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From the the 1979 Pan Am annual report.....
"Ten years ago (in 1969) - when aviation fuel was ten cents a gallon - Pan Am operated 131 707s and was the largest operator of that aircraft type in the world. Now that the average price of fuel is approaching a dollar a gallon ...
"Ten years ago (in 1969) - when aviation fuel was ten cents a gallon - Pan Am operated 131 707s and was the largest operator of that aircraft type in the world. Now that the average price of fuel is approaching a dollar a gallon ...
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Le...TG_NUS_DPG&f=M
Road fuel is starting to creep up again in the UK - is that happening in the US as well ?
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I believe that although jet fuel for much of the 1990s bounced around USD 0.50/gal, spiking up to USD 4.00 in 2008 and still USD 3.00 two years ago, we are now back down to USD 1.00, around the same price as in 1979,nearly 40 years ago
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Le...TG_NUS_DPG&f=M
Road fuel is starting to creep up again in the UK - is that happening in the US as well ?
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Le...TG_NUS_DPG&f=M
Road fuel is starting to creep up again in the UK - is that happening in the US as well ?
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9- let me weigh in here ...
1965, HOU-MSY:
National - DC-8 (perhaps still an Electra?)
Eastern - 727
Delta - CV-880
1965, HOU-MSY:
National - DC-8 (perhaps still an Electra?)
Eastern - 727
Delta - CV-880
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Eastern is correct.....but not with a 727. Please guess again!
Delta operating a Convair 880 is correct. DL 976 originated in HOU, departing at 7:15a and arriving in MSY at 8:04a. This flight then continued on to Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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6. Also in 1981, Pan Am added nine new aircraft to its fleet: six of one type, two of a second type and one of a third type. Identify all three jetliners along with the number of each type placed into service. ANSWERED
7. In 1982, the airline stated this small city was "the newest Pan Am destination" in the U.S. Pan Am served this destination with a mainline jet aircraft type. Identify this destination along with the one and only nonstop route flown from it.
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9. Excellent guess! And at one point, Eastern did operate B720 service between HOU and MSY. However, this morning flight was operated with another aircraft type.
Hmm... Must be a DC-8 - assuming it's a jet, that is...
6. Also in 1981, Pan Am added nine new aircraft to its fleet: six of one type, two of a second type and one of a third type. Identify all three jetliners along with the number of each type placed into service.
Well the Tristar -500s certainly come to mind first, so we'll go with six of those. As to the others, are we talking brand new from the manufacturer - as in Boeing -x21s? If so, I'll hazard a guess that PA picked up a couple of 747-221s and perhaps a 727-221. Or maybe it's the other way around with two 727s as I'm not sure PA operated 747-221s... Either way, '81 was too early for the Airbuses.
7. In 1982, the airline stated this small city was "the newest Pan Am destination" in the U.S. Pan Am served this destination with a mainline jet aircraft type. Identify this destination along with the one and only nonstop route flown from it.
Wild guess: Key West, FL. from Miami with a 727-35
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Hmm... Must be a DC-8 - assuming it's a jet, that is...
6. Also in 1981, Pan Am added nine new aircraft to its fleet: six of one type, two of a second type and one of a third type. Identify all three jetliners along with the number of each type placed into service.
Well the Tristar -500s certainly come to mind first, so we'll go with six of those. As to the others, are we talking brand new from the manufacturer - as in Boeing -x21s? If so, I'll hazard a guess that PA picked up a couple of 747-221s and perhaps a 727-221. Or maybe it's the other way around with two 727s as I'm not sure PA operated 747-221s... Either way, '81 was too early for the Airbuses.
7. In 1982, the airline stated this small city was "the newest Pan Am destination" in the U.S. Pan Am served this destination with a mainline jet aircraft type. Identify this destination along with the one and only nonstop route flown from it.
Wild guess: Key West, FL. from Miami with a 727-35
P.S. Fifty new questions ready to go...
