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How well do you know Canadian Aviation?

31. The Canadian Forces, which flies the Sea King helicopter, seems to have a thing about helicopters and royalty … or chess. Our Labrador chopper, used from 1963 to 2004 for search and rescue, is a variant of the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea ___?
  a) Queen
  b) Knight
  c) Rook
  d) Prince
 
32. On May 27 this year, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk headed skyward for a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). Which spacecraft took him there?
  a) Space Shuttle
  b) Aeriane 5
  c) Soyuz
  d) Shenzhou 7
 
33. Seventy Hawker Sea Fury aircraft served with the Royal Canadian Navy between 1948 and 1956, in 871 Squadron. What was the name of the aircraft carrier they flew from?
  a) HMCS Magnificent
  b) HMCS Warrior
  c) HMCS Nabob
  d) HMCS Puncher
 
34. On a terminology database called Terminav©, the French translation of the English term “acrobatic flight” is offered as “acrobatie aérienne.” Which Canadian organization or company does Terminav belong to?
  a) Canadian Airports Council
  b) Transport Canada
  c) Université de Montréal
  d) Nav Canada
 
35. The name James Gruben is connected with which northern Canadian airport?
  a) Tuktoyaktuk
  b) Alert
  c) Baker Lake
  d) Repulsive Bay
 
36. Which airport in Newfoundland used to be called the Newfoundland Airport?
  a) St. John’s
  b) Stephenville
  c) Deer Lake
  d) Gander
 
37. Which Canadian flying ace played the air marshal in the 1942 movie Captains of the Clouds?
  a) Billy Bishop
  b) Punch Dickinst
  c) Camille Lagesse
  d) Ellis Vair Reid
 
38. Where are Space Camp Canada and the Space Science Center located?
  a) North York
  b) Vancouver
  c) Kamloops
  d) Laval
 
39. Canadian pilots flew 29,000 of the 37,000 operational missions flown by the Halifax aircraft. Of more than 6,000 built, only three remain. Where will you find one in Canada?
  a) Calgary Air Museum
  b) National Airforce Museum of Canada
  c) British Columbia Aviation Museum
  d) Shearwater Aviation Museum
 
40. First World War British ace Arthur Roy Brown was born and died in Ontario, and was an editor for Canadian Aviation magazine after the war. With which ace is his name famously connected?
  a) Manfred von Richthofen
  b) Aleksey Smirnov
  c) Kenji Okabe
  d) Max Immelmann
 
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