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The one and only Tupolev Type 70 transport plane. Anon., “Russian B-29 version.” Aviation Week, 2 February 1948, 12.

An American in Moscow, or, How a Soviet clone cost North American taxpayers a fantastic sum of money, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to the wonderful world of aviation and space. Yours truly has a good story in store for you, I hope. This all began during the Second World War, in July 1944 to be more precise, when the pilot of a damaged Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber of the U.S. Army Air Forces decided to land on a nearby airfield in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) rather than on his faraway base in China. The pilots of two undamaged but low on fuel

Reverend Leonard Daniels, in the front seat of the de Havilland Moth he flew in Australia. Anon. “The Church of England Takes to the Air!” Air Travel News, January-February 1928, 20.

The remarkable story of Leonard Daniels, the Archdeacon of Up A Gum Tree

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Salutations and greetings, my reading friend – or is it the other way around? Never mind. We are gathered here today to read about a fascinating character and a pioneer / innovator yours truly discovered in the January-February 1928 issue of the American monthly Air Travel News, a long forgotten but very interesting publication. Leonard “Len” Daniels was born in England in November 1891. Like a great many of his contemporaries, he joined the British Army soon after the outbreak of the First

Celebrating the first public flight of the SHARP-5, Ottawa, Ontario, 6 October 1987. The full size SHARP would have been 8 times larger. Communications Research Centre Canada.

Do microwave drones dream of frozen pizzas?, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend. Isn’t the story of the Stationary High-Altitude Relay Platform (SHARP) fascinating? You wish to read more about it, don’t you? Let us proceed, then. Between 1982 and 1986, the Communications Research Centre (CRC), in Ottawa, Ontario, conducted some studies to see if and how the SHARP could be used to deliver a wide variety of telecommunications and broadcasting services across Canada, in a cost-effective fashion. Meanwhile, a University of Toronto Institute for

Behind the scenes: Artifact loans demand all hands on deck

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

When a museum lends one of its precious artifacts to another institution, it’s a little bit like sending your kid off to summer camp. That’s the clever analogy conservator Erin Secord uses to explain the condition reports she’s required to send back to the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy – about an early telescope that’s on display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for the next few months. “It’s a little like sending your kid to summer camp; you send them with a bunch of instructions

The SHARP-6 in flight. This unpiloted aerial vehicle seemingly flew using batteries rather than microwaves to provide the electricity needed by the motor. Anon., “First actual flights – Beam-powered plane.” Popular Science, January 1988, cover.

Do microwave drones dream of frozen pizzas?, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Let me begin by hoping that the title of this article will not offend any individual involved in the development of the vehicle at the heart of it. The SHARP programme was a truly remarkable achievement, as can be seen on the cover of the January 1988 issue of the American monthly Popular Science. Communication satellites have revolutionised the world we live in. Sadly enough, these technical wonders are extremely expensive and difficult to repair. Communication towers are a lot cheaper to build

The Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel made by George S. Lace, on the right in the photo, but registered in the name of doctor Georges-Étienne Millette, on the left. CASM, negative number 5212.

A flea making the news on both sides of the Atlantic, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend. Are we ready? Let’s go. As promised, please find enclosed on few words on Canada’s first Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel. Before we get there, however, yours truly would like to point out an oddity concerning the Pou du Ciel. English speaking aviation enthusiasts usually called this airplane the Flying Flea, a moniker that translates as Puce volante. A more literal translation of Pou du Ciel would be Sky Louse, which does not quite feel right, at least according to me

The Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel registered by Montrealer Oscar Demine and known as Spirit of Canada. The individual at the controls might be Frenchman René Salmon. Anon., « –. » Canadian Aviation, January 1938, 7.

A flea making the news on both sides of the Atlantic, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend. You may, or may not, recall that a September 2017 issue of this blog / bulletin / thingee pontificated a little bit about homebuilding, in other words the construction of aircraft using more or less ready to assemble plans or kits by people working at home during the interwar period that goes from November 1918 to September 1939. Yours truly also indicated that, as it were, almost all the aircraft available in North America, in the form of plans or kits, came from

New Light on Atlantic Command in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Synopsis: During the Cuban Missile Crisis ships and aircraft of Canada’s Atlantic Command were deployed to search for and keep track of Soviet naval activity. Senior Naval Historian Michael Whitby looks deeper into this deployment, examining the Soviet threats (both perceived and real), Canadian Naval and Air Operations during the Crisis, the role the shore station HMCS Shelburne played in the US Navy SOSUS Network, and why it has been so challenging to find historic documentation from this time

Helping to Win the Battle of Britain – the CAN/RAF in Bomber Command

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Synopsis In this video, Mathias Joost presents his research about Canadians who enlisted in Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Battle of Britain. Mathias outlines his reasons for researching this topic, including dispelling the common myth of “the Few” being limited to RAF fighter pilots, and giving some credit to Bomber Command aircrew for helping to win the Battle of Britain. In the end, “the Few” should be seen as more than just the fighter pilots. RAF Bomber Command aircrew

The Second Dawn of the Aurora

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Synopsis: Colonel Ernie Cable, CD (Ret’d) explains from his own personal experience what he calls the “First Dawn of the Aurora,” giving background on Canada’s multi-mission, maritime/Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft version of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft with Lockheed S-3A Viking avionics and sensors which the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) calls the Aurora. In his presentation, Col. Cable covers the Aurora program from the 90s to the present. Modifications from

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