Originally Posted by
jlemon
22. (1988) Good Lord! The heat and humidity of this summer in Atlanta is as bad as it’s ever been and probably worse! Imagine then your surprise and delight when a couple of old friends from college daze call to ask if you’d care to join them on a six day backpacking trip doing the Rae Lakes Loop in King’s Canyon National Park. Whaaaat?!! OMG, Yes!!! You indicate you’ll buy a ticket out and back as soon as you can figure out which airport is closest to Kings Canyon N.P. Following a brief search, you find that there is a single daily direct one-stop flight from Atlanta to the airport you’ll need to fly into. A snack and dinner will be served along the way. Identify that airport as well as the airline, aircraft and the single enroute stop.
CO operating ATL-DEN-FAT with an MD-80.
CO is correct, but it's not an MD80. I believe someone submitted a 727-200 from the wrong airline as a possibility earlier, but I neglected to credit the aircraft type. No doubt had I done so, you would have gotten this one earlier. Please accept my heartfelt (well, liver felt at present) apologies. Here's the schedule:
Continental CO 1777 Atlanta (ATL) 350p-512p S Denver (DEN) 545p-710p D Fresno (FAT) 727-200 Daily
P.S. I'm giving some thought to not acknowledging correct aircraft types that are associated with an incorrect airline or route guess. I mean, you guys are all so well versed at this stuff - why make it any easier? In many cases, once you know the aircraft type and from another answer know that the flight routes through XXX, it's oh so easy to put two and two together and come up with the answer. In any event, I'm only giving this some thought at present. What are your thoughts?