Originally Posted by Seat 2A

29. Only one airline was operating MD-80 service into Minot, ND in 1989 with two flights a day. These flights made an intermediate stop en route from their originating airport before arriving in Minot. Name the the air carrier that operated these flights, the airport the flights originated from and the en route stop.

Oooh geez, the only one that initially comes to mind would be Northwest operating an ex-Republic MD-80. I should imagine the flights might have originated out of Minneapolis with an intermediate stop in... Fargo. Uff-da!


36. You've just completed a project in Winnipeg on a blustery fall day and there's still time to catch an evening flight to Chicago where you'll then begin to prepare for your next project assignment. You'll depart YWG at 7:10 pm and arrive at ORD at 10:34 pm following an on board dinner service and two stops en route. Identify the airline, the equipment and the two stops in order.

Well if it wasn't Northwest, but it also goes through Minneapolis, that leaves North Central which I believe served Winnipeg through Duluth. As for the aircraft, let's go with that old NC workhorse the DC-9-30.


39. It's a beautiful Monday morning in 1967 and you are on vacation in Rome. An urgent message is delivered: can you travel to New Orleans as soon as possible for a very pressing business negotiation? You quickly discover that one airline can get you there with one connection being made en route. You'll depart Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport at 10:30 pm that night and then arrive at your connecting airport at 6:10 am on Tuesday morning. This flight will make two stops en route. Your connecting flight, which will feature a different aircraft type than the one you've flown transatlantic on, will depart at 11:00 am on Tuesday morning and arrive in New Orleans Moisant Airport at 2:00pm with one stop being made en route. You'll be in first class on both flights. What airline will you be traveling on? Also identify both aircraft types as well as the stop(s) that will be made on the two respective flights. And here's a hint: you will not be connecting in the U.S. or Canada.

The only airline I can think of serving both Rome and New Orleans would be Pan Am via the old interchange service with Delta. Let's depart Rome on a Pan Am 707. The connecting point must be London, so with two stops... (Excuse me, I've gotta look at a map of Europe here...) let's go with Frankfurt and Amsterdam, then on to London where, assuming Pan Am was still operating the type in 1967, a DC-8 will take us to Washington Dulles and on to the Crescent City.


Also, good to hear Miss Bella is on the mend. I look forward to once again treating her to a nice nasal massage, a robust cranium rub and a soothing belly rub.