Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Aug 19, 2019, 1:05 pm
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tap-in for Picture #7 (which, as YVR Cockroach pointed out, has "copyright Air New Zealand" at lower left) -- Douglas DC-8
Aug 19, 2019, 8:13 pm
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This is inspiration to me but I have a different answer.
Delta Air Lines, Convair 880
The ventilation slots above the windows is a Convair 880/990 clue. The flight attendant in the background and the white plastic molded seats with the red cushions is a hint for me. Delta.
http://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/...ms/the-jet-age
The uniform is from 1959-1965
The ventilation slots above the windows is a Convair 880/990 clue. The flight attendant in the background and the white plastic molded seats with the red cushions is a hint for me. Delta.
http://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/...ms/the-jet-age
The uniform is from 1959-1965
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Aug 20, 2019, 2:02 am
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Per strikerj: This one looks like a Swissair Convair 990 to me.
Per Toshbaf: strikerj's response is inspiration to me but I have a different answer. Delta Air Lines, Convair 880. The ventilation slots above the windows is a Convair 880/990 clue. The flight attendant in the background and the white plastic molded seats with the red cushions is a hint for me. Delta. http://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/...ms/the-jet-age. The uniform is from 1959-1965
Nice try, striker, you were very close, but this one goes to toshbaf. And you, Mr. T - how the heck did you know all this stuff? Were you a Convair engineer or a Delta Colonel back in the day? Well, however you arrived at it, good job, Mon! Delta's 880 it is. ^^ If I might add... those people don't look very Swiss to me. No particular reason, just gut instinct...
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I don’t think Air NZ ever operated a Stretch 8, so it has to be the -30 or -50 since those were the only standard-length 8s with the legs to make AKL-HNL-LAX ... I’d guess the -50 with JT3D-3B turbofans
UPDATE:
some research confirms this
UPDATE:
some research confirms this
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Right on, J ^ Even so, I'd love to have seen an Air New Zealand DC-8-61/63 in the 1970s koru colors. That would've been a pretty airplane
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Per strikerj: This one looks like a Swissair Convair 990 to me.
Per Toshbaf: strikerj's response is inspiration to me but I have a different answer. Delta Air Lines, Convair 880. The ventilation slots above the windows is a Convair 880/990 clue. The flight attendant in the background and the white plastic molded seats with the red cushions is a hint for me. Delta. http://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/...ms/the-jet-age. The uniform is from 1959-1965
Nice try, striker, you were very close, but this one goes to toshbaf. And you, Mr. T - how the heck did you know all this stuff? Were you a Convair engineer or a Delta Colonel back in the day? Well, however you arrived at it, good job, Mon! Delta's 880 it is. ^^ If I might add... those people don't look very Swiss to me. No particular reason, just gut instinct...
The thought process was different from airline flights, when I think, think, think, and think more.
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[QUOTE=Seat 2A;31428584]
TWA Boeing 707
My thought process was this is a 707. Then, like the last answer, I looked at the uniform. It is a pornographic version of the TWA uniform. In reality, it was worn not unbuttoned at the bottom and showing leg. Usually, trousers were worn underneath.
My thought process was this is a 707. Then, like the last answer, I looked at the uniform. It is a pornographic version of the TWA uniform. In reality, it was worn not unbuttoned at the bottom and showing leg. Usually, trousers were worn underneath.
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Thought process: Those people didn't look Swiss to me. So Google helped with the rest. I confirmed that the interior was either a 880 or 990. Then I thought about what airlines flew the plane. Next I thought what airline would use a checker divider but couldn't think of any. Then I looked at flight attendants uniforms. That was the key. Then I googled seating on a Delta Convair 880 and saw that they had a lounge with white plastic seats and red cushions.
The thought process was different from airline flights, when I think, think, think, and think more.
The thought process was different from airline flights, when I think, think, think, and think more.
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Thought process: Those people didn't look Swiss to me. So Google helped with the rest. I confirmed that the interior was either a 880 or 990. Then I thought about what airlines flew the plane. Next I thought what airline would use a checker divider but couldn't think of any. Then I looked at flight attendants uniforms. That was the key. Then I googled seating on a Delta Convair 880 and saw that they had a lounge with white plastic seats and red cushions. ...
Aug 21, 2019, 2:02 pm
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Picture 15: My thought process was this is a 707. Then, like the last answer, I looked at the uniform. It is a pornographic version of the TWA uniform. In reality, it was worn not unbuttoned at the bottom and showing leg. Usually, trousers were worn underneath. TWA Boeing 707
As to the "pornographic" uniform, I suppose I would grant you that the airlines played the sex appeal card quite strongly during the 1970s, but I don't think I would consider the hot pants popular with airlines like PSA, Air Florida, Southwest et al. pornographic so much as alluring, and then certainly no more so than a woman wearing a bikini which by the 1970s was considered quite socially acceptable. One thing's for sure - I definitely wouldn't want to see any of the plus sized / aged flight attendants today wearing anything other than the buttoned up uniforms currently in vogue.
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I am reasonably sure the Convair 880 aircraft were gone from the Northeast fleet when the merger was consummated with Delta in 1972. DL did acquire NE B727-95 and B727-295 aircraft which were new to the Delta fleet at time and I think NE DC-9-31 aircraft were acquired as well as part of the merger. I remember seeing a B727-100 in Northeast colors with Delta titles at IAH in the early 70's. And DL also briefly operated NE Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops following the merger.
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Delt...%2By%2BZoYRIFH
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