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Zdravo, my reading friend, hello! Would you be interested in some philosophical musings on this fine day? What, exactly, is an aircraft, for example? A quick peek at a few online dictionaries and databases reveal that an aircraft is a vehicle which travels through the air. An airplane is a type of aircraft, and so is a helicopter. And so, more surprisingly, a least to me, is an airship or balloon. A glider is an aircraft, of course, but is it an airplane? Given that, according to the same online

One of the most visible aspects of the pandemic is the protection we wear — for those who have access to it. A shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has characterized the pandemic and caused many sewers to cast aside their projects to sew mask after mask after mask, among other essential garments.

Nǐ hǎo, my reader friend, good morning. But what is a parafoil? You do remember how the first part of this article ended, now do you? Sigh. To make a long story short, a parafoil is a parachute whose fabric canopy, rectangular in most cases, has 2 surfaces connected by fabric partitions. The air which circulates between the surfaces and partitions of a parafoil in flight keeps it well inflated. A parafoil can be packaged and deployed like a conventional parachute. Unlike such a parachute

Nǐ hǎo, my reader friend, good morning. Whether piloted by a child or a master, kites fascinate. Multiform and found all over the world, these flying machines have their origins in the intense interest in flight of a certain / small part of humanity – a fascination which goes back centuries and centuries. The terms certain and small seem appropriate to me because, at all times, the vast majority of people on this Earth were / are too busy hunting albertaceratops while avoiding the charming

In the face of COVID-19, Canada Aviation and Space Museum staff came up with a creative solution to move forward with public testing.