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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 ___?
         
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?
         
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?
         
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?
         
35. The name James Gruben is connected with which northern Canadian airport?
         
36. Which airport in Newfoundland used to be called the Newfoundland Airport?
         
37. Which Canadian flying ace played the air marshal in the 1942 movie Captains of the Clouds?
         
38. Where are Space Camp Canada and the Space Science Center located?
         
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?
         
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?
         
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