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Live Demonstrations with Nintendo Labo

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Plant Portraits: Native Plants of Canada

Plant Portraits: Native Plants of Canada

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

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Beyond Planet Earth

Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Temporary Exhibition

Make, Play and Discover with Nintendo Labo

Make, Play and Discover with Nintendo Labo

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Temporary Exhibition

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The floating island designed by Henri Defrasse. Anon., “Un Nuevo proyecto de isla flotante.” Alas, 1 June 1928, 189.

Aviation & Space

Propeller Island, by Henri Defrasse – and not Jules Gabriel Verne

Rénald Fortier

Welcome and bienvenue, my reading friend. Are you ready to hear about one of the crucial aspects of the history of technology? Yes? Welcome, then, to the world of failure. You seem surprised. Don’t you know that most aircraft designs of the 20th and 21st centuries have been failures? Not every aircraft design was actually put to the test and a great many that were tested were never put in production. Worse still, many operational aircraft did not prove successful, for a variety of reasons. So,

A biplane in front of the museum

Aviation & Space

Looking back: Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum celebrates the building’s 30-year history

Lindsay Forcellini

This year, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the grand opening of its new building. Originally known as the National Aviation Museum, it actually opened in 1960 at Uplands Airport in Ottawa before the new building was opened on June 17, 1988. Three decades after that historic day, it’s time to look back at where it all began. The following series of photos offers a snapshot of the museum’s history while two long-time employees, Gail Lacombe and

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Using a mechanic’s stethoscope, more specifically a Motor Stethoscope, to pinpoint a problem in the engine of an automobile. “Advertising – Motor Stethoscope Company.” Air, June 1928, 43.

An indispensable device for locating sounds caused by defects

Rénald Fortier

Hello there, my reading friend. Are you ready to be submerged by waves of pontificating prose? That’s too bad because you will not get that today. Yours truly was sure there was plenty of information on the mechanic’s stethoscope we just saw in an ad published in the June 1928 issue of a long forgotten magazine, the British monthly Air . Sadly enough, I struck out. So, let’s go over the basics. Back in the 1910s and 1920s, listening to a misbehaving piece of machinery was one of the most

The very first Pentecost Hoppi-Copter. Anon., “Have you seen?” Flying, September 1945, 67.

Aviation & Space

An idea from the time the sky was the limit, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Hello there, my reading friend. I am pleased to see you made it back to this webpage. As promised, yours truly is pleased to provide you with further information on the Pentecost Hoppi-Copter. Are we ready? Do buckle up. Please. The year was 1945, but then you already knew that, having read the caption of the photo in the second part of this article, and… You did read the caption and memorise its content, didn’t you? Sigh. Please do so now. I’ll wait. No gold star for you today, by the way. So,

One of the three pre-production Pentecost Hoppi-Copters. Anon., “Hoppi-Copter in flight.” American Helicopter, June 1948, cover.

Aviation & Space

An idea from the time the sky was the limit, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Good day to you, my reading friend. Let us begin this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee with a question. Have you ever wanted to own a small flying machine you could use to get to work or visit friends? Yes? No? Never mind. Regardless of your interest, or lack thereof, may I invite you to press onward and downward - which may not be a good idea when flying at low altitude, but I digress. This week’s story came to us straight from the pages of the monthly American Helicopter , more

The prototype of the Britten-Norman Islander at the 26e Salon international de l’aéronautique et de l’espace, Le Bourget, Paris, June 1965. RuthAS, via Wikipedia

Aviation & Space

There is more to life than airplanes, Part 4

Rénald Fortier

Greeting, my reading friend. Are we ready to blow some air, hot or cold or whatever? No reaction? Blowing air, a whale, hovercrafts? Still no reaction. Sigh. You’re no fun. Anyway, let us begin. As was mentioned in Part 1 of this article, the small British aircraft maker Britten-Norman Limited was experiencing serious financial problems as of 1971. As we both know, it went into receivership around October. As a result, the company became Britten-Norman (Bembridge) Limited in November.

Envelope sent to John Horn from Samuel Morse in 1871. It appears between pages 470-71 in Horn’s volume of The Telegraph in America.

Social Science & Culture

Enhanced Reading: John Horn’s Volume of The Telegraph in America, 1879

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