Originally Posted by
JoeDTW
You're on the right track, jlemon. The flight originated in LAX, stopped in CLE, then continued to another destination. All of AA's flights from CLE to LAX in 1980 used 707s, but one flight from LAX to CLE (and onward) merited a DC-10 Luxury Liner.
Ah, I see this was an eastbound operation only with the DC-10 with Cleveland being an intermediate stop. In that case, I'll guess the actual routing was LAX-CLE-LGA.
And your excellent quiz item engenders a follow-on question:
As we know, American was operating nonstop flights from Cleveland to twelve different destinations at this time including LAX. What were the eleven other nonstop destinations? I've already guessed that one of them was La Guardia. If that is correct, what were the other ten?