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4. It's 1967 and you are in Caracas. You need to travel to the Canal Zone for a meeting and have found a flight departing Caracas at 8:00 am that arrives in Panama City, Panama at 10:35 am. Two intermediate stops are made en route and the service is operated with a new jet aircraft type. Name the air carrier, the two stops in order and the jet type.
These four quiz items have a time line of 1979:
7. You need to travel from Los Angeles to Albany, New York on business and have found a direct flight which makes three intermediate stops en route. You will depart LAX at 8:30 am and arrive into ALB at 8:50 pm. First class is available so you book a window seat. Identify the airline, the equipment and all three stops in order.
9. You've completed your business in Milwaukee and now need to travel to Sacramento for another meeting. Ah, here's a direct flight; however, it only operates twice a week. Fortunately, one of those days is when you need to travel. You book a seat on this service which departs MKE at 6:40 am and arrives into SMF at 12:56 pm. Three intermediate stops will be made en route. Identify the air carrier, the equipment and all three stops in order.
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10. Another day, another meeting to attend. You are in Phoenix and the meeting is in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. You've found a daily direct flight from PHX to the closest airport to Perth Amboy. One stop will be made en route. Name the airline, the aircraft type, the stop and the airport you will arrive into.
USAir operating a B727-200 from PHX to EWR. Still looking for the intermediate stop which wasn't PIT or IND.
11. And your business travel continues....you are now in Pittsburgh and must travel to Portland, Oregon. There's a daily direct flight departing PIT at 8:10 am which arrives into PDX at 12:45 pm. Two intermediate stops will be made en route and first class is available. Identify the air carrier, the equipment and both stops in order.
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13. In 1982, this air carrier was operating a direct flight from Prudhoe Bay to Seattle three days a week. Five intermediate stops were made en route. Identify the airline, the equipment and all five stops in the order in which they were made.
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14. Also in 1982, this airline was operating nonstop service twice a week from Winnipeg (YWG) to Yellowknife (YZF). Dinner was served on this flight which departed YWG at 6:10 pm and arrived into YZF at 8:30 pm. Name the air carrier and the aircraft type.
It wasn't Transair, Pacific Western or First Air and the equipment wasn't manufactured by Boeing
17. You have successfully concluded another business project and now it's time to have some fun! It's 1991 and you are in San Francisco. So where to go? Well, Tahiti sounds pretty good.....and there's a weekly nonstop flight operated with a wide body aircraft from SFO to PPT. So off you go! Name the airline and the aircraft type operated on this service.
It wasn't Air France, UTA, Continental, Air New Zealand, AOM, Air Liberte or Corsair. The airline in question was based in France and the equipment was a DC-10-30 with the flight originating in Paris.
18. It's a cold winter day in 1994 in Philadelphia where you have been visiting with friends for the weekend. Then the phone rings. "Hey buddy," says a familiar voice, "I've found a 54 foot catamaran for sale that is excellent condition moored at a marina in Clearwater, Florida and we need to move on this pronto. I'm in Santa Barbara and can't get away right now....(
what's her name, you think)......so can you fly down there Monday morning and take a look at it?" Well, why not....and it's just too darn chilly in Philly anyway. You quickly ascertain there's a nonstop flight from PHL departing at 7:30 am that will arrive into the closest airport to Clearwater at 10:00 am. You book a seat. What airline and aircraft type will you be flying on and what airport will you arrive into?
20. It's 1996 and you are in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. You have been invited to visit with friends who have just moved into a new home on a beautiful lake located in the mountains of British Columbia just north of Summerland. Ah, this travel will involve at least one connection, you think.....but wait! There's direct daily service from Hamilton (YHM) to an airport in B.C. that is located quite close to your friend's new home! One intermediate stop will be made en route. Identify the airline, the stop, the destination you will arrive into and the aircraft type.
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