Event History
History of the Canadian
Air Cushion Technology Society
(CACTS)
During a 1967 meeting in Ottawa, a group of Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) members formed an Air Cushion Section. By 1979 air cushion technology was gaining in popularity, so a separate organization was instigated, the Canadian Air Cushion Technology Society (CACTS); this was chaired by a renowned Canadian Hovercraft engineer, Howard Fowler. Conference numbering can be confusing. One set of numbers date from the first gathering in 1967. Meetings occurred bi-annually but not consistently. According to Jacques Laframboise, the 25th meeting took place in Montreal during 1998, the 26th in Toronto during 2000, and now the 27th symposium in Terre Haute 2002. In 1992 a joint conference with the American Society of Naval Engineers took place in Washington DC. This was the 23rd CACTS conference.
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