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Good Morning All!

Looks like lots of good folks are traveling today in the U.S., by air and by land. Thankfully, we are not among them but we do wish everyone safe travels! And it appears the possible ice storm in north Texas may not affect DFW, at least until our good friends connect via that airport today on their way home from LFT to TUS.

Back to the quiz....

Before we leave the 1960's and move into the 1970's, here's a bonus quiz item:

21. It's a beautiful summer morning in 1967 and you are in Pasadena, California. The phone rings and a request is made: can you attend an urgent business dinner tonight in Eureka, California? Well, of course you can! You quickly research flight options from southern California to Eureka/Arcata (ACV) and discover there are no nonstops. However, there is a direct, one stop flight departing daily at 1:10pm that will get you into ACV in plenty of time to make the dinner meeting. ANSWERED

So with this in mind, answer the following questions:

A) What airport will you be departing from?

B) What airline will you be traveling on?

C) What is the aircraft type you'll be flying on?

D) What is the location of the intermediate stop?

And now....

Quiz Items From The 1970's

22. It's 1970 and you have just checked in for a flight in first class from Montreal to Buenos Aires that departs once a week every Wednesday. Four (4) intermediate stops will be made en route. And when you ask the ticket agent what type of aircraft you'll be flying on, you're told it will be a "Spacemaster". Identify the air carrier, all four stops in the order in which they will be made and also name the aircraft. ANSWERED

23. Also in 1970, this airline was operating eight (8) flights a week from Europe to North America which they called the "Western Arrow". Depending on the day of the week, these flights served several destinations on a nonstop basis in North America. Name the airline that operated these flights and also identify the equipment. And for bonus points, identify the departure airport in Europe as well as three destinations in North America that were served nonstop by the "Western Arrow". ANSWERED

24. It's a Monday morning in 1972 in Johannesburg, South Africa and you are off to Sydney, Australia. Your first class flight will make three (3) intermediate stops en route from JNB to SYD. Identify the airline you'll be flying on, all three stops in the order in which they were made and the aircraft type flown on the route. ANSWERED

25. In 1974, the slogan for this Canadian airline was "Fly The Golden Jets". Name the air carrier as well as the aircraft types referred to. ANSWERED

26. Now it's 1976 and you are on a business trip in northern Canada. You need to travel from Yellowknife, NWT to Churchhill, Manitoba. At first, you assume you will have to make connections in Edmonton and Winnipeg in order to travel from YZF to YYQ. However, you then discover there is a nonstop flight that operates three days a week between the two remote destinations and it fits your schedule. Name the airline and the equipment you'll be flying on. ANSWERED

27. Also 1976, eight (8) different airports in the state of Virginia were being served with mainline jet equipment by various airlines. Identify all eight airports. ANSWERED

28. In 1977, this airline was proposing to initiate a new hub operation at Chicago Midway (MDW) with twin jet aircraft flying nonstop service to Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, OH, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. And this was no start up operation: the air carrier in question had been operating scheduled flights for many years and was already serving Chicago O'Hare (ORD) at the time. However, their proposed new Midway hub never got off the ground. Identify the airline and the equipment they proposed to operate from MDW.

29. Also in 1977, Western was operating "Islander Service" nonstop to Honolulu (HNL) from six (6) different airports. Three (3) different aircraft types were operated by WA on their "Islander Service" at this time. Name all six airports and identify the three aircraft types used for these flights. ANSWERED

30. In 1978, Western was serving four different airports that were all located on islands. One was Honolulu, of course. Name the other three airports. ANSWERED - ADQ, ITO & YVR

31. In 1979, three airlines were operating jet service on the short hop from New Orleans (MSY) to Baton Rouge (BTR). Name all three air carriers and also identify the respective equipment they flew on the route. ANSWERED

32. Also in 1979, Braniff International was operating Boeing 747 service nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to six (6) destinations. None of these flights were operated on a daily basis. Identify all six destinations. ANSWERED