Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Mar 24, 2020, 3:44 pm
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24- my first thought was Braniff, but the first stop would have been Memphis and they didn't run northbound from MEM ... my second thought was TWA, but they didn't serve MSP until after they acquired Ozark ... and that's when the light came on
this was probably right about the time OZ entered the jet age with their DC-9s, so it's (to me, at least) a logical guess that the flight served their St Louis (STL) hub ... perhaps Des Moines (DSM) thereafter
this was probably right about the time OZ entered the jet age with their DC-9s, so it's (to me, at least) a logical guess that the flight served their St Louis (STL) hub ... perhaps Des Moines (DSM) thereafter
Mar 24, 2020, 4:18 pm
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24- well that's a surprise, as there's sure not much between BNA and STL ... Paducah (PAH) looks to be about the only city that could support jet service
Mar 24, 2020, 