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The prototype of the Cushioncraft CC7 light utility hovercraft, St. Helens, Isle of Wight, England, April 1968. John Bentley, “Latest Light Utility: Cushioncraft CC7.” Flight International (Air-Cushion Vehicles supplement), 23 May 1968, 61.

There is more to life than airplanes, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

If truth be told, there is indeed more to life than airplanes. A list of items covered in this non aeronautical category would be very long. Any list worthy of the name should, however, include Belgian style beer, dinosaurs and pterosaurs (Private joke. Hi there, Number One.), as well as air cushion vehicles. In other words, hovercrafts. What is a hovercraft, you ask? The question in itself is painful, my reading friend. It shows how little people remember a go-anywhere machine that promised to

The prototype of the Cushioncraft CC7 light utility hovercraft during its sea trials, Saint Helens, Isle of Wight, England. Anon., “ACVs – CC7 on sea trials.” Aeroplane, 22 May 1968, 27.

There is more to life than airplanes, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

You’re back, my reading friend. Has a week passed since our last interaction? Astonishing. Time does indeed fly. Do you remember the topic at hand? Good. Let us continue. Rightly or wrongly, the management of Cushioncraft Limited chose to fully test the CC7 before launching a wide scale effort to sell it. Foreign buyers would be the main target. This approach was based at least in part on feedback from Hovertravel Limited, the first hovercraft transport company in the world and one in which

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

Ingenium – Canada's…

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

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

Ingenium – Canada's…

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

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

Ingenium – Canada's…

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 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

Ingenium – Canada's…

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

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.

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

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

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 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

Ingenium – Canada's…

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

The Russel tug was immortalized on the Canadian one dollar bill in circulation from 1974 to 1989. Source: Bank of Canada

Engineering & Technology

Russel Winching Tug

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Russel winching tug was a workhorse, moving timber along Canadian waterways to mills and markets before trucks took up the greater share of log transport. The all-steel boat, designed in 1936, replaced the wooden “Alligator,” cumbersome steam-powered amphibious machines that could also travel overland. Part of the increasing mechanization of Canada’s logging industry, the Russel tug used its two-cylinder engine and powerful winch to move massive log booms. The operator positioned the tug

Laser sailboat race. Source: International Laser Class Association

Marine Transportation

Laser Sailboat

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Laser began as a quick sketch made during a telephone conversation between Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce. “How about doing a car-top sail boat?” This was the inspiration for the Laser, perhaps the most popular single-handed sailing dinghy in the world. Bruce Kirby responded to Ian Bruce’s question by creating a light, portable boat that appealed to both recreational and competitive sailors. Introduced in 1971, the Laser gave people access to the thrill of sailing without membership in

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