Seat 2A

Ask and ye shall receive...

1.) Southwest Airlines is well known for serving nothing but peanuts and drinks to its passengers. They were not however the airline that introduced low cost “Peanuts Fares” in the 1970s. Which airline was that?

2.) Its May 1983 timetable indicated that this airline offered DC-9-10 jet service to BUF, DTW, BDL, PHL, GSO, RDU and ROC. The airline did not operate props. What airline was it?

3.) What airline once operated Boeing 720 service between Seattle’s Boeing Field and Spokane, WA?

4.) What airline billed itself as the "Route of the Aristocrats"?

5.) Which U.S. airline was the launch customer for the Lockheed Electra?

6.) What kind of bird was represented on the tails of Ozark Airlines aircraft?

7.) What was the first U.S. airline to charge a fee for each checked bag? ($3.00 per bag)

8.) Frontier, Ozark and Bonanza each ordered this aircraft, but the Civil Aeronautics Board refused Bonanza a loan guarantee for their purchase while the other two airlines were threatened with the withdrawal of their local service route subsidies if they purchased the aircraft. What was the aircraft?

9.) What U.S. airline once used a Boeing 707 solely for intrastate services? In What state?

10.) Everyone knows that Howard Hughes once owned Hughes Airwest and TWA. What other major U.S. airline did he own?

11.) This airline was awarded the Miami-Los Angeles route on October 1, 1969. It flew it with 727-100s. What airline was it?

12.) What was the name of the other airline that operated transcon services with a 727-100?

13.) What airline was the launch customer for the BAC-1-11?

14.) In the March 1968 OAG, Butte, Montana is served by two airlines operating the same type of aircraft. It was the only type of aircraft you could fly into or out of BTM at the time. (Lucky dogs!) What were the airlines and the aircraft?

15.) On February 11, 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor was hired by Mohawk Airlines. Why was this noteworthy?