jlemon

Leg 3: Well, then.....perhaps this was indeed United with a B747-100 and the arrival airport was Chicago O'Hare (ORD).

jrl767

3- ORD INCORRECT for this leg; UA INCORRECT for this leg

teddybear99

Trivial Answer to second airline - the smiling PSA MD-80

Europe guesses:

???-Paris Orly
Paris De Gaulle to London Gatwick on a British Caledoninan BAC 1-11
London Heathrow to Montreal Mirabel on an Air Canada L-1011-500

North America Guesses:

Montreal Dorvil to Toronto City on a Air Atonabee deHaviland Dash 8
Toronto Pearson to ???

??? to SFO

Last leg home:
SFO to HNL on a Pacific East Air DC8-61/2


Add note for CLE-

Canton-Akron Airport is listed as a secondary airport for Cleveland Metro Area

jrl767

nicely done
2- PS CORRECT
<a> ORY INCORRECT
<b> CDG INCORRECT LGW CORRECT BC INCORRECT BAC 1-11 INCORRECT
<c> LHR CORRECT YMX CORRECT AC CORRECT L15 CORRECT
<d> YUL CORRECT YYZ INCORRECT
<e> YTO INCORRECT
14- SFO CORRECT HNL CORRECT 6P CORRECT D8S CORRECT

jrl767

what we know:
LEG 1 - HNL - OAK, WO, D10
LEG 2 - SJC - BUR, OC or PS, M80
LEG 3 - LAX - XXX, unknown airline, 747-100
LEG 5 - unknown metro areas, two possible airlines each operating a different model of turboprop
LEG 6 - TATL flight, unknown metro areas, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier, different variant of 747 (remember this is 1983)
LEG 7 - intra-Europe flight, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier
LEG 8 - intra-Europe flight, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier
LEG 9 - LHR - YMX, AC, L15
LEG 10 - YUL - XXX (different than Leg 3)
LEG 14 - SFO - HNL, 6P, D8S

teddybear99

Last guess before going to sleep and working backwards:

Leg 13 MCI-SFO TWA 72S
Leg 12 MDW-MCI, MW DC9-10
Leg 11 ???-ORD

We also know Leg 8's arrival airport is LGW

jrl767

8 - LGW CORRECT
11 - ORD INCORRECT for this leg
12 - MDW INCORRECT for this leg; MCI INCORRECT; ML INCORRECT for this leg; DC9 INCORRECT for this leg
13 - MCI INCORRECT; SFO CORRECT; TW INCORRECT for this leg; again, there are two possible airlines in play; 72S CORRECT

teddybear99

I guess I am the only one guessing at the answers


Based on the earlier replies, these are my new guesses:

Leg 10 YUL-ORD, AA 727-100
Leg 11 MDW-DFW, MW DC9-30
Leg 12 DAL-IAH, WN 737-200
Leg 13 IAH-SFO, Either UA or CO 727-200

jrl767

yeah, I was definitely hoping for broader team participation

still looking for Legs 3 thru 8 ... and the above said, I'm finalizing two bonus questions -- permutations of the itinerary -- that may be able to keep some brain cells engaged for a few more days

teddybear99

I guess that means that Leg 12 is DAL-HOU and the plane on Leg 11 is a DC9-10.

jrl767

and you would be CORRECT with both those guesses

so here's what we know:

LEG 1 - HNL - OAK, WO, D10
LEG 2 - SJC - BUR, OC or PS, M80
LEG 3 - LAX - XXX, unknown airline, 747-100
LEG 4 - unknown metro areas, unknown airline, unknown aircraft
LEG 5 - unknown metro areas, two possible airlines each operating a different model of turboprop
LEG 6 - TATL flight, unknown metro areas, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier, different variant of 747 (remember this is 1983)
LEG 7 - intra-Europe flight, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier
LEG 8 - intra-Europe flight, arriving LGW, airline of the destination country or Fifth Freedom carrier
LEG 9 - LHR - YMX, AC, L15
LEG 10 - YUL - ORD, AA, 727
LEG 11 - MDW - DFW, ML, DC9
LEG 12 - DAL - HOU, WN, 737
LEG 13 - IAH - SFO, UA or CO, 72S
LEG 14 - SFO - HNL, 6P, D8S

Seat 2A

Greetings, gang. I'm back from overseas and look forward to once again participating in the OTAQ&D. First however, I've got a trip report to finish and of course I'm returning to work next week which comes with its own set of distractions - namely a week of re-certification before we're allowed back at it.

So, many thanks to jrl767 for his current set of questions and to all of you clever enough to give them a serious go! I have already started a new set of questions of my own though realistically it'll be about three weeks before I manage to research enough of them to present you all something worthy of your time.

jrl767, what was flying 6P like? I always loved the DC-8 and yet missed my chance with Capitol, Arrow Air, Hawaiian, Northeast International and Pacific East. For shame!

jrl767

welcome back! looking forward to the TR

whatever made you think this was an experience-based quiz? as much as I followed the comings and goings of various airlines, I honestly don't think I even remember 6P during its brief operational existence ... truth be told, there are a number of other short-lived carriers that I'd never heard of that have popped up in this thread (Royal West and TriStar come immediately to mind, and I'm sure WHBM has mentioned a few from across the pond as well)

speaking of whom ... has anyone heard of or from our London colleague lately?

teddybear99

Maybe he can chime in on the European portion of the itinerary we are trying to solve, but here my latest guesses to legs 3 and 4:

Leg 3 LAX-MIA on a Pan Am 747-100
Leg 4 FLL-DCA on a Air Florida 737-200

jrl767

mia correct pa correct
fll correct dca correct qh incorrect 737 incorrect



hmmmm -- not that it's important, but wonder why capitalization won't stick ...