Originally Posted by
JoeDTW
3. In June, 1975, an Eastern 727-200 enroute from MSY to JFK crashed short of the runway at JFK; most of the passengers and crew aboard perished. Although you didn’t know anyone on the EA 727, you still visit the crash site, and place a lilly on it in honor of the crash victims, and the rescue workers who worked so diligently on site. You are so shaken by your visit that you decide not to fly home on EA, and you decide to take National 495, a 727 that makes 8 (yes, Eight!) enroute stops between JFK and MSY. Name the stops.
3. I think I actually saw this flight on the ramp at the old airport in Panama City, Florida during the mid 1970's. I also seem to recall the equipment was a 727-200.
Here's my guess for the routing: New York Kennedy - Washington National - Norfolk - Charleston, SC - Jacksonville - Tallahassee - Panama City - Pensacola - Mobile - New Orleans.
There were only two airlines serving Panama City (PFN) back at this time. The other air carrier was Southern operating DC-9s. Our family vacationed a number of times in the Panama City area back then and the beaches in this region weren't very developed at the time and thus much quieter.