Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
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Western it is!
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"15. Name three US airlines that flew the British built BAC-111?"
"16. Name four more US airlines that flew the BAC-111 "
"15. American, Allegheny and Braniff"
"16. Pacific Express, Britt Air, Florida Express, Air Wisconsin, Mohawk, Air Illinois"
Omission:
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"16. Name four more US airlines that flew the BAC-111 "
"15. American, Allegheny and Braniff"
"16. Pacific Express, Britt Air, Florida Express, Air Wisconsin, Mohawk, Air Illinois"
Omission:
Aloha
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I'll guess at this one. I'll say TWA because they wanted to illuminate the tail for marketing reasons. IMO, the tail illumination replaced the running light on top of the tail fin of Boeing jets so that the entire tail would be visible at night.
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lol this is true, though pan am quickly followed suite by adding the lights and so did many other carreirs. It is a common Misconception that the lights are for safety.
TWA was also the first airline to show an inflight movie
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In designing this quiz for folks at an airline collectibles convention some years ago, the intent was that respondants with a reasonable amount of knowledge about the subject could answer the questions off the top of their heads, without internet assistance. As such, it wasn't important that they know every single operator of, say, BAC-111s in the US, but rather, say, just seven of them. Of course there were other operators, but again, it was never important for respondants to know ALL of them. That's why I don't list all the answers, although for those of you who wish to add to the answers, good job for knowing.
Okay, here's another for you:
Name two South American airlines that operated the Convair 990 (I can think of three)
Okay, here's another for you:
Name two South American airlines that operated the Convair 990 (I can think of three)
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The third was AREA Ecuador who operated its 990s in an all economy class configuration.
How about this: Name five non-European airlines that operated the Hawker Sidley Trident (Any variant)
How about this: Name five non-European airlines that operated the Hawker Sidley Trident (Any variant)
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I know CAAC, Cyprus Airways, Air Ceylon, Kuwait and Iraqi.
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Name 3 U.S. airlines that operated the 747SP. I can think of 5. I once flew on aboard a 747SP Brussels-Amsterdam.
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Name three U.S. airlines operated L-1011s between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii? (I can think of four)