Good Friday Afternoon All!
It's been rather quiet here on the OTAQ&D as of late. So I thought I would offer a "six pack" of new quiz questions. And here we go...
Please limit your response to no more than two quiz questions per day so that all may participate. Please also limit your guesses to three attempts per day per quiz question. I believe this will avoid a "shot gun" approach concerning guesses. So if you have not correctly guessed the complete answer for a specific quiz question after three attempts in any given day, you can then try again the next day. And as always, please try to be as specific as possible when guessing aircraft types. Thanks!
The first five quiz questions all have a time line of
1981......
1. You are at your home in Newport Beach in southern California and it's time for a business trip that will take you to three cities in North America. First stop: Atlanta. Now you could take a nonstop out of LAX to ATL. However, you would very much prefer to fly out of Orange County John Wayne Airport as this very convenient airfield is located less than 20 minutes by car from your home. There are no nonstop flights from SNA to ATL.....but there is a direct flight that makes four stops en route. Ah, a milk run flight! Perfect! Identify the airline, all four stops in the order in which they will be made and the equipment.
ANSWERED - It was Frontier operating a 73S SNA-LAS-DEN-ICT-FSM-ATL
2. Your meeting in Atlanta went very well. And now it's time to fly to your second stop: Vancouver, BC. There is no nonstop service from ATL to YVR....but there is a direct two stop flight. Name the air carrier, both stops and the aircraft.
ANSWERED - It was Frontier operating a 73S ATL-DEN-GEG-YVR
3. Another great meeting! So you're now off to your third and final stop: Tucson. And nope, there's no nonstop service from YVR to TUS....but there is a direct three stop flight. Identify the airline, the three stops and the equipment.
ANSWERED - It was Frontier operating a 73S YVR-GEG-DEN-PHX-TUS
4. Your third meeting has also gone well. So now it's time to fly home arriving into Orange County John Wayne Airport on the one and only daily nonstop flight from Tucson. Name the air carrier and the aircraft.
ANSWERED - It was Republic operating a D9S
5. Your back on the road on business in Columbia, South Carolina where you've just completed a project assignment. Old friends in Sonoma County in northern California have just called wanting to know if you would be interested in joining them at their new second home located on the shores of Lake Tahoe near Emerald Bay. And, oh by the way, the snow conditions on the slopes at the Heavenly ski resort are currently darn near perfect! So you're now on your way to the Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) via flights on two different airlines operating different aircraft types. Your first flight will make two stops en route to your connecting airport and your second flight will be nonstop. Identify both airlines, both stops made by the first flight, the airport where the connection will be made and the different equipment operated on each flight.
PARTIALLY ANSWERED - The first flight was operated by Eastern CAE-ATL-LAS-RNO....but not with a 72S. The second flight from RNO to TVL was operated with a DHC-7 Dash 7....but not by Golden West or Wings West.
6. Now it's 1988 and you have been visiting with good friends in Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island in New York. Your old sailing buddy has just arrived in Key West on board his 60 foot catamaran and is preparing to sail around the western tip of Cuba to Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands. And he wants to know if you would like to join him and his lady friends on this sailing excursion. Well, why the heck not! You will depart from the nearest commercially served airport which, of course, is Long Island MacArthur with a connection being required for your trip to Key West. Your first flight will make one stop en route and your second flight will be nonstop. The same airline operating the same aircraft type will operate both flights. Identify the air carrier, the stop made by the first flight, the airport where the connection will be made and the equipment operated on both flights.