplane flight in Canada. Designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association under Alexander Graham Bell, the Silver Dart flew 50 times before being destroyed during military trials; around the world the potential value of flight in war was fast being discovered.
http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/brilliant-uncirculated-silver-dollar-100th-anniversary-of-flight-in-canada-2009-prod530014