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One of the Bell Model 47s ordered by Lindberg-Ryan Air Exploration Company, Incorporated during a pre-delivery test flight at the Bell Aircraft Corporation factory in Niagara Falls, New York. Lundberg is in the right hand seat. The similarities between the helicopter in this photo and the one in the ad you saw at the start of this article are quite striking. Anon., “The aviation news.” Aviation, March 1947, 61.

Hans Lundberg, Canada’s greatest mineral detective, Part 5

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, patient reader, as we embark on the final chapter of this examination of the life of a truly original Canadian. Quite satisfied with the results of his 1946 expedition, Lundberg may have taken delivery of one, if not two specially equipped Bell Model 47s in 1947. He wanted to use these helicopters to conduct surveys in Canada, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela before too long. His son Sten was to accompany him on these expeditions. The information available does not allow us to

A Bell Model 47 used by Lundberg to test his equipment. This machine is the second commercially registered helicopter in the world. Anon. “Prospecting with helicopter and magnetics.” Science Illustrated, December 1946, 64.

Hans Lundberg, Canada’s greatest mineral detective, Part 4

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

As interesting as his ground-based geophysical work was, Hans Lundberg is better known as a pioneer of airborne geophysical exploration. His work in this field had seemingly begun in Sweden, in 1920-21, with captive balloons, then large kites and, perhaps, airplanes. Even before the end of the Second World War, Lundberg was predicting that aviation would play a significance role in geophysical exploration, once peace came back. At first, he thought that airplanes would be the main tool

Hans Lundberg examining a geophysical map. Norman Carlisle, “World’s greatest prospector … he finds treasures by the billion.” Popular Science, May 1964, 60.

Hans Lundberg, Canada’s greatest mineral detective, Part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Lundberg contributed the Allied defence effort during the Second World War. In 1942, working in secret with two Americans, he outlined new deposits of cryolite in Greenland. At the time, this mineral, a vital element in the production of aluminum, a highly strategic material produced in large quantity in Canada and elsewhere, could be mined in no other place on Earth. One of Lundberg’s most unusual contracts seemingly took place in the United States in the early 1930s, toward the end of

Hans Lundberg examining the magnetometer towed by a Beech Model 18 operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, Rockcliffe, Ontario, 12 September 1946. CASM, Spartan Air Services coll., negative no 35818.

Hans Lundberg, Canada’s greatest mineral detective, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading and slightly impatient friend. Let us pick up where we left off with a brief bio of the main character of this article, Hans Torkel Fredrik Lundberg, a gentleman born in Malmö, Sweden, on 22 July 1893. While in his teens, this adventurous lad flight tested a gilder made of bamboo and wrapping paper by jumping off a cliff overlooking the Baltic Sea. Some trees broke Lundberg’s fall, possibly saving his life. He got off with a broken collarbone. Around 1918, having

Anon. “Advertising – Bell Aircraft Corporation.” Aero Digest, July 1947, 82.

Hans Lundberg, Canada’s greatest mineral detective, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

While it is true that working at an institution like the Canada Aviation and Space Museum can be challenging at times, it is equally true that the resources and treasures it preserves are unequalled in Canada. Its library, for example, is the best publicly accessible library of its type in the country. The information contained in the hundreds of thousands of magazine pages on its mobile stacks is truly awe inspiring. Once in a while, if one is lucky, it is possible to bring together several

Churchill Rocket Range

The Black Brant Rocket

Churchill Northern Studies Centre

Today the Churchill Rocket Range looks out of date and abandoned. Although it may seem that way, this was not always the case. In the 1950’s, the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and the Cold War created a fascination for space exploration. The idea of setting up the IGY was accepted after Stalin’s death in 1953 because the Soviet Union had interrupted scientific communication between the East and West. These events led to great scientific collaborations. The interest and intrigue of the

Newsroom: Canada Aviation and Space Museum joins national partners on search-and-recovery of free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is proud to support OEX Recovery Group Incorporated (“OEX”), in a project involving the search-and-recovery of nine free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario.

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Raising the Avro Arrow

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Using Kraken Sonar Inc. advanced high resolution sonar technology to scan Lake Ontario, a team from OEX Recovery Group Inc. launch the search and recovery of nine free-flight Avro-Arrow models.

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 2

Engineering & Technology

Collection Highlights: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 2

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Intended to replace the Avro Canada CF-100, the CF-105 Arrow was a technical masterpiece at the forefront of aviation engineering during its time. The Canadian government believed, however, that the manned bomber threat was diminishing and that air defence could be better handled by unmanned BOMARC missiles. The contract was cancelled on February 20, 1959 while test flying was still in progress. By then five Arrows had flown. The government ordered all completed Arrows, related documentation

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