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Old Mar 26, 2018, 5:38 pm
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jlemon
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Originally Posted by jlemon

Bonus #3 - Now we are back in early 1976 and are preparing to travel to Sun Valley, Idaho for a skiing vacation. We know Hughes Airwest can fly us into Twin Falls which they are promoting as the "jet gateway for Sun Valley". However, TWF is about 90 miles by car from Sun Valley via two lane highway and you would rather fly directly into Sun Valley (SUN) as the local airport is only about 12 miles down the road. Well, you are in luck....that is, if you do not mind traveling on board an aircraft that is not a jet. There are two airlines serving Sun Valley at this time. The first airline operates nonstop flights into SUN from Boise and Salt Lake City and operates three different aircraft types on these routes. The second airline only operates nonstop from Salt Lake City and only operates one aircraft type on this route. Identify both air carriers and the respective equipment they were operating into Sun Valley at this time. Both airlines were commuter air carriers, one of which went out of business fairly quickly. The other airline reinvented itself some years later which included a slight modification to its name and then started flying jets in scheduled service from a hub that was not located anywhere near Sun Valley. ANSWERED
And last call for this one as well with the answer to be provided tomorrow evening......

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