Initial thoughts on ChatGPT - an aviation magazine editor’s perspective.

After two difficult years, Aero Gatineau-Ottawa has succeeded in returning its 5th edition, which took place from September 16 to 18, 2022, to normal. This year, the show was bigger than ever, with a total of sixty aircraft present on the tarmac and in the sky.

With NASA and SpaceX making new headlines in recent months, it seems appropriate to remember the achievements of John Glenn, whose entire life could only be described as remarkable.

The Sukhoi Su-25 and the Fairchild A-10 were designed for the same purpose: dedicated close air support. Looking at these two aircraft, we can see distinct differences in Western and Eastern design philosophies, yet both aircraft types were highly effective in combat. That brings us to the question: How do these two ‘tank busters’ measure up against each other?

For more than five centuries, numerous inventors, including Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, attempted to design reliable parachutes. However, it was only in 1920 that the modern parachute, as we know it today, was patented.

Aviation comic by Crystine Muller.