Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
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.....
12. What was U.S. Air’s first widebodied jetliner?
18. What was the first city east of the Rockies served by Alaska Airlines?
The following question is based upon schedules published in a 1972 OAG
2. Only two airlines operated jets into Orange County. Which airlines were they?
Many thanks to
Seat 2A for a fine bunch of new quiz items! It takes time to formulate and post these questions and I for one am most appreciative of your effort, sir!
And before I attempt to answer the above items, I must include a brief synopsis of our weather the past 36 hours here in south Louisiana which can be described in just four words:
Cold. Ice. Snow. Colder.....
Yep, it snowed here in the LFT area yesterday following an opening WX act featuring freezing rain and sleet. The high temp yesterday was 28 degrees F and the low temp this morning was 24 degrees F. I almost slipped and fell this morning in our driveway due to the icy conditions....but I managed to catch myself just in time and did not spill even one drop of my deliciously spicy Cajun Bloody Mary.....
And Old Man Winter is apparently not done with us here way down south just yet as there is the possibility of snow once again on Tuesday night with low temps forecast to be near 20 degrees F by midweek.
And now to business....
12. Let's go with the Boeing 767-200ER which was inherited by USAir via its acquisition of Piedmont.
18. Hmmmm....this may be a bit of a trick question. If one counts the B727 interchange service that Alaska Air provided in conjunction with Braniff International back in the mid 70's, the cities would be Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) and Houston (IAH). However, if we are looking for "stand alone" service operated by AS, the honor may go to Toronto (YYZ) as Alaska Air flew MD-80 service nonstop between LAX and YYZ at one point. So I'll go with Toronto here.
2. Air California with B737-200 equipment and Hughes Airwest with DC9-10 and DC9-30 aircraft. And this was back in the day when the terminal at SNA was located in a building that was quite small with not a jetway to be seen....
And here's bonus question from yours truly.....
What airline and aircraft type was
Seat 2A traveling on when he posted these quiz items earlier today?