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

With the temporary closure of public spaces — such as office buildings, schools, shops, restaurants, and community centres — our daily patterns of mobility have notably changed.

Guten morgen, my reading friend. May I welcome you to the first full week of the new fiscal year? And yes, my reading friend, the title of this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee was inspired by that of an American television series, In Search of, mentioned in a July 2019 issue of our fascinating, yes, yes, fascinating blog / bulletin / thingee, but I digress. Have you ever heard of the Glas Goggomobil T700, an automobile later known as the Isar / Isard T700? No? That’s what I thought. I

Yours truly hails you, my reading friend. May I welcome you to a new fiscal year? I dare to hope that you are well on this hysterical day. Being both lazy and curious by nature, I thought of killing 2 birds with 1 stone, metaphorically of course, by presenting not 1 but 2 mysterious and magical subjects this week – 2 subjects on which I know very little. Who knows, you may hold the key to either of these vehicular enigmas. And no, the subjects in question are not Aprilian subjects. They are

My reading friend, let me welcome you to the wonderful world of science, technology and innovation. I would like to titillate your little gray cells with a short, yes, yes, short examination of a motor show which was held in the metropolis of Canada, Montréal, Québec, from 26 March to 3 April 1910, at the Coliseum, the largest ice rink in said metropolis, and… What is it, my reading friend? A veil of perplexity is blanketing you. You want to know more about the content of the above drawing

How are you, my dear reading friend? Fear not, this kindness does not hide dark designs. Yours truly plans to be brief in his account of the microcar he discovered in the 14 January 1950 issue of the daily L’Action catholique of Québec, Québec, which is now gone. Where to start, where to start, where? Come, children of the personland, let us begin at the beginning. Once upon a time, there was a small French firm which produced New-Map motorcycles, and… Yes, yes, French and not American, British

As a greeting, my reading friend, I make you the solemn promise to be brief, at least for this week. Let us begin our peroration, dare I say (type?) pontification, with a visit to the second edition of the Salon (international?) de l’Auto, held at Place Bonaventure, in Montréal, Québec, from 15 to 25 January 1970. One of the many, many visitors at this event was none other than Charles Aznavour, born Shahnourh Varinag Aznavourian. This world famous French author composer interpreter, actor and

Hi and hello, my reading… Uh, why such a puzzled look, my reading friend? In a world like ours, flush with science, technology and innovation, there is nothing wrong with crossing the chasm that separates us from enlightenment by walking decisively on the deck of an aluminum bridge, an aeronautical / aerospace material if there was / is one. Let’s start our review of the premises with a reading of the text of the caption which accompanied the photograph above, discovered during our reading of

Good morning, my slightly masochistic reading friend. It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the world of aviation and space and, perhaps even more so, of the automobile. Our topic of the week appeared at the turn of a page of Photo-Journal. More exactly, a page from the 29 December 1949 edition of this Montréal, Québec, weekly, which we all know and love. The caption of the photograph containing only a minimum of information, yours truly had to invent the rest. Sorry. I’m joking. I did / do

A colossal freight elevator at the Ingenium Centre is taking Canada’s science and technology collection to new heights — quite literally.