First off, although the time and effort that goes into researching, composing and responding to responses for these sets of questions is not always acknowledged, I'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you to jlemon and anyone else who takes the time to entertain and challenge our memories with these queries. Well done!

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1. It's 1964 and you are on your way from Boston to San Diego in first class. However, there is no nonstop service from BOS to SAN at this time....which is fine with you as you always enjoy multistop flights. And your flight indeed makes a number of stops en route: Five (5) to be exact. Identify the airline you are flying with, all five stops in the order in which they will be made and the aircraft type.

It's 1964, so I'm gonna go with my first instinct - that being BOS and SAN scream American Airlines Convair 990 to me. As for the stops, let's try

BOS-ORD-DFW-ELP-TUS-PHX-SAN