Originally Posted by
JoeDTW
These are some GREAT questions, jlemon.
Here are my guesses:
2. Fokker Jet Fellowship, aka the F.28
8. The aircraft is almost certainly a Canadair North Star. I'll guess Shemya, Alaska is the location of the technical stop.
Shemya was also used as a tech stop by Northwest Airlines, and the flight attendant dormitory there was nicknamed the "home for wayward girls".
17. I believe Western was the only airline that served both PHX and YVR in 1968. I'll guess the stops were LAX, SFO, and PDX, and the equipment was a 720-047 Fan Jet.
2.
Correct! The OAG also used "FKF" as the code for the F27 at one point.
8.
Correct! I believe the Canadair North Star was a Canadian manufactured version of the Douglas DC-4 and was equipped with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. BTW, Shemya (SYA, which was actually a U.S. Air Force base) was served in later years by Reeve Aleutian Airways flying Lockheed L-188 Electra and Boeing 727-100 combi aircraft.
17. Actually the aircraft was the Boeing 720-047
B (720B) but you are close enough, sir!
However, while LAX and PDX are correct with regard to being intermediate stops, this flight did not stop at SFO. So please guess again!