Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
Bon voyage!
32. Identify this airline that simultaneously operated three different types of four-engine narrow bodied jetliners
CAAC, 707, IL-62, BAe 146
Another voyage from us, too, who yesterday repositioned several hours east to Dubai, courtesy of one of BA's oldest 777s, G-ZZZB, one of the original prototypes, still in pretty good condition. Little Miss WHBM's greatest delight were the chocolate ice creams handed out halfway through (way back in Y). Our resort is right next to Dubai's big skydiving centre, surprisingly in the middle of the urban area, and the drone from the climbing PT6s of a couple of old Twin Otters goes on for much of the day. They seem to have a very narrow column to climb in.
And a good shot at CAAC here as well, because their IL-62 and BAE146 overlapped by just a few months, before all the Ilyushns (the older type, with Kuznetsov rather than Soloviev engines, were all withdrawn together one day, apparently as much due to an inter-government feud between China and the Soviet Union over foreign exchange for spare parts as any other reason.