Originally Posted by
JoeDTW
1. In addition to DL’s ATL-DFW 747 service, you could take a “wide ride” L-1011 from ATL nonstop to 18 airports (not cities). Name them!
MIA, TPA, MCO, JAX, JFK, LGA, EWR, PHL, DFW, IAH, LAX, SFO, ORD, DAY, MEM, CVG, and MSY are correct.
FLL, PBI, BOS, BDL, PIT, CMH, IND, STL, MCI, SAN, and LAS are incorrect.
If you wanted to fly from ATL to LAS, you could take a DC-8-61 nonstop, or a 747-132 via DFW.
DL's only ATL-SAN nonstop used a very rare 727-95.
10. Delta’s ex-Northeast fleet of 727-95s was down to five aircraft by 1976, and all would be gone within a year. There are 24 flight numbers (not flight segments) flown with 727-95s. Delta had scattered the 727-95s throughout their system, mixed in with their much larger fleet of 727-200s, instead of confining them to ex-Northeast routes. No 727-95s served BOS or YUL, and LGA was served by just two 727-95s per day. One flew on an ex-Northeast route nonstop to its destination, and the other flew on an ex-DL route, with one enroute stop to its destination. Name the routes.
The ex-DL route is LGA-CLT-ATL. The ex-NE route is not LGA-MIA.
12. Another bizarre flight I found in the timetable was a 727-200 from Baltimore to DCA, on a routing of xxx-xxx-BAL-DCA. Where did this flight originate, and what was its one enroute stop before Baltimore? Hint: the flight did NOT serve any legacy Northeast cities, and it did not originate in or stop at ATL