Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jan 9, 2020, 1:51 pm
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Okay, while we wait for jlemon's next questions, I'll do part II of my earlier question:
After the Frontier 737 left ABQ, it made two more stops before returning to DEN, then continued onward to one city beyond DEN.
Name the two stops enroute from ABQ to DEN, and the stop after DEN before the flight ended. Hint: the final stop of the flight was 548 miles from Minot, where the flight began.
After the Frontier 737 left ABQ, it made two more stops before returning to DEN, then continued onward to one city beyond DEN.
Name the two stops enroute from ABQ to DEN, and the stop after DEN before the flight ended. Hint: the final stop of the flight was 548 miles from Minot, where the flight began.
Jan 9, 2020, 2:45 pm
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Okay, while we wait for jlemon's next questions, I'll do part II of my earlier question:
After the Frontier 737 left ABQ, it made two more stops before returning to DEN, then continued onward to one city beyond DEN.
Name the two stops enroute from ABQ to DEN, and the stop after DEN before the flight ended. Hint: the final stop of the flight was 548 miles from Minot, where the flight began.
After the Frontier 737 left ABQ, it made two more stops before returning to DEN, then continued onward to one city beyond DEN.
Name the two stops enroute from ABQ to DEN, and the stop after DEN before the flight ended. Hint: the final stop of the flight was 548 miles from Minot, where the flight began.
(b) without resorting to GCMap, I think FL only served western Montana nonstop from SLC, so my first guess would be Cheyenne
Jan 9, 2020, 6:39 pm
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The next stop after PHX was DEN, not SLC, and there are a lot of places this aircraft could go from DEN for its final stop.
Jan 9, 2020, 6:43 pm
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my point was that FL didn’t serve places like BZN, MSO, GTF, etc that seem to meet the distance-from-MOT requirement from DEN ... so my guess was that the flight went ABQ-TUS-PHX-DEN-CYS
Jan 10, 2020, 3:26 am
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However, CYS is not the flight's next stop - please keep guessing.
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I'll post one last question from the Sep 1972 OAG while we await jlemon's return, then I'll put the OAG in storage for a while and allow him to share his next batch of questions.
You arrive at SEA early in the morning, and see two CO 727-200s parked near each other. Both of the 727-200s are bound for MSY. One will make two stops enroute, and the other will stop at the same two airports, plus three additional airports. Please provide (1) the two stops that both aircraft will be making, and (2) the three additional stops one of the airplanes will make.
You arrive at SEA early in the morning, and see two CO 727-200s parked near each other. Both of the 727-200s are bound for MSY. One will make two stops enroute, and the other will stop at the same two airports, plus three additional airports. Please provide (1) the two stops that both aircraft will be making, and (2) the three additional stops one of the airplanes will make.
Jan 10, 2020, 5:10 am
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I'll post one last question from the Sep 1972 OAG while we await jlemon's return, then I'll put the OAG in storage for a while and allow him to share his next batch of questions.
You arrive at SEA early in the morning, and see two CO 727-200s parked near each other. Both of the 727-200s are bound for MSY. One will make two stops enroute, and the other will stop at the same two airports, plus three additional airports. Please provide (1) the two stops that both aircraft will be making, and (2) the three additional stops one of the airplanes will make.
You arrive at SEA early in the morning, and see two CO 727-200s parked near each other. Both of the 727-200s are bound for MSY. One will make two stops enroute, and the other will stop at the same two airports, plus three additional airports. Please provide (1) the two stops that both aircraft will be making, and (2) the three additional stops one of the airplanes will make.
Jan 10, 2020, 7:37 am
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I think at the time Continental had relatively recently got this overall routing, to Seattle from Denver and to New Orleans from Houston. That would give us the two-stopper, SEA-DEN-IAH-MSY. The other one could likely be going via Portland, and then meander through another two stops between Denver and Houston. That could be all sorts of places on their established network. Let's go for Wichita and Tulsa.
Your two stop route is correct.
PDX and ICT are two of the three additional stops. The third stop is not TUL; it's OKC.
We're still waiting for an answer on the last stop of FL 91/104, which goes MOT-BIS-RAP-DEN-ABQ-TUS-PHX-DEN-???
Jan 10, 2020, 9:15 am
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These two quiz items both have a time line of 1973.....
8. You are in Panama City, Panama. You need to travel to Chicago and have found a daily flight which makes two stops en route. You book a seat. Identify the air carrier, both stops and the aircraft type. ANSWERED
9. Your visit to Chicago-land has gone well and now it's time to head down to Orlando. So how about a good old fashioned milk run?! Ah, here's a flight which fits the bill and makes five stops en route. Name the airline, all five stops in order and the aircraft. ANSWERED
And I should have my final set of quiz items ready to go later today.
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8. Pan Am is correct! Here's the sched....
PA 244: Panama City (PTY) 8:30a - 10:05a Kingston (KIN) 11:00a - 11:30a Montego Bay (MBJ) 12:10p - 3:50p Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal services: Breakfast PTY-KIN, Lunch MBJ-ORD
Equip: 727
PA 244: Panama City (PTY) 8:30a - 10:05a Kingston (KIN) 11:00a - 11:30a Montego Bay (MBJ) 12:10p - 3:50p Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal services: Breakfast PTY-KIN, Lunch MBJ-ORD
Equip: 727
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9. Your visit to Chicago-land has gone well and now it's time to head down to Orlando. So how about a good old fashioned milk run?! Ah, here's a flight which fits the bill and makes five stops en route. Name the airline, all five stops in order and the aircraft. Delta flying a DC-9-30 departing from ORD and one of the stops was ATL while another stop only had mainline jet service for a relatively short period of time. This flight did not stop at IND, PAH, MEM or BHM.
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DL 535: Chicago O'Hare (ORD) 1:40p - 3:36p Cincinnati (CVG) 4:00p - 5:06p Atlanta (ATL) 6:11p - 6:56p Savannah (SAV) 7:19p - 7:48p Brunswick (NEA) 8:08p - 8:35p Jacksonville (JAX) 8:55p - 9:30p Orlando (MCO)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal services: Snacks ORD-CVG & CVG-ATL
Equip: DC-9-30
DL seating configuration for this version of the D9S at this time: F - 24 seats, Y - 65 seats
Delta served Brunswick from the mid 1940's to the late 1960's via the McKinnon St. Simons Airport (SSI) which it referred to in its timetables as Sea Island. In 1946, DL was operating daily DC-3 service on a multi-stop routing of Chicago Midway - Cincinnati - Knoxville - Asheville - Greenville, SC - Spartanburg, SC - Augusta - Savannah - Brunswick - Jacksonville - Miami. By 1969 Delta was operating nonstop Convair 440 flights from Brunswick Sea Island to ATL and JAX. It then retired its CV-440 aircraft and elected to serve Brunswick during the early 1970's with the DC-9-30 via Naval Air Station Glynco (NEA). However, the U.S. Navy then announced it would close NAS Glynco and by 1974 Delta was no longer serving Brunswick with mainline jet equipment.