cadet knowledge
what are the lowest and highest rank in the cadet program?
AC and WO1
What Canadian aviation company makes the Dash 8-q400?
Dehavilland Canada
what was the original purpose of christmas?
to celebrate Jesus' birth
this former Canadian department store began a tradition of decorating it's windows for the holiday season, which company is this?
The Hudson's bay company
what was the first service aircraft of the RCAF?
the vickers vedette
What is the squadron motto?
Ad Saltum Paratus meaning ready for the leap
What airport has the IATA code EDDF?
Frankfurt Am Main international airport
Canadian military bases hold special Christmas events every year for military families, what is this called?
Base Christmas party or Military mess Christmas
In places such as Banff and Jasper many resorts offer this unique way to see the Rockies, what is this?
A Christmas sleigh ride or horse drawn carriage ride
What aircraft originally served the RCAF as a jet trainer and is now flown by the snowbirds?
What does Captain Taylor do?
Supply, we should all thank him for it
what is an ATIS message?
it stands for Automated Terminal Information Service, it is a recorded message containing the information pilots need to fly
This program run by the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Service sends care packages to CAF personnel serving overseas, what is this called?
Operation Santa Claus
Many Canadians hope for this type of weather popularised in songs and films, what is it?
A white Christmas or snow
What Canadian interceptor designed during the cold war became one of Canadian aviation's biggest controversies?
CF-105 Avro Arrow
Who just aged out?
WO2 Brennan
how many runways does Calgary (CYYC) have (counting inactive ones)
8 runways, 17L/35R, 17R/35L, 26/08 and 29/11
on the 25th of December troops on the front lines of world war one stopped fighting to exchange gifts and play games of soccer, what was this called?
The christmas truce
This German city was once known as "the gingerbread capital of the world" what city is it? (+100 points if you get the state too)
Nuremberg, Bavaria
what aircraft based off the P-3 Orion serves as Canada's primary maritime surveillance and anti-submarine platform?
The CP-140 Aurora
What level do you first have to complete a teaching evaluation to pass?
level 3
what is the name of the maneuver where you have your aircraft at an angle, are gaining altitude and use rudder to encourage a turn?
banked climbing turn
This horned figure from my home country accompanies St. Nicholas on the night of December 5th and punishes misbehaving children, who is this and what country is it from?
Krampus and Germany
This Victorian era tradition now common among Canadians and other communities features the telling of supernatural stories including those that inspired Dickens' ghosts, what is this?
Christmas ghost storytelling
425 tactical fighter squadron out of Bagotville