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9. Excellent guess! And at one point, Eastern did operate B720 service between HOU and MSY. However, this morning flight was operated with another aircraft type.
Hmm... Must be a DC-8 - assuming it's a jet, that is...
6. Also in 1981, Pan Am added nine new aircraft to its fleet: six of one type, two of a second type and one of a third type. Identify all three jetliners along with the number of each type placed into service.
Well the Tristar -500s certainly come to mind first, so we'll go with six of those. As to the others, are we talking brand new from the manufacturer - as in Boeing -x21s? If so, I'll hazard a guess that PA picked up a couple of 747-221s and perhaps a 727-221. Or maybe it's the other way around with two 727s as I'm not sure PA operated 747-221s... Either way, '81 was too early for the Airbuses.
7. In 1982, the airline stated this small city was "the newest Pan Am destination" in the U.S. Pan Am served this destination with a mainline jet aircraft type. Identify this destination along with the one and only nonstop route flown from it.
Wild guess: Key West, FL. from Miami with a 727-35
P.S. Fifty new questions ready to go...
Hmm... Must be a DC-8 - assuming it's a jet, that is...
6. Also in 1981, Pan Am added nine new aircraft to its fleet: six of one type, two of a second type and one of a third type. Identify all three jetliners along with the number of each type placed into service.
Well the Tristar -500s certainly come to mind first, so we'll go with six of those. As to the others, are we talking brand new from the manufacturer - as in Boeing -x21s? If so, I'll hazard a guess that PA picked up a couple of 747-221s and perhaps a 727-221. Or maybe it's the other way around with two 727s as I'm not sure PA operated 747-221s... Either way, '81 was too early for the Airbuses.
7. In 1982, the airline stated this small city was "the newest Pan Am destination" in the U.S. Pan Am served this destination with a mainline jet aircraft type. Identify this destination along with the one and only nonstop route flown from it.
Wild guess: Key West, FL. from Miami with a 727-35
P.S. Fifty new questions ready to go...
6. We are talking new aircraft here from the respective manufacturers concerning Pan Am.....
And six (6) new long range Lockheed L1011-500 Tristar aircraft delivered from the Palmdale plant in the high desert north of L.A. is correct!
The Boeing 727-221 was also ordered....and not one but two were delivered in 1981.
However, a new Boeing 747-221 was not added to the fleet in 1981.
So we are still looking for one more aircraft type here....and only one new example of this type was added to the Pan Am fleet in 1981.
7. Ah, Key West (EYW) was not the newest destination. However, you are on the right track with regard to the 727. And you might want to head quite a bit west with regard to the location of the small city in question.
Plus, here's an additional hint: this destination was not served by a code share partner, it was served with Pan Am metal flown by PA crews.
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So we are still looking for one more aircraft type here....and only one new example of this type was added to the Pan Am fleet in 1981.
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And it was not just any DC10: it was a "long range DC10(-30)".
This PA annual report also makes the following interesting statement:
"Four of the airline's long range DC10-30 aircraft are being converted to charter configuration, each with 380 seats instead of the standard 286."
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Hints: the destination was not Key West (EYW) but was instead located quite a bit to the west. And it was served with Pan Am mainline metal operated by PA crews.
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9. Now it's 1965 and you are in Houston where you've been attending a symposium at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) concerning the space agency's quest to land men on the moon by the end of the decade. A message is delivered and you are requested to attend a business lunch meeting the next day in New Orleans. A quick check of schedules reveals that three airlines operate morning nonstop service from Houston Hobby to New Orleans with departures at 7:15 am, 7:25 am and 8:00 am. Name all three airlines and the respective aircraft types they operated on these flights.
Answers thus far.....
* National operating a Douglas DC-8
* Delta operating a Convair 880
* Eastern operating a ____________ (not a 720, 727 or DC-8)
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Then again, it could be an Electra. Still, I don't recall seeing many of EA's Electras ever scheduled west of Atlanta...