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Old Aug 13, 2012, 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by jlemon
7) This Canadian airline operated a seasonal weekend nonstop service during the late winter of 1979 with a wide body aircraft from Toronto (YYZ) to Winnipeg (YWG). This flight then continued on nonstop to an international destination. Identify the airline, the aircraft type used and the name of the international destination.

Sounds like something Wardair would do -- they had a DC-10 and a couple of 747s at that time -- as for the international destination I would have guessed Amsterdam, but since you specified winter, I'd pick a warmer destination -- HNL?


8) It's the fall of 1979 and you need to make the short hop from Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) to Shreveport (SHV). You want to fly on jet equipment and you have your choice of two (2) airlines. Identify both air carriers and the respective aircraft they flew on this route.

Delta with DC-9s and 727-200s; TI using DC-9s.

9) Also in the fall of 1979, how many jet flights did Air Florida operate between Miami (MIA) and Key West (EYW) on a typical weekday? Also identify the jet aircraft type.

This is a guess -- three or four with 737s (they also had a couple of flights with Martin 404s). Interestingly, only two years earlier it was only Air Sunshine (AG) with about 8 or 9 flights per day using DC-3s.

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