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56. We’re going to Vegas, Baby! Four airlines offer nonstop service on the SFO-LAS route. Amongst the total of six nonstop flights offered are aircraft built by four different American manufacturers. Of the four airlines, two operate the same aircraft type from one manufacturer; another operates flights with two aircraft from two more different manufacturers, while the fourth airline operates a single flight with an aircraft from a fourth manufacturer, Identify each airline and match it up with the aircraft it flies on this route.
Time to take a break from our big domestic demolition project involving our home (and work in general) and attempt to answer this multifaceted quiz item....
56. I'm fairly sure the four airlines operating nonstop from San Francisco to Las Vegas in 1965 were:
* Delta
* National
* TWA
* Western
What I'm not completely sure about is the equipment each operated on the route. So here are some guesses:
* DL - DC8
* NA - B727-100, DC8
* TW - B707, CV880
* WA - B720B, L-188 Electra
Meantime, we continue to make excellent progress with regard to rectifying the flood damage sustained by our home two weeks ago. However, there is still a very large amount of work to do and it appears we will not be able to move back in until about three months from now. We are also still waiting to find out what the insurance will cover while continuing to move forward with the removal of damaged portions of the house in preparation for the actual repairs.
Oh, did I mention we are now approaching the height of hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico? Well, of course we are...and there are two areas of disturbed tropical weather currently being monitored by the National Hurricane Center, one over the Bahamas which appears to be moving towards the GOM and the other in the Gulf just south of Louisiana which appears to be drifting towards the Texas coast. These are both primarily rainmakers at the present time and the absolute last thing we need in south Louisiana right now is more precipitation as many areas remain flooded. There is quite simply nowhere for the water to go.
So we remain watchful, especially with regard to the weather system over the Bahamas, and hope neither of these systems becomes a tropical storm or hurricane.