Originally Posted by
Icecat
50. In 1957, Canadian Pacific was serving only two airports in the U.S. One was Honolulu (HNL). Identify the other U.S. destination, describe the route and also name the aircraft type flown by CP on this service.
Fairbanks, DC-3. Whitehorse to Fairbanks with stops at Mayo and Dawson City on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
50. Correct!
And if you missed this flight which only operated once a month to Fairbanks from Whitehorse, you could then wait until the following Saturday and catch Pan American World Airways flight 905 operated with a Boeing 377 Super "Strato" Clipper (as described by PA). Actual routing of this flight was Seattle-Juneau-Whitehorse-Fairbanks operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
But what if you did not want to wait? Well, you could backtrack south to Vancouver with a choice of two departures, both operated by Canadian Pacific with Convair 240 equipment. There was the morning "milk run" from Whitehorse to YVR which made stops in Watson Lake, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John and Prince George, and there was also a late night red eye nonstop from YXY to YVR. Once in Vancouver, it was short hop to Seattle via a stop in Victoria on board a Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Douglas DC-3 with up to six flights a day being operated on a YVR-YYJ-SEA round trip routing. And from Seattle, you could choose between the daily nonstop to Fairbanks flown by Alaska Airlines with a Douglas DC-6 or a Pan American World Airways Boeing 377 Super "Strato" Clipper operating nonstop from SEA to FAI (with continuing service to Nome (OME) twice a week but operated with a Douglas DC-4 between FAI and OME).
Or, if all else failed, one could simply stroll over to the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse, stick out the old thumb and hope for the best! Sound familiar,
Seat 2A ?