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And on the last day of my "mini-vacation", here are some additional new quiz items....

The 1980's Continued.....

21. It's the fall of 1985 and you are in Tokyo. You need to travel to Seoul for a meeting and have discovered a one stop flight which operates four days a week. You also note this service is flown with a Boeing 727-200 and first class is available. Identify the airline and the intermediate stop. And here's a hint: this air carrier was not based in Japan or South Korea. ANSWERED

22. In the spring of 1986, the following marketing message appeared on this airline's timetable cover:

WE'RE FLYING THE WIDEST PLANE TO THE HIGHEST PLACE.

INTRODUCING THE ONLY 747 SERVICE FROM NEW YORK TO DENVER.

Name the air carrier. ANSWERED

23. It's a beautiful spring day in New Orleans in 1986. Your old sailing buddy from Santa Barbara has requested you check out a catamaran for sale and the boat is located at a marina in Fort Lauderdale. You find a one stop direct flight that fits your schedule departing MSY at 1:55pm and arriving FLL at 6:10pm. What airline and aircraft type will you be flying on and what is the location of the intermediate stop? ANSWERED

24. Now you are in London in 1986. You're planning to head back to Los Angeles. Now you could easily take a nonstop flight. However, you've been made aware of a very nicely priced "premium class" service for $775 one way with this flight making one intermediate stop en route and operating daily. You have also read an ad for this service which promises "Spacious leather seats, two abreast. Service beyond compare. Fine china, crystal and linen. Fresh flowers." The ad goes on to say "....you can sit in the lap of luxury while enjoying an elegant gourmet meal or sipping a fine wine." There's even a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne pictured in the ad. Well, it all sounds great and the price is right so you book a window seat in "premium class". Identify the air carrier and the equipment you'll be traveling on as well as the intermediate stop. ANSWERED

25. It's a cold, crisp and clear day in early 1987 in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. You've been attending a government sponsored symposium which has almost concluded and need to catch a late afternoon flight to San Francisco. Now, of course, there is no nonstop or direct service from YOW to SFO; however, several airlines offer what you hope will be one easy connection from one flight to another with mainline jet equipment being operated on both flights. So you choose a nonstop flight departing Ottawa at 5:45pm that will get you to your connecting airport at 7:30pm. You'll then depart on your second flight at 9:25pm nonstop to San Francisco arriving in the City by The Bay at 12:16am. What airline and aircraft types will you be flying on and where will you make your connection? And here's a hint: both of your flights will be in first class on board narrow body equipment. ANSWERED

26. In late 1989, there was only one airline offering nonstop jet service from Pensacola, Florida to both Orlando and Tampa. The same aircraft type was used on all flights. Name the air carrier and the equipment. ANSWERED

The 1990's......

27. It's the fall of 1991 and you are in Walnut Creek just east of San Francisco. You need to travel to Boston and are not looking forward to driving in Bay Area traffic all the way to SFO to catch a nonstop. Then a friend tells you about an alternative method involving only one airline with what he claims is a very easy connection. "You can fly right out of our local airport which is just up the road. Now it's a small turboprop but it's a short flight to your connecting airport where you'll then connect to a nonstop in first class to Boston." And then he states you will not be connecting via SFO. Your first flight departs at 11:34am and arrives at your connecting airport 12:09pm. Your second flight departs at 1:20pm and arrives in Boston at 9:40pm. Identify the airport you will be departing from, the airline, the connecting airport and the aircraft types. ANSWERED

28. In 1992, Air Canada was operating Boeing 747-133 aircraft configured with two classes of service. What was the name given by AC to each class of service? Also identify the number of seats in each class of service. There were not that many seats in business class but there was a very high number of seats in coach

29. Speaking of Air Canada, it's the spring of 1995 and you are in Toronto. You need to travel to Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island and have a choice of two airlines that can get you there nonstop. One is Air Canada. Identify the other air carrier and the jet equipment it was flying on the YYZ-YYG route at this time. The airline was not Canadian (CP)....it was actually a new start up air carrier

30. In early 1996, this airline was operating nonstop BAe 146 service between Eugene (EUG) and Reno (RNO). This was also the only route flown by this air carrier from Reno. Name the airline. ANSWERED

31. It's late winter of 1996 in Los Angeles and you've just received a call from your old sailing buddy. "So where are you now?" you ask and the answer is "Key West! Come on over! We've got the cat provisioned for a sail to the Turks and Caicos islands and you need to be on board!" Well, what the heck...and here's your chance to try first class on Carnival Air Lines from L.A. to Fort Lauderdale with a connection to Key West. So you book the flight and are then told by the Carnival agent your flight from FLL to EYW will actually be on another airline operating a de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprop via a code share. Name the Dash 7 operator. This commuter air carrier was based in Florida and the tail registrations of its aircraft ended in "MG"....which meant something

32. You are back in New York City and it's the spring of 1997. The days of multi-stop milk run flights up and down the east coast between the northeast U.S. and Florida are over (remember that 727 flight operated by National that stopped just about everywhere?). Or are they? To your pleasant surprise, you've found a daily direct flight operated with a mainline jet aircraft type that makes four stops en route from New York JFK to Miami. Identify the airline, the equipment and all four stops in the order in which they were made. This new start up air carrier operated Boeing equipment

The final three quiz items all have a time line of the summer of 1999.....

33. This airline was operating nonstop wide body service once a week between Nassau (NAS) and Havana (HAV). The westbound flight operated every Friday and the eastbound flight operated every Monday. Name the airline and the aircraft type. This airline was not based in the western hemisphere and the equipment was a trijet

34. Only one air carrier was operating Boeing 727 service into Winnipeg (YWG) at this time. Name the airline. The air carrier was not Northwest....and the airline in question was operating its one and only flight from YWG via a code share

35. It's a beautiful Wednesday morning in Carcross, Yukon Territory. You've been visiting with friends for several days now having traveled up to Carcross from Skagway, Alaska via the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad. Now it's time to hit the road once again and begin your journey to Colorado Springs (COS). Your friends have graciously offered to drive you up the Route 2 Klondike Highway to the Whitehorse Airport (YXY) where you'll catch a Convair 580 operated by Era Aviation with a 12:00 noon departure nonstop to Anchorage (ANC). In Anchorage, you'll have plenty of time to enjoy a leisurely dinner with local friends at the Glacier Brewhouse brewpub before catching a red eye departure at 1:37am from ANC direct to COS with three intermediate stops being made en route. You'll arrive in the Springs at 1:07pm.

And then you arrive at the Whitehorse Airport and the fun begins. "I'm sorry, sir, but your Era flight has been cancelled," you're told at the check-in desk. "The aircraft has mechanical issues and is still in Anchorage". Hmmmm, what to do....and then you hear, "However, there is a another flight departing from Whitehorse at 1:05pm this afternoon nonstop to Anchorage and there is a seat available. You would also be flying on a jet aircraft." Book it!

So with all this in mind, please answer the following:

35-A. What airline and aircraft type will you be flying on from Whitehorse to Anchorage? ANSWERED

35-B. Identify the airline, the equipment and all three stops with regard to your flight from Anchorage to Colorado Springs. ANSWERED

Coming up......additional bonus quiz items......