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The SHARP-6 in flight. This unpiloted aerial vehicle seemingly flew using batteries rather than microwaves to provide the electricity needed by the motor. Anon., “First actual flights – Beam-powered plane.” Popular Science, January 1988, cover.
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Do microwave drones dream of frozen pizzas?, Part 1

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Rénald Fortier
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Jan 22, 2018
Let me begin by hoping that the title of this article will not offend any individual involved in the development of the vehicle at the heart of it. The SHARP programme was a truly remarkable achievement, as can be seen on the cover of the January 1988 issue of the American monthly Popular Science. Communication satellites have revolutionised the world we live in. Sadly enough, these technical wonders are extremely expensive and difficult to repair. Communication towers are a lot cheaper to build
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Behind the scenes: Artifact loans demand all hands on deck

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 23, 2018
When a museum lends one of its precious artifacts to another institution, it’s a little bit like sending your kid off to summer camp. That’s the clever analogy conservator Erin Secord uses to explain the condition reports she’s required to send back to the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy – about an early telescope that’s on display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for the next few months. “It’s a little like sending your kid to summer camp; you send them with a bunch of instructions
Celebrating the first public flight of the SHARP-5, Ottawa, Ontario, 6 October 1987. The full size SHARP would have been 8 times larger. Communications Research Centre Canada.
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Do microwave drones dream of frozen pizzas?, Part 2

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Rénald Fortier
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Jan 29, 2018
Welcome back, my reading friend. Isn’t the story of the Stationary High-Altitude Relay Platform (SHARP) fascinating? You wish to read more about it, don’t you? Let us proceed, then. Between 1982 and 1986, the Communications Research Centre (CRC), in Ottawa, Ontario, conducted some studies to see if and how the SHARP could be used to deliver a wide variety of telecommunications and broadcasting services across Canada, in a cost-effective fashion. Meanwhile, a University of Toronto Institute for
The one and only Tupolev Type 70 transport plane. Anon., “Russian B-29 version.” Aviation Week, 2 February 1948, 12.
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An American in Moscow, or, How a Soviet clone cost North American taxpayers a fantastic sum of money, Part 1

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Rénald Fortier
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Feb 5, 2018
Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to the wonderful world of aviation and space. Yours truly has a good story in store for you, I hope. This all began during the Second World War, in July 1944 to be more precise, when the pilot of a damaged Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber of the U.S. Army Air Forces decided to land on a nearby airfield in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) rather than on his faraway base in China. The pilots of two undamaged but low on fuel
A Tupolev Tu-4 on display at the Tsentral'niy Dom Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika, Monino, near Moscow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
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An American in Moscow, or, How a Soviet clone cost North American taxpayers a fantastic sum of money, Part 2

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Rénald Fortier
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Feb 12, 2018
Greetings, my reading friend. Are you still interested in linking the fantastic sum of money in our title to the Tupolev Tu-4 long range heavy bomber? Yes? Wonderful. Let us proceed. The prototype of this clone of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress first took to the sky in May 1947. As was to be expected for such a reverse engineering programme, the engineers at the many factories involved in the production of the airplane and its many components, from its landing gear to its engines, had to overcome
Some of the water bombs used by the United States Army Air Forces to fight forest fires during the summer of 1947. Tamara Andreeva, “Water Bombers.” Skyways, February 1948, 22.
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Turning swords into ploughshares in the great state of Montana

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Feb 26, 2018
You seem puzzled, my reading friend. Is the expression “water bomb” new to you? Fear not. Yours truly has an explanation. Our story, a sad story, began around 1925 with one of the most devastating forest fires in the history of the north-western United States. This crown blaze jumped uncontrollably from tree top to tree top. United States Forest Service teams paid a heavy price to bring this monster under control. Several men were injured and many mules used to carry equipment perished in the
Charles Yves Joseph Éboué, then captain with the Union aéromaritime de transport. Maxime Reno, « Le coin du pilote – Charles Éboué, commandant de bord à l’U.A.T. » Aviation Magazine, 1 March 1958, 15.
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An exceptional pilot, Charles Yves Joseph Éboué

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Mar 1, 2018
Greetings and welcome, my reading friend. Yours truly came across this week’s story quite by chance, which is not necessarily a good thing. I should have noticed it during my first look at the 1 March 1958 issue of the French bi-monthly Aviation Magazine, an excellent publication if there was one. A publication, dare I say, that allows us to approach the evolution of aviation and spaceflight from a point of view that is not American or British - or Anglo-Canadian. But back to our story. We are
Google Arts & Culture virtual exhibition screenshot, featuring the Central Experimental Farm
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Ingenium reaches international audiences through Google Arts & Culture app

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Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 8, 2018
Google Arts & Culture recently made headlines with its selfie-to-painting recognition app, as people eagerly tried out a new facial recognition feature to see if they resemble the Mona Lisa or van Gogh. What many people don’t know is that Google Arts & Culture has been around since 2011 – and is partnered with museums and galleries across the globe. Ingenium has been a partner in this world-wide initiative since 2015. So, why would a science and technology-focused organization be featured in an
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.
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A new look at a stairway to heaven

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Rénald Fortier
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Mar 12, 2018
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.
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