Nova Scotia Archives
J.A.D. McCurdy
and the Silver Dart: Canada's 'First Aerial Navigator'
J.A.D. McCurdy suits up for a flight in a Martin Mariner flying boat with a jet assisted take-off (JATO) in Halifax Harbour
U.S. Consul-General H. Merrell Benninghoff, Rear-Admiral ER. Mainguy, J.A.D. McCurdy, Capt. E.M. Block, US Navy, Lieutenant Peter Berry (left to right)
Date: ca. 1949
Photographer: Royal Canadian Navy Photograph #HS 8777
Reference: J.A.D. McCurdy Nova Scotia Archives 2007-058 vol. 003 no. 275