Good morning from The Last Frontier. I've made a quick supply run back up to Fairbanks which has allowed me a bit of quality internet access here at Gulliver's Books. Alas, for the next month at least, my participation at FT and in particular the OTAAQ will be extremely limited due to a dearth of quality internet access at my early season location in the park. That said, I've enjoyed all of the repartee and information exchanged in the above posts. Thanks to everyone for their participation and special thanks to
jlemon for his considerable investment of time and effort in putting this excellent collection of questions together.
Once again, I'd like to encourage any and all of you to consider submitting a few questions of your own. WHBM has provided some great questions and I've no doubt that the rest of you, with your collective knowledge and backgrounds, could provide some challenging head scratchers for your fellow enthusiasts. Please give this some real consideration as we'd most certainly welcome your input.
Originally Posted by
jlemon
29. What type of equipment was Western Air Lines operating into Palm Springs in 1962? Also identify the three nonstop routes WA was flying from PSP at this time with this aircraft type.
Western was operating DC-6s, Constellations and Electras in 1962. Actually, I take that back on the Connies as I believe they came to Western in the PNA takeover. Routes into Palm Springs were from Las Vegas and Los Angeles for sure and I think San Diego as well. As to aircraft, I'll go with the DC-6.
32. National Airlines was flying the Douglas DC-8 into seven U.S. cities. Name all seven destinations served by NA with the DC-8 at this time.
National got access to the west coast in 1961, so I'm going to go with Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Miami, New Orleans and New York. I believe Las Vegas was also part of this route award, but I seem to recall seeing Electras routed through there...
38. In 1965, Braniff International was operating jet service into three destinations in Iowa. The same aircraft type was flown into all three airports. Name all three cities as well as the equipment used on the service.
How many jet capable airports were there in Iowa in 1962? Or perhaps I should ask how many communities were there deemed worthy of jet service? Perhaps only three? If I had to guess (and I do), I'm going to go with the three biggest cities I can think of: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Sioux City. The aircraft would have been the BAC-111.