9:00pm here in Alaska. It's time for an ice cold Long Hammer IPA, some roasted almonds. It's also time to clear some of these questions off the board...
57. In 1987 there were three cities in the state of Nevada that benefitted from scheduled jet flights. Identify the three cities and the single airline that served all three of them.
PARTIALLY ANSWERED:
The cities are Las Vegas, Reno and Elko. The airline wasn't United or Casino Express.
The airline was Royal West. It served LAS, RNO & EKO with a fleet of BAe-146 aircraft as well as a single 727-51 leased from Pacific Interstate Airlines (Picture HERE) Las Vegas and Reno saw service from a variety of predominantly Pacific coastal cities. Elko was served via a single daily nonstop from Las Vegas.
59. Back in 1969, Darwin, Australia was well served from Sydney with five nonstop flights per week, all of them operated with 707s from either BOAC or Qantas. In late 1987, passengers desiring to fly between SYD and DRW had a choice of two flights per week operated by a single airline. Identify the airline and the aircraft used.
HINT: It wasn't Qantas
The airline was Australian Airlines (the old TAA). Here's the schedule:
TN 52 SYD-DRW 1545 - 1835 733 Frequency: 47
68. (1987) Baghdad was a veritable hotbed of activity for fans of Boeing 707s.
Indelaware and I have found eight airlines that operated scheduled 707 flights into Baghdad as of late 1987. Can you identify them?
PARTIALLY ANSWEREDAll but two have been identified. Those airlines are not regional mid-eastern airlines. See post #8464
Here's a list of the eight airlines:
Air China from PEK-SHJ-BGW
Alia Royal Jordanian
Biman Bangladesh FROM DAC-DXB-BGW
Egyptair
Iraqi Airways
JAT Yugoslavian
Korean Airlines
Sudan Airways
72. (1987) A thorough perusal of the OAG reveals nonstop service into Honolulu from fifteen different airports located on islands. Yes – this question has been asked before, but covering a different time period and, as the saying goes, times have changed. Can you identify the fifteen airports?
PARTIALLY ANSWEREDAll but one has been identified. See post #8463
Here's a list of the cities:
Apia - HA
Auckland - CP TE CO UA
Biak - GA
Christmas Island (Kiribati) - VK
Guam - CO HA
Johnson Island - CO
Majuro - CO
Manila - PR
Nagoya - JL
Nadi: TE CP QF
Pago Pago - HA
Papeete - Three airlines - the answer to #70
Taipei - CI
Tokyo - JL NW UA CI KE
Vancouver - CP TE CO QF
80. (1987) Three South American airlines fly DC-8-61/71s or DC-8-63/73s into Miami. Identify each airline and which South American airport each flies into Miami from.
PARTIALLY ANSWERED AeroPeru and Surinam Airways have been identified. We need just one more.
That would be LAP - Lineas Aeras Paraguayas
PZ 702 ASU-MIA 1520 - 2105 D8S Operates: 6
PZ 702 ASU-MIA 1730 - 2315 D8S Operates: 2