Ave / hello, my reading friend. I have a confession to make. Err, yes, I am a bit wacky, but this admission is not the one I had in mind. I must confess I have been interested in the history of science and, perhaps even more, to that of technology for many, many years. If it is true that I have a weakness for the history of aviation, I dare to hope I have somewhat catholic, in other word universal, fields of interest, and ... And yes, you’re right, I plan once again to move away from the only

Good morning, my reading friend. Yours truly is pleased to see that your interest in the CF-RCK television series remains. I assume you want to know more about it. Let us therefore begin this overview without any further ado. Produced in 2 distinct sets of episodes, CF-RCK looked at the adventures and mishaps of the owners of a Cessna Model 180 registered as, you guessed it, CF-RCK. And no, my reading friend, I can not confirm that this registration was chosen because the show was broadcasted by

Top of the morning, my reading friend, and welcome to the wonderful world of aviation and space. With your permission, or without it, if need be, yours truly will move a little away from our usual anniversarial approach to address a subject that is close to my heart. One of the first, if not the first fictional / entertainment Canadian television series devoted to aviation went on the air in November 1958. It was entitled CF-RCK . This weekly production of Société Radio-Canada, a state-owned

Greetings, my reading friend. With your permission, we will momentarily put aside the remarkable library of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, to view a publication which, at first glance, had nothing to do with the fields of interest of this august institution. A review of the weekly La semaine à Radio-Canada allowed yours truly to unearth a television show I would have liked to see during my youth. Intended for an adolescent audience, mostly male in all likelihood, Plein

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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

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