Originally Posted by
jrl767
14- speaking of that “more exotic routing and assemblage of aircraft”:
- YUL-YOW-YYZ-YWG-YEG, Trans-Canada, Vanguard
- YEG-Fort Smith/YSM-Yellowknife/YZF-Norman Wells/YVQ-Whitehorse/YXY, Pacific Western, DC-4
- YXY-FAI, Canadian Pacific, DC-6
Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
14. (1965) Trans Canada was the first airline used, but the Vanguard was not the aircraft used. The TC flight made only three stops - not the four you've listed. But you have correctly hit on YYZ, YWG and YEG
The second airline was not Pacific Western, but the flight did go to Whitehorse. It was not operated with a DC-4
Canadian Pacific and the DC-6 were involved, but not between YXY and FAI
sure looks to me like I identified three stops between YUL and YEG
but we can replace YOW as the first stop with YYC as the third;
and in the absence of the Vanguard, and given that we’re looking for two aircraft from the same manufacturer, I can confidently say this was a DC-8
the last sentence very strongly implies that the CP DC-6 operated the YEG-YXY leg, so <
consults map again> let’s try Peace River, Hay River, and Fort Simpson for the enroute stops
and how about Northern Consolidated Airways operating a Fairchild F-27 on YXY-FAI