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The Canadian anti-submarine hydrofoil HMCS Bras d’Or travelling at high speed. Anon., “World’s fastest warship.” The Gazette, 18 July 1969, 13.

Marine Transportation

And now for something completely different: a flying ship from Toronto, Ontario

Rénald Fortier

Oyez, oyez, let it be said everywhere on this Earth that the subject of our blog / bulletin / thingee for this week does not touch upon aviation or space. Yours truly wanted to broaden your horizons, my reading friend. The photograph with which I kickoff said subject comes from The Gazette , a daily newspaper from Montréal, Québec, that I do not consult very often. It comes, say I, from the 18 July 1959, sorry, 1969, issue. The legend of said photograph read as follows:

The base ship Wyatt Earp of the 1938-39 Antarctic expedition led by Lincoln Ellsworth, with the 2 aircraft it carried: a Northrop Delta forward and an Aeronca Model K aft. Anon., “Canadian pilots return from Antarctic expedition.” Canadian Aviation, May 1939, 42.

There and back again, a Delta’s long journey

Rénald Fortier

Greetings, he who has spent a great deal of time over a keyboard salutes you. While I realise that spring is in the air, up here, did you stop for a moment to think about the people currently living in Antarctica, for whom the month of May is a harbinger of winter? And yes, my reading friend, as the caption of the photo above, found in the May 1939 of the Canadian aviation monthly Canadian Aviation , states all too clearly, our topic of the week has to do with the land at the bottom of the world

Photograph of archives clerk Sian Jones with a report from the Canada Pacific Steamships fonds

Marine Transportation

Uncovering family history aboard a Canadian Pacific steamship

Imagine how excited you would be to find a key piece of your family history amidst formal archival records. That’s exactly what happened to Sian Jones, who works as an archives clerk for Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation; an archivist found herself in the archives! In 2012, Canadian Pacific transferred archives from its steamship subsidiary to the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Archives clerk Sian Jones has worked on the collection, amidst other work assignments, since

Ocean Explorers

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Program Description

What lies deep beneath the ocean’s surface? This program examines the different technologies used to study and explore the mysterious world that takes up almost 75% of Earth’s surface. Using virtual reality technology, your students will dive with whales and discover the ocean depths. Students will learn about ocean sounds and North Atlantic Right Whales using an iPad, rove the ocean floor using Ozobots, and learn to classify marine animals.

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Grade 6	Science and Technology – Understanding Life Systems: Biodiversity	Elementary Cycle 3	Science and Technology – Living Things: Systems and Interactions
Grade 7	Science and Technology – Understanding Life Systems: Interactions in the Environment	Secondary Cycle 1	Science and Technology – The living World: Diversity of Life Forms

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$9 per student.
Includes Museum admission.
A minimum fee of $135 will be charged per group.

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Grade Level:

Grade 6 - Grade 7 (Ontario)

Elementary Cycle 2 - Elementary Cycle 3 (Quebec)

Fee

$9 per student

Duration

75 minutes

Dates Offered

September to May

Max Group Size

30

Program Location

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Cecil George Armitage at the controls of an Aérodoo, Richelieu River, Québec, November 1968. Anon., “Et maintenant… l’Aérodoo.” Vallée de la Petite Nation, 30 January 1969, 15.

Marine Transportation

The Mancunian candidate; or, How to float near the ground with the greatest of ease

Rénald Fortier

Peace and long life, my reading friend. Yours truly dares to hope that all is well in your little corner of the Milky Way. As you have undoubtedly guessed, this week I intend to perorate on a hovercraft / air cushion vehicle, a means of transport for which I feel a certain fondness. The photograph that illustrates my point comes from a weekly published between 1961 and 1972, Vallée de la Petite nation of Buckingham, then Saint-André-Avelin, Québec. Said photo was in the 30 January 1969 issue of

The one and only Caravans International Hover-Sprite air cushion caravan, London, England. Anon., “International News.” Air-Cushion Vehicles, January 1969, 9.

Road Transportation

Can one be seasick in a caravan?

Rénald Fortier

Hello there, my reading friend, and welcome to the first 2019 issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee on the wonderful world of aviation and space, and… What’s this? You do not think that an air cushion caravan fits the mandate of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum of Ottawa, Ontario? I respectfully beg to differ. This unlikely hybrid did lift off the ground, did it not? Besides, you can’t tell me that you are not the least bit intrigued by the image yours truly dredged up from the January 1969

The Raketa class Soviet hydrofoil in which J. Roland Leduc and his wife went from Montréal, Québec, to Port of Spain, Trinidad. Jacques Maher, “Un Canadien français vend des bateaux russes à Trinidad”. Le Petit Journal, 8 December 1968, 14.

Marine Transportation

Rockets of the Caribbean

Rénald Fortier

Zdrasvstvuyti / hello, my reading friend. May yours truly begin this peroration by apologising profusely for the quality of the illustration with which I have the pleasure of introducing this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee? The story behind it more than compensates for its fuzziness. I came across it while perusing a now defunct weekly newspaper from Montréal, Québec, Le Petit Journal . The title of the article was indeed intriguing. It’s not every day one comes across a retired Royal

Using what appears to be a Power Jets W.2 turbojet engine to remove mud at the bottom of the River Thames, Erith, England, August 1947. Anon., “Have you seen?” Flying, June 1948, 42.

There is mud slinging, and then there is mud slinging

Rénald Fortier

Bonjour, ami(e) lectrice ou lecteur et… Sorry, wrong language. Greetings, my reading friend. I hope you’re not wearing your best clothes because today’s topic is a somewhat yucky one. Do you remember the April 2018 issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee dedicated to snow removal? No? Yes? Never mind, for there are no snow cones on the menu today. Think mud pies. Huge mud pies actually. Back in 1946-47, some brilliant minds in the United Kingdom began to look at non aeronautical applications of

The floating island designed by Henri Defrasse. Anon., “Un Nuevo proyecto de isla flotante.” Alas, 1 June 1928, 189.

Propeller Island, by Henri Defrasse – and not Jules Gabriel Verne

Rénald Fortier

Welcome and bienvenue, my reading friend. Are you ready to hear about one of the crucial aspects of the history of technology? Yes? Welcome, then, to the world of failure. You seem surprised. Don’t you know that most aircraft designs of the 20th and 21st centuries have been failures? Not every aircraft design was actually put to the test and a great many that were tested were never put in production. Worse still, many operational aircraft did not prove successful, for a variety of reasons. So,

The prototype of the Cushioncraft CC7 hovercraft a few minutes before a demonstration run, Royal Saint Lawrence Yacht Club, Dorval, Québec, June 1969. Anon., “–.” Air-Cushion Vehicles, July 1969, cover.

There is more to life than airplanes, Part 3

Rénald Fortier

Hi there, my reading friend. Yours truly is pleased to welcome you. We have so much to say (type?) today on the Cushioncraft CC7 hovercraft. And yes, there will be plenty of content from Québec and Canada. Our story began in May 1969, in Montréal, Québec, in the city’s busy harbour to be more precise, when the partly disassembled prototype of the CC7 was unshipped, put on the trailer of an 18 wheel truck and sent to a Department of Transport base at Sorel, Québec. A division of the Saint