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100th Anniversary of Flight - Quiz (1-10)
How well do you know Canadian Aviation?
1. In 1959 the Diefenbaker government cancelled the Avro Arrow (CF-105) supersonic fighter jet program and tried to destroy all evidence of the project’s existence. Aside from bits and pieces in private hands, what parts of the plane survive in the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa?
a) one working prototype
b) the test pilot’s briefs
c) landing gear
d) two outer wing sections
2. Canadian-made airplanes have been given charming names such as Harbinger, Silver Dart, Aurora and Canuck. Which of the following aircraft types is not one of ours?
a) Chipmunk
b) Otter
c) Warthog
d) Beaver
3. Which feat was the CL-84-1 Dynavert known for?
a) first inverted flight
b) fixed-wing/VTOL
c) first averted flight
d) wing-warping technology
4. Thirty three Canadair CP-107 Argus anti-submarine aircraft were built, and entered service in 1958 (one source dates it 1957). Where were they stationed?
a) CFB Greenwood
b) CFB Shearwater
c) CFB Goose Bay
d) CFB Wawa
5. In 1941 Wilbur Franks invented the anti-gravity suit. For what kind of aviator was this device designed?
a) parachutists
b) balloonists
c) bombardiers
d) fighter pilots
6. Wallace Rupert Turnbull invented, then in 1927 tested something that every aspiring pilot learns to manipulate.
a) rudder
b) choke
c) variable-pitch propeller
d) two-way radio
7. Spar, CAE and DSMA Atcon, under the project management of the National Research Council, developed the Canadarm for the Space Shuttle. When was the Canadarm’s first flight and what was the flight number?
a) STS-41G | Oct 84
b) STS-27 | Dec 88
c) STS-39 | Apr 91
d) STS-2 | Nov 81
8. On June 25, 1944, David Hornell, born in Mimco, Ontario, ditched his Canso in the North Atlantic north of the Hebrides after sinking the German U-boat U1125. He died shortly after he and his surviving crew were rescued. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross later that year. A Canadian museum has something of his. What was it?
a) one flying boot
b) the Canso’s dingy
c) flight bag
d) wooden leg
9. An aeronautical engineer names John Hamilton Parkin joined the National Research Council in 1929 and was its director of mechanical engineering from 1936-1957. His staff perfected which of the following safety systems?
a) way to keep ice off aircraft propellors
b) controlled flight into terrain warning
c) instrument landing system
d) hydrogen wetting sprinkler
10. Which of the following aircraft was the first commercial aircraft built to a Canadian specification for Canadian conditions?
a) DHC-6 Twin Otter
b) Fairey Firefly
c) Silver Dart
d) Vickers Vedette flying boat
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