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The Maple Leaf, a Curtiss Model F flying boat of the Curtiss Flying School, Hanlan’s Point, Toronto, Ontario, circa 1915. Robert William Bradford, Curtiss "F" Flying Boat: the Maple Leaf.

An aerial fire fighter from the land of unlimited possibilities, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome, my reading friend. I am pleased to see that you are interested in the story of some Curtiss Model F flying boats operated in Canada during the First World War. I shall be brief. I promise. During the weeks and months that followed the outbreak of this conflict, a great many young Canadians, often British born, enlisted in the military to fight overseas. While the huge majority of these joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and became infantrymen, a few wanted to fly. The lack of a

The Curtiss Model F flying boat known as Aerial Truck No.1 of the San Diego Fire Department. Chief Engineer Louis Almgren, Jr. shares the controls with pilot Orvar Sigurd Thorsten Meyerhofer. Anon., “ –.” Deutsche Luftfahrer-Zeitschrift, 22 September 1917, 21.

An aerial fire fighter from the land of unlimited possibilities, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Yours truly has said it before and will say it again. The library of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, is the best publicly accessible library of its type in the country. The stories you find in the magazines that fill its mobile shelves are truly fascinating. The photo above brings one of these stories to life. It can be found in the 22 September 1917 issue of the German monthly magazine Deutsche Luftfahrer-Zeitschrift. Interestingly enough, this story took place in the

Joan Trefethen and her Stits SA-3 Playboy. Anon., “Joan bouwde haar einen vliegtuigje.” Cockpit, April 1960, 128.

One small step for a man, one giant leap for homebuilding, Part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, I am pleased to see that you are interested in the topic at hand. The Stits SA-3 Playboy owed its origins to one of the great pioneers of homebuilding. The American Raymond M. “Ray” Stits was born on 20 June 1921. Fascinated by aviation since his teenage years, he learned to fly. In 1941, Stits became a mechanic in the U.S. Army Air Forces, today’s U.S. Air Force. He served with distinction, on American soil, during the Second World War. Between 1948 and 1965, Stits

The Stits SA-3 Playboy of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. CASM, negative number 22219.

One small step for a man, one giant leap for homebuilding, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

To find the father of Canada’s postwar homebuilt movement, one must look in Ontario. Born 17 September 1915, Keith S. “Hoppy” Hopkinson was a curious and handy young man. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. This young pilot was the chief ground-school instructor at No 12 Elementary Flying Training School, located at Sky Harbour, near Goderich, Ontario, one of the many elements of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. This plan was one of Canada’s most

Keith S. Hopkinson with his Stits SA-3 Playboy, an aircraft now owned by the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Ray Blair, « New boom for home-builts. » Canadian Aviation, September 1957, 64.

One small step for a man, one giant leap for homebuilding, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

At first glance, the Stits SA-3 playboy of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, is not particularly impressive. Its very ordinary appearance, however, conceals a most interesting story dating back more than 60 years, as suggested in the photograph above, published in the September 1957 issue of the monthly magazine Canadian Aviation. Homebuilding, in other words the construction of aircraft by individuals working at home using plans or kits more or less ready to be assembled

Federal Funds for the Mont-Megantic Observatory

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The Mont-Megantic Observatory has been in operation since 1978 as one of Canada’s premier astrophysical observatories. In order to ensure it remain on the frontier of astrophysical research, the Federal government, through the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Agency, has provided a $1,000,000 for the development of new instrumentation.

The one and only Helicopter Technik München Skyrider on display at the XXXe Salon international de l’aéronautique et de l’espace, at Le Bourget, Paris, France, in 1973. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTM_Skytrac.

Driving and flying Miss Daisy, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello again, my reading friend. As promised in the first part of this article, I am pleased to offer you some Canadian content. At the end of 1979, a virtually unknown company by the name of West German Aircraft Development Corporation founded Manitoba Aircraft Corporation Limited to produce helicopters at Gimli, Manitoba, in the shops formerly occupied by a small aircraft maker, Saunders Aircraft Corporation Limited. The history of this Canadian company is fascinating to say the least. Let us

Jo Lancaster, one of the first to use an ejection seat in an aircraft

Inside the ejector seat

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The ejection seat is ubiquitous nowadays in military fighter crafts, but it wasn't always so. Jo Lancaster became one of the first to use an ejection seat 70 years ago. This great video from BBC Science News explains the engineering behind early ejection seats.

More Test Flights for Airlander 10

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The Airlander 10, combination plane and airship, is the world's longest aircraft measured at 92 meters long. It took to the air recently for its fourth test flight, reaching a height of 1,067 meters. The developer, Hybrid Air Vehicles, is saying it might be how we all get around one day. Thoughts?

The one and only Wagner Aerocar roadable helicopter. Anon., “Aviation générale.” Aviation magazine international, 1 August 1967, 42.

Driving and flying Miss Daisy, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome, my reading friend, to this last minute addition to this bulletin / blog / thingee. Having realised that there were five weeks in August, yours truly scrambled like mad to find a topic that could be of interest – and include some Canadian content. And here it is. Around 1960, a new small West German company set out to design a family of multipurpose helicopters fitted with two coaxial main rotors that turned in opposite direction. The government provided some funding to help it. One of

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