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19. Per the North American OAG I reference for these questions, the northernmost airport in North America with scheduled jet service is served by three airlines. Identify the airport, the airlines that serve it and the aircraft each airline flies to this airport.
28. This airline operated the first combi version of Fairchild-Hiller’s FH-227. The aircraft was marketed as the F27B. Identify the airline.
38. In early 1998, TWA operated flights into only one ski area in the U.S. (Where the town is named after the ski area or vice versa). Identify that ski area and the aircraft type utilized
19. Ah, sounds like Resolute (YRB). If so, the airlines would have been Nordair (ND) with a B737-200, Pacific Western (PW) with a B727-100 (probably a combi) and Transair (TZ) with a B737-200.
28. Well, I believe both Northern Consolidated (NCA) and Wien Air Alaska operated the F-27B combi in Alaska. Both airlines merged, of course, with Wien being the surviving air carrier so I'll guess that Northern Consolidated was the first to operate the F-27B.
38. I think TWA operated MD-80 service to Steamboat Springs via the Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN) located west of Steamboat Springs near Hayden, CO.
And speaking of the weather, we are now intently watching the progression of Alberto as it moves towards the Gulf of Mexico. Alberto should make landfall as a strong tropical storm between southeast Louisiana and the Florida panhandle this Monday and then possibly stall becoming nearly stationary thus producing very heavy rainfall and flooding somewhere on the U.S. Gulf Coast. It also appears a USAF Reserve WC-130J "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft is investigating Alberto as I write this.....