Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
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40. No, it wasn't Lufthansa, the stop wasn't made at ATL, the connection was not made at FRA and a 737 wasn't one of the aircraft.....but one of the flights was operated with a DC-10.
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44. I seem to recall my dad telling me he was on this route, albeit some years earlier - I’m going to say a Western DC-10 via LAX.
60. IIRC Aloha served OAK, BUR, and SNA nonstop from Hawaii, and SMF, RNO, LAS, and PHX with stops. I’d say SNA flights continued on to PHX and RNO, BUR continued to LAS and SMF, and OAK probably also went to RNO.
I was in high school then and followed airline schedules closely. I was intrigued by the prospect of a flight that long (over water no less) in a 737-700.
60. IIRC Aloha served OAK, BUR, and SNA nonstop from Hawaii, and SMF, RNO, LAS, and PHX with stops. I’d say SNA flights continued on to PHX and RNO, BUR continued to LAS and SMF, and OAK probably also went to RNO.
I was in high school then and followed airline schedules closely. I was intrigued by the prospect of a flight that long (over water no less) in a 737-700.
60. Here's the scorecard....
* SNA - PHX: Yep!
* SNA - RNO: Yep!
* BUR - LAS: Yep!
* BUR - SMF: Yep!
* OAK - RNO: Nope!
BTW, an old friend of mine who was a pilot with Aloha flew these routes in their B737-700 aircraft approved for ETOPS as part of their service between Hawaii and the western U.S. And he flew the HNL-YVR route as well.
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My hunch is a European carrier. If making one stop on the way, lets go for longstanding Houston stalwart KLM (they had been there from early DC8 days) with a 747, stopping at … maybe Atlanta. Connect at Amsterdam onto a DC9-30 to Milan. Did the 747 come through from Mexico City ?
My hunch is a European carrier. If making one stop on the way, lets go for longstanding Houston stalwart KLM (they had been there from early DC8 days) with a 747, stopping at … maybe Atlanta. Connect at Amsterdam onto a DC9-30 to Milan. Did the 747 come through from Mexico City ?
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However, he also guessed OAK - RNO which is incorrect while you have correctly guessed OAK - PHX.
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45. Nope, it wasn't Sunworld and the destination wasn't Las Vegas.
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OK, British Caley, on a DC-10 Houston-St Louis-London Gatwick, connecting to their BAC One-Eleven onward to Milan.
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However, the first flight wasn't operated with an A300 and the stop was not made at Cancun......so please guess again, sir!
44. Correct!
Here's the sched....
CO 39: Vancouver (YVR) 6:45p - 10:45p Honolulu (HNL) 11:55p (est.)- 12:32a Kahului, Maui (OGG)
Freq: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only
Service classes: F/Y
Meal service: Dinner YVR-HNL
Equip: DC-10
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40- I’ll posit a DC-8, and the only place on a map that looks reasonable for an intermediate stop (since I don’t recall VA having service to the ABCs from IAH) would be Maracaibo
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44. Well, the flight in question was operated with a DC-10. However, the airline wasn't Western and the stop was not made at LAX.
60. Here's the scorecard....
* SNA - PHX: Yep!
* SNA - RNO: Yep!
* BUR - LAS: Yep!
* BUR - SMF: Yep!
* OAK - RNO: Nope!
BTW, an old friend of mine who was a pilot with Aloha flew these routes in their B737-700 aircraft approved for ETOPS......
60. Here's the scorecard....
* SNA - PHX: Yep!
* SNA - RNO: Yep!
* BUR - LAS: Yep!
* BUR - SMF: Yep!
* OAK - RNO: Nope!
BTW, an old friend of mine who was a pilot with Aloha flew these routes in their B737-700 aircraft approved for ETOPS......
) I’m also going to say it wasn’t AA since the logical stop for them would have also been LAX. So how about UA via SFO? If not, then it’s time to start thinking further inland.OAK-PHX surprises me a bit. My backup answer was OAK-LAS.
EDIT: Nevermind that update; I missed that it had already been solved. (The page loaded past where I left off, so I didn’t see some of the interim posts.) And I apparently also missed that the destination was Maui (OGG) rather than HNL, which had me thinking U.S. airlines via other west coast cities.
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