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6. (1988) You and your wife have just settled into the plush First Class seats of a big, beautiful Lockheed L-1011 and are savoring the first sips of your pre-flight Bloody Marys. Looking out your window, you can’t help but admire the impressive lineup of 747 freighters parked at Anchorage International Airport. Still, in your eyes, Lockheed’s big bird – the only one flying out of Anchorage – is the most beautiful airplane on the tarmac. Can you identify the airline you’re flying on and the destination of your flight?
7. (1982) Three airlines operate a single daily nonstop flight between Kansas City and Las Vegas. Each airline operates a different aircraft type – one with 2 engines, one with 3 engines and one with 4 engines. Identify each airline and the aircraft it operates on this route.
28. (1983) In the old days, if you wanted to fly from most anywhere in Canada to most anywhere in Texas, you had to make a connection in Chicago, Denver or New York. Since deregulation however, both nonstop and direct service is available from a variety of Canadian cities to either Dallas or Houston. Winnipeg is also a beneficiary of these new services, albeit via a daily two-stop direct flight to Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. At least dinner and a snack are offered along the way. Identify the airline, aircraft and the two enroute stops.
6. It's Delta on a Los Angeles - Anchorage - Hong Kong (Kai Tak) route. A few years later, ANC was dropped when MD-11's were delivered.
7. Very interesting question, 2, 3, 4 engines. I will try.
Ozark, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
TWA, Boeing 727-200
United, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
28. Commentary only, not an answer. There was a DFW-YYZ flight on Air Canada that, sadly, had a fire in the lavatory leading to an emergency landing in Cincinnati. Roughly half of the passengers perished. Soon afterwards, smoke detectors and a ban on lavatory smoking was put in effect. So the DFW-YYZ flight was one of the few referred to in the question but isn't the answer.