Which pioneering Canadian aviator later became a Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia?

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John Alexander Douglas McCurdy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alexander_Douglas_McCurdy Jul 21 10, 9:28 PM

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(1886 - 1961) An aviation pioneer, Nova Scotian John Alexander Douglas McCurdy made the first airplane flight in Canada and the British Empire in 1909. Piloting Alexander Graham Bell's Silver Dart , he flew about 10 metres above the ground for almost a kilometre at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. One year later, he transmitted the first ever air-to-ground telegraph message during a flight over Sheepshead Bay, NY and in 1911, he conducted the longest trans-oceanic flight of the day - 94 miles from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. He also helped form the Canadian Aerodrome Company, Canada's first aircraft company, began Canada's first aviation school and was chiefly responsible for the founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force. McCurdy also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952. http://www.canadian-republic.ca/currency.html Jul 21 10, 9:28 PM