It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here in the troposphere. I’m sitting in seat 2D, cruising high over the Wind River Range of northwestern Wyoming as we wing our way down to Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve just finished a delicious luncheon of Blue Cheese Encrusted Chicken Breast, topped with a piquant cherry tomato sauce and accompanied by a medley of Brussels sprouts and capers with garlic mashed potatoes. With two and a half hours left in the flight, now seems an excellent time to post this latest batch of quiz questions.

As always, please limit your responses to no more than two or three questions at a time so that others may also have a chance to participate.
Additionally, if the answer to a question calls for listing say - four different airlines, please list four airlines in your answer. Incomplete answers will be disregarded.


1. Air France inaugurated Concorde service in January 1976. What was the inaugural route? A N S W E R E D

2. This airline opened the "Terminal of the Future" at its home base airport in 1968. Name the airline and the airport. A N S W E R E D

3. What was the first Asian Airline to operate a jet aircraft? What kind of aircraft was it? A N S W E R E D

4. During the 1970s and 1980s, this was the only Eastern Bloc airline to operate flights to Tel Aviv, Israel. A N S W E R E D

5. Which airline referred to its 747s as “Navigator Jets”?

6. Which airline has a winged mountain goat, the flying mouflon, as its logo? A N S W E R E D

7. What was the first airline to serve alcohol aboard its flights within the U.S.?

8. What was the first foreign launch customer for a Boeing jet? What type of airplane was it? A N S W E R E D

9. What was the first British airline to operate the Boeing 727? A N S W E R E D

10. What was the first airline to fly the BAe-146? A N S W E R E D

11. What was the first fatal jet airliner crash? A N S W E R E D

12. What was U.S. Air’s first widebodied jetliner? A N S W E R E D

13. What was the first international airline and aircraft to land at the newly inaugurated London Heathrow airport? A N S W E R E D

14. What was the first Asian airline to serve New York? A N S W E R E D

15. What was the first Asian airline to fly across the Pacific? A N S W E R E D

16. Air France was the launch customer of the A300. What was the second airline to fly the A300? A N S W E R E D

17. In October 1953, this airline became the first airline outside the UK to fly the Comet. Name the airline and the route flown. A N S W E R E D

18. What was the first city east of the Rockies served by Alaska Airlines? A N S W E R E D

19. Name six U.S. airlines that operated their fleets in an all premium class configuration A N S W E R E D

20. Name two U.S. airlines in operation before 1990 that operated an all coach fleet and later added a section marketed as Business Class (Not First Class) A N S W E R E D

21. Name two U.S. airlines operating prior to 1990 that once offered First Class but switched to an all coach configuration. A N S W E R E D

22. Name the U.S. airline whose jets were called “Funbirds” A N S W E R E D

23. Name three U.S. airlines in operation before 1990 that operated an all coach fleet and later added a true First Class service on some of their flights.

24. In 1981 this airline operated one stop service between Honolulu and London. Name the airline, the equipment and the route. A N S W E R E D

25. Name the only intra-state airline to have lounges aboard two different types of aircraft it operated. Identify the aircraft as well. A N S W E R E D

The following questions are based upon schedules published in a 1972 OAG

1. This was the only airline serving Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY. It operated 8 flights each weekday. A N S W E R E D

2. Only two airlines operated jets into Orange County. Which airlines were they? A N S W E R E D

3. This airline operated a single daily jet flight between Saginaw, Michigan and New York’s LaGuardia Airport. A N S W E R E D

4. These two foreign carriers enjoyed fifth freedom rights on the Chicago – Montreal route. A N S W E R E D


And finally, a bonus question:

Who was the first FlyerTalker to post questions to the Old Timer’s Airliner Quiz from onboard an airplane? A N S W E R E D