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The atomic / nuclear pulse rocket imagined by well-known American illustrator Francis Xavier Theban Tinsley. Anon., “Advertisement – American Bosch Arma Corporation.” Aviation Week, 4 July 1960, 13.

A nasty blast from the past: Francis Xavier Theban Tinsley and the atomic / nuclear pulse rocket

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good morning, afternoon or evening, my reading friend. And welcome to the ever so surprising world of science, technology and innovation. As you probably know, not all surprises are good – and change is never good. (Hello EP!) Our topic of the week touches upon a rather frightening period of the 20th century known as the Cold War. The launch of Sputnik I by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in October 1957 was one of the bad surprises yours truly was just talking (typing?) about

Walter Thomas Leavens examining the cups which drove the agitator mounted inside the hopper of the Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser light / private airplane flown by Leavens Brothers Air Services Limited. Anon., “Crop Dusting with a Cub.” Canadian Aviation, July 1945, 50.

Weed’em and Reap: Leavens Brothers Air Services Limited and the early days of agricultural aviation in Ontario / Canada after the Second World War

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Are you a vegetarian, my reading friend, or a vegan? Omnivore, perhaps? Or frutarian, lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian? No matter. For thousands of years, people all over our spherical, yes, yes spherical, planet have depended on the crops they grew to sustain them. Agriculture, as you undoubtedly know, appeared about 12 000 years ago in a region of the Earth known as the Fertile Crescent, a crescent region anchored on the Nile, in modern day Egypt, at one end, and on the

L’Aviateur du Pacifique.

A scientific romance and war novel from the Belle Époque: L’Aviateur du Pacifique of Captain Danrit (Émile Driant)

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Bonjour, bonjour, my reading friend. I hope the weather is nice in your little corner of paradise. As you probably know, the decade between the first controlled and sustained flight of a powered aeroplane and the start of the First World War was / is among the most fascinating periods in the history of aviation. Yours truly must admit to having a particular affinity for this period. The fact that there are many websites which provide access to newspapers from various countries from these years

A photo of the finished and freshly painted model of the Curtiss engine

Behind the scenes: 3D printing Canada's aviation history

Erich Weidenhammer

Curator, University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection

The Fouga CM-8 Cyclone / Sylphe jet-powered glider. Anon., “–.” Aviation Magazine, 1 June 1950, cover.

I love the clouds… the clouds that pass… over there… over there… the marvelous clouds! The Établissements Fouga et Compagnie and its jet-powered gliders

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend. I would like to talk to you about a subject that caught my attention as I was browsing an excellent though somewhat chauvinistic French periodical, the bimonthly Aviation Magazine – specifically the 1 June 1950 issue of said magazine. Anxious to place our subject of the week in its historical context, allow me to begin this peroration well before the first flight of the aircraft of which we have just seen the photograph. In 1919, the French engineer Gaston Fouga

Three young women sit in the cockpit of an aircraft; they are all looking back at the camera and smiling.

Finding the wings to fly: Aviation opens its doors for Nunavik youth

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Through a collaboration between Air Inuit, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, 10 students from Nunavik had the opportunity to participate in a three-day Aviation Career Exploration Tour in Ottawa.

The Sharp / Bond Minicar Mk A microcar presented to the people of Montréal, Québec, by local dealer Budd & Dyer Limited. Anon., “Jusqu’à 110 milles au gallon.” La Presse, 10 June 1950, 26.

A microcar designed in a time of austerity: The Bond Minicar

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Before you hit the roof, my reading friend, please allow me to welcome you to the wonderful world of science, technology and innovation. And yes, it is true that there will be precious little aeronautical content in this week’s issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. All right, all right. I will include a bit more. Let us begin, then, with a gentleman, an Englishman to be more precise, by the name of Lawrence “Lawrie” Bond. Born in August 1907, he worked in various engineering firms during the

A Koser / Koser-Hrovat KB-3 Jadran hydroglider, Adriatic Sea, summer 1949. In the background, the coastal passenger ship Dalmacija of the government-owned shipping firm Jadranska Linijska Providba. Anon., “Gliding and sailplanes in Yugoslavia.” Sailplane and Glider, June 1950, 125.

Above the lakes, above the vales: The Koser / Koser-Hrovat KB-3 Jadran hydroglider

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Zdravo, my reading friend, hello! Would you be interested in some philosophical musings on this fine day? What, exactly, is an aircraft, for example? A quick peek at a few online dictionaries and databases reveal that an aircraft is a vehicle which travels through the air. An airplane is a type of aircraft, and so is a helicopter. And so, more surprisingly, a least to me, is an airship or balloon. A glider is an aircraft, of course, but is it an airplane? Given that, according to the same online

Tsar Nikolai II, on the left, with his hands behind his back, looking at the aeroplanes which took part in the Sankt-Peterburgskaya aviatsionnaya nedelya, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. Anon., “Nouvelles sportives – Le tsar chez les aviateurs.” La Revue aérienne, 10 June 1910, 349.

Miracle of miracles, look what the plane dragged in: The Sankt-Peterburgskaya aviatsionnaya nedelya

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good day to you, my reading friend, and… What is it? You have no idea of what the expression Sankt-Peterburgskaya aviatsionnaya nedelya means, do you? Sigh. It meant, means and will always mean St. Petersburg aviation week. Let us start again. Good day to you, my reading friend, and welcome to the wonderful world of aviation and space, and the thoroughly non-wonderful Russian Empire, the peoples’ prison. The year was / is 1910. Realising the ever increasing popularity of aviation in Western

The Dane Jan Bo Kristensen performing a precision landing with a parafoil during a national competition organised by the Dansk Faldskærms Union, Randers, Denmark, August 2005. Wikipedia.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly: The life and times of a master of the wind, Domina Cléophas Jalbert, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Nǐ hǎo, my reader friend, good morning. But what is a parafoil? You do remember how the first part of this article ended, now do you? Sigh. To make a long story short, a parafoil is a parachute whose fabric canopy, rectangular in most cases, has 2 surfaces connected by fabric partitions. The air which circulates between the surfaces and partitions of a parafoil in flight keeps it well inflated. A parafoil can be packaged and deployed like a conventional parachute. Unlike such a parachute

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