The Silver Dart was less famous than June
Bug but was a far more successful flying machine. Sponsored by McCurdy, it had a 50hp Curtiss water-cooled V-8 engine, biplane forward elevators, and no rear stabilizer. Instead of being connected directly, the engine drove the propeller by a chain and sprockets.
First flight was at Hammondsport on 6 December, 1908, with McCurdy
flying. It was moved to Baddeck where it made the first flight in Canada on
23 February, 1909, again with McCurdy piloting.
Peter M. Bowers "Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947", 1979
