The Channel

Hi, hello. How are you on this November day? Having stumbled (Ouch. Sorry.) on the photograph above while I was exploring the November 1969 issue of the American magazine Air Progress , I had the idea to write (talk?) to you about a very important personality in the Canadian homebuilder / amateur aircraft making community who lived in Edmonton, Alberta. An avid model maker during his youth, Christopher Barnard “Chris” Falconar was born in 1927. He began his career in aeronautics towards the end

Good morning to you, my reading friend, and no, the name of the bipedal creatures native to the icy planet Hoth that were used by the rebel alliance in the 1983 movie Return of the Jedi was not taunton. It was tauntaun. To lead you back to the path that leads to enlightenment and joy, yours truly would like to quote the caption which accompanied the photograph found in the 17 November 1949 issue of the Montréal, Québec, weekly Photo-Journal :

As we prepare to commemorate Remembrance Day, the Ingenium Channel is putting the spotlight on some of Canada’s Victoria Cross recipients.

Howdy, my reading friend. How do you do? Yours truly has a bit of an oddball / incongruous movie for you this week. You see, Moon Zero Two was / is a British science fiction film whose premiere took place, you guessed it, in the month of October. Can you figure out in which year said premiere took place? Given the look of the poster, including the, err, scantily clad female characters, you presume that Moon Zero Two did not hit the silver screen in 1949 or 1959? Very good. Perhaps 1969, you say?