100th Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada - Proof Set (2009) Silver including a hockey stick that

including a hockey stick that forms the maple leaf's petiole

which provide foliar interest

gopher or prairie dog homes

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A stylized portrait of the barn owl highlighting its unusual facial features with the moon and wooden beams in the background

100th Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada - Proof Set (2009) Silver including a hockey stick thatOn 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. Indeed, the First World War was