As I began writing this article of paramount importance for the future of the human genome, yes, yes, paramount, absolutely, some notes of the musical theme of Amour, délices et cie popped into my mind, after more than 50 years. And the craziest thing is that this show was of no interest to the young geek I was at the time – and that I am still, in an older form of course. Memory is a strange faculty, is not it? Anyway, let’s move on. So, hello, my reading friend. Did you miss me? A little? A

Good day for the third time, my reading friend, and welcome to the last part of this special edition of our blog / bulletin / thingee. With your permission, your humble servant would like to dedicate these many lines to the story of Victory Aircraft Limited, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer gone for ages and, in particular, to the production program of the British Avro Lancaster four engine heavy bomber. As you and I know, the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939 was preceded by a

Good day again, my reading friend, and welcome to the second part of this special edition of our blog / bulletin / thingee. Do you need a quick reminder before going re-seizing the thread of our story? No? I am very glad. Well, read now, if you wish to do so course. On 19 July 1945, the new Minister of National Defence for Air, Colin William George Gibson, announced that Canadian-manufactured Avro Lancaster four engine heavy bombers from Canadian squadrons would be traveling across the country

Good day, my reading friend, and welcome to a special edition of our blog / bulletin / thingee. Three quarters of a century after the Normandy landings of June 1944, yours truly would like to highlight a somewhat forgotten aspect of the history of No. 425 Squadron (Alouette), Royal Canadian Air Force. Indeed, I intend to examine the 127-day period (1 May-5 September 1945) during which this famous unit received and used British-designed Avro Lancaster four engine heavy bombers made in Canada.

Greetings, my reading friend. I have a confession to make. Before choosing this particular topic for this particular issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee that you are currently perusing, yours truly looked at more than 25 other possibilities, dated between 1929 and 1969, published in close to 20 magazines and newspapers, dailies, weeklies and monthlies, that came from no less than 7 countries, and… What’s this? You wish to paraphrase Angelina Jolie Pitt, born Angelina Jolie Voigt, in the

A distinctive and brightly-coloured aircraft with a movie-star past has found a home on the floor of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Assistant curator Erin Gregory says this particular Fokker D.VII is special for more than one reason.