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Two United Air Lines, Incorporated loading stands, the old vs. the new. Anon., “Air Transport – Keeping up with the ‘New Look’.” Aviation Week, 22 March 1948, 46.

A new look at a stairway to heaven

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

How are you today, my reading friend? Are you in need of a leg up? If so, search no more for yours truly has what you need. Behold, one small step for a woman, many small steps for womankind! Sorry, sometimes I get carried away – or upward. Being somewhat lazy by nature, yes, yes, it’s true, I thought best to tell part of our story by quoting the brief text that accompanied the photo above.

Veteran Gordon Jensen, organizer of the Flags of Remembrance ceremony in Ottawa

Pausing to remember the cost of Canadian freedom

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Drivers along the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway may have noticed an impressive number of Canadian flags behind the Canada Aviation and Space Museum lately. The 128 flags were erected at a Flags of Remembrance ceremony on Oct. 7, to pay tribute to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces and Veterans. Each flag represents 1,000 Canadian soldiers and RCMP killed and missing in action. The flags are a poignant display of patriotism – and a visual reminder of the cost of freedom.

The first Felixstowe F-5L flying boat produced by Canadian Aeroplanes.

Surprising Stories on the Fly

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

“Boundless Horizons” for Outreach Exhibitions I love quirkiness—anything surprising that makes me pause, take note, or re-think. That’s one reason I find interpretive planning so rewarding. I get to find creative ways to share stories with museum visitors—layering catchy texts, evocative images, and historic objects.

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

A Westland Dragonfly of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm carrying a man dressed up as a witch for a special event, September 1962. CASM, Molson collection negative.

Is it an H-5? Is it a Dragonfly? No, it’s an S-51, Part 4

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, gentle reader, and take a seat while yours truly gathers his thoughts. Do you remember the Dragonfly? In January 1947, a well known British aircraft maker bought a license to produce the Sikorsky S-51 and sell it around the globe, with the exception of North America, thus initiating decades of cooperation with the Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation. This approach allowed Westland Aircraft Limited to bypass the expensive and time consuming design and

The museum’s S-51, Rockcliffe, Ontario, 2 June 1967. CASM, Molson collection positive.

Is it an H-5? Is it a Dragonfly? No, it’s an S-51, Part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

If this writer may be so bold, he has the feeling that the Sikorsky S-51 owned by the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the very first helicopter flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), is a plain and simple S-51, bought pretty much off the shelf. In other words, one might not want to call it an H-5 – or a Dragonfly for that matter. And here lies a tale. The RCAF acquired three S-51s in 1947 to gain experience in helicopter operations in various terrains and under winter conditions. It

A Sikorsky HO3S of the U.S. Navy conducting a rescue exercise with a dummy aviator. CASM, negative number 32049.

Is it an H-5? Is it a Dragonfly? No, it’s an S-51, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my reading friend, and relax. This won’t hurt a bit. The story of the Sikorsky S-51 began in December 1942 when the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation, a giant in the American aircraft industry, set out to design an observation helicopter for the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. The new machine, the VS-327, was to be superior in performance to the Sikorsky R-4, the very first helicopter put in series production

The first helicopter accepted by the Canadian armed forces, the Sikorsky S-51 of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Spring 1947. Anon., “Advertising – Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited.” Canadian Aviation, August 1947, 2nd cover.

Is it an H-5? Is it a Dragonfly? No, it’s an S-51, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

While most of the prototypes found in the aircraft collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, attract the attention of the specialised press when they first come out, the same cannot be said of the run of the mill aircraft on display or in storage. Given this state of affair, the writer of these lines was tickled pink when he came across this full page ad, published in the August 1947 issue of the monthly magazine Canadian Aviation.

Newsroom: Canada Aviation and Space Museum joins national partners on search-and-recovery of free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is proud to support OEX Recovery Group Incorporated (“OEX”), in a project involving the search-and-recovery of nine free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario.

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 2

Engineering & Technology

Collection Highlights: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 2

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Intended to replace the Avro Canada CF-100, the CF-105 Arrow was a technical masterpiece at the forefront of aviation engineering during its time. The Canadian government believed, however, that the manned bomber threat was diminishing and that air defence could be better handled by unmanned BOMARC missiles. The contract was cancelled on February 20, 1959 while test flying was still in progress. By then five Arrows had flown. The government ordered all completed Arrows, related documentation

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