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An advertisement announcing the introduction into service of Trans-Canada Air Lines’ Vickers Vanguard short to medium range airliner. Anon., “Advertisement – Trans-Canada Air Lines.” Maclean’s, 3 December 1960, 8-9.

From “big Viscount” to Merchantman: The abbreviated journey of the Vickers Vanguard

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

If yours truly may be permitted to jump into the fray without so much as a hello, the great American stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield, to use the stage name of Jack Roy, born Jacob Rodney Cohen, used to say that he got no respect. It might be exaggerated to say (type?) that the subject of today’s article got no respect, but I will argue that it deserved more success than it got. The subject of today’s article, as you may have guessed by now, I hope, is the Vickers Vanguard short to medium range

The Convair 580 operated by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing of Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, September 2001. Wikipedia.

It was one of the greats: The Convair 580 remote sensing aircraft of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello, good day, my reading friend. What would you think of a brief excursion into the wonderful world of aviation and space? Surprise! This is not news to you, aviation enthusiast that you are, that it was in December 1950 that North America’s first turboprop airliner flew for the first time. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, or Convair, worked with the Allison Division of General Motors Corporation, an American automotive giant mentioned several / many times in our blog / bulletin /

An Air Tractor AT-502 agricultural aircraft operated by Southeastern Aerial Crop Service Incorporated, Belle Glade State Municipal Airport, Florida, June 2013. Wikipedia.

Wings over the world: The PT6 turboprop and turboshaft engine, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings to you, my reading friend, and welcome to the second part of this article on one of the most successful aeroengine of the 20th and 21st centuries, the PT6. Did you know that United Aircraft of Canada Limited (UACL) of Longueuil, Québec, a firm known today as Pratt & Whitney Canada Incorporated, played a significant role in the introduction of a new type of aeroengine on agricultural aircraft? Well, it sure did. One could say it first became involved in agricultural aviation, somewhat

The first turboprop engine designed in Canada, the PT6 of Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited. Anon., “Advertisement – Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited.” The Gazette, 14 November 1960, 24.

Wings over the world: The PT6 turboprop and turboshaft engine, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Allow me to offer you a big safe aerospace salute, my reading friend. I would like to talk (type?) to you about an engine, and what an engine! In 1956, realising very well that the heyday of the piston engine had passed, the American parent company of Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited of Longueuil, Québec, the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of the American aeronautical giant United Aircraft Corporation, gave it a mandate to develop jet engines of limited power. Shortly

Roxana Hartley and Mr. Jolie / Lord Robert Brummel, the main protagonists of the 1930 American play Dancing Partner, Belasco Theatre, New York City, New York. Anon., “The Stage Goes ‘Air-minded’.” Scientific American, November 1930, 355.

A play in an airplane, and an airplane in a play: Dancing Partner, 1930

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings and salutations, my sophisticated reading friend. Please take a few seconds to ponder the implications of what is shown in the photograph above, and the one below.

The Supermarine Spitfire on display for the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, 18 September 1940. Anon., “News roundup – Battle of Britain ceremonies.” Aircraft, November 1960, 58.

A gift for heaven: The Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend. As you may have noted by now, yours truly had been known to mention, oh, so rarely, the incomparably amazing collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario. On this day, I would like to bring to your attention one of the flying machines which contribute to the galactic reputation of this national museum. On 18 September 1960, an impressive ceremony was held on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Battle of

A black-and-white image shows a young male pilot in uniform, smiling as he looks out of the cockpit of an aircraft.

Remembering Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall: A leader, a gentleman and a saviour

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Read about Air Commodore Leonard Birchall, a Canadian who embodies leadership and courage.

Some of the displays of the National Aviation Museum, Uplands Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, early 1960s. CASM, negative number 4446.

Happy birthday to us. Happy birthday to us. Happy birthday dear CASM. Happy birthday to us: A few words on the early days, weeks, months and years of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

25 October 2020 is indeed a joyful day, my reading friend. On this day, 60 years ago, the National Aviation Museum, today’s positively and absolutely amazing Canada Aviation and Space Museum, opened its doors to the public. Yours truly will not keep you busy for long. Nay. Having joined the staff of this august institution, physically if not administratively / hierarchically, in the fall of 1987, I very much intend to celebrate this occasion. In moderation of course. How had Canada Aviation and

Eldon Douglas McEarchern working on his agricultural Piper PA-18 Super Cub as one of his sons watched on, Carman, Manitoba. Anon., “Les fermiers volants de l’ouest canadien.” Le Samedi, 22 October 1960, 25.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’! Oh, what a beautiful day!: An overview of the first decade of the flying farmer movement in Canada

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

With fall and the end of a growing season upon us, in the northern hemisphere of our embattled planet at least, it occurred to yours truly that an agricultural topic might be a good idea, especially if it could be linked to the one true and great topic, aviation. I shall be brief, and… Who’s laughing? Who?! Just for that, there will be a test. The first half of the 1950s saw the birth of an important player in the aerial application industry in Canada, the flying farmer movement. This powerful

Jani Moreau, female flight attendant as imagined by Québec artist Nicole Lapointe. Anon., “Un nouvel illustré: Jani hôtesse de l’air.” Claire, 15 September 1960, cover.

She is not a waitress in the sky: Jani hôtesse de l’air and some words on the presence of female flight attendants in popular culture

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hail, my reading friend. How are you on this day? If I may be permitted a quick introduction, do you like comics? Better yet, are you interested in the history of comics? I see ... It’s a shame because the topic of the week of our blog / bulletin / thingee is closely linked to this question. Did you know that the roman catholic church played a significant role in the history of Canadian / Québec aeronautical comics? That’s surprising, isn’t it? The publications of said church were intended to

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