The year is 1976 and it is late winter with spring just around the corner. Gerald Ford is President of the United States. However, in just two short years, Jimmy Carter will be in the White House. And President Carter will appoint Alfred Kahn as head of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the government agency which previously regulated the airlines. Mr. Kahn will subsequently deregulate the airline industry and thus put the CAB out of business. The airline business will be forever changed.....
But for now, it is business as usual with the CAB telling the airlines where they can fly, what they can charge and so on and so forth.
Our location is New York City during the months of February and March, 1976. Here are the quiz questions:
1) If one wanted to fly in a jet from New York City to Elmira (ELM), what airline would you travel on and what type of equipment would you fly on? (Hint: this carrier operated two different jet aircraft types on the route).
2) What airline operated B747 service between New York and Milwaukee (MKE)?
3) If one wanted to fly on a DC-10 between New York and Mexico City (MEX), what airline would you travel on?
4) If you wanted to fly on a jet from New York to Amarillo (AMA) direct with no change of plane, what airlines would you fly on? Also name the aircraft types used on the route. (Hint: you would have your choice of two airlines).
5) What airline flew nonstop between New York and Anchorage (ANC) with a DC-8 Super 60 series?
6) If one wanted to fly from New York to Beaumont/Port Arthur (BPT) in Texas in a jet with direct, no change of plane service, what airline would you travel on? Also name the aircraft type.
7) What airline flew direct from New York to Fort De France (FDF) in the Caribbean? Also name the aircraft type.
8) What airline operated B747 service between New York and Bermuda (BDA)?
9) If you wanted to fly nonstop from New York to Kingston, Jamaica (KIN) on a B707, what airline would you choose? (Hint: you would have your choice of two airlines operating the B707 nonstop on this route). Also, if you wanted to fly nonstop from New York to Kingston on a DC-9-30, what airline would you fly on?
10) What airline operated a B707-320 (B3J) nonstop from Newark (EWR) to New York Kennedy Airport (JFK) twice a week and where did this flight originate from?
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