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Jul 27, 2019, 11:13 pm

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Originally Posted by jrl767

12. (1961) You’ve been wanting to take your wife on vacation to Portugal for years. Now that a new two-stop direct jet flight has become available between Miami and Lisbon, what’s stopping you? Why, nothing, Senhor! Please identify the airline, the two enroute stops and of course the aircraft type to be flown.
HINT:The jet had 4 engines

Thanks for the hint, although with the exception of the TU-104 (an obviously incorrect answer) I can’t think of any non-four-engine jetliners in 1961. Speculating wildly, how about a Pan Am 707 via San Juan (SJU) and Santa Maria (SMA) in the Azores

Now we're cookin'! Although the airline was not Pan Am and the aircraft was not a 707, Santa Maria (SMA) was indeed one of the stops. So let's call that a small flame applied to the kindling of the correct answer. Please, carry on!

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