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Old May 28, 2018, 12:41 am
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Originally Posted by jrl767
35. You’ve got a one week vacation coming up – what better way to spend it that flying from New Orleans to Anchorage, Alaska! Once you get there, maybe you’ll come back – maybe you won’t. In any event, a thorough perusal of your trusty OAG has allowed you to come up with a fantastic itinerary that will allow you to fly exclusively aboard a jet aircraft type that in 1966 was operated by eight U.S. airlines. You’ll get to fly aboard that same aircraft type on each of those eight flights with each flight going nonstop in a west or north-northwesterly direction from New Orleans all the way up to Alaska. I’ve provided some hints as to which state each airport will be located in. Your job is to fill in the blanks below with the correct city and airline. Are you up to it?

DAY ONE:

New Orleans to _____________, Texas ~ Dept. 12:50p Arrive 1:45p Airline:______________ EA 63 S
_____________, Texas to _____________, Texas ~ Dept. 6:40p Arrive 7:30p Airline:______________ BN 86
_____________, Texas to _____________, Texas ~ Dept. 11:00p Arrive 11:23p Airline:_____________ AA 41

DAY TWO:
_____________, Texas to ____________, Calif. ~ Dept. 9:10a Arrive 10:50a Airline:______________ CO 65 S
_____________, Calif. to _____________, Calif. ~ Dept. 1:25p Arrive 2:23p Airline:______________ UA 73 L
_____________, Calif. to _____________, Ore. ~ Dept. 3:55p Arrive 5:16p Airline:______________ WA 640
_____________, Ore. to _____________, Wash. ~ Dept. 9:25p Arrive 9:58p Airline:______________ NW 30

DAY THREE

_____________, Wash. to ____________, Alaska ~ Dept. 7:25a Arrive 7:20a Airline:____________ PN 725 B
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Let’s try a Boeing 720/720B over a slightly revised itinerary:
MSY-HOU: Eastern
HOU-Dallas (DAL): Braniff
DAL-El Paso (ELP): American
ELP-LAX: Continental
LAX-SFO: Western This should be United
SFO-PDX: United This should be Western
PDX-SEA: Northwest
SEA-ANC: Pacific Northern
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GREAT JOB, J! ^ You've correctly identified Boeing's 720 and matched the correct airline to the correct routing in every case except LAX-SFO-PDX which I'll give you anyway because both airlines operated 720s over both routes and it really could've gone either way. I've placed the actual airline and flight number along side each route in boldface type.
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