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Old Jan 25, 2014 | 7:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Icecat

2. This airline opened the "Terminal of the Future" at its home base airport in 1968. Name the airline and the airport.

Braniff at Dallas Love Field

That's right! The monorail at DAL, known as the Jetrail, was the world's first fully automated monorail transit system.

15. What was the first Asian airline to fly across the Pacific?

That would be Philippine Airlinesflying a DC-4 flying US Troops home in 1946. It took 41hrs with stops for fuel at Guam, Wake, Kwajelein and Honolulu.[/COLOR]

Yes indeed. For a timeline on PAL's history, see HERE

3. In 1972, this airline operated a single daily jet flight between Saginaw, Michigan and New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

United with a 737

Right again! It may even have occasionally been ship 9554 (N9054U), a 737-222 named "City of Midland/Bay City/Saginaw"

and a mad dash across the ramp (at SNA) to get a decent seat, since no pre-assigned seats on Air California.

This brings to mind the good old days when PSA stews wore seriously short hot pants. Aisle seats were at a premium!

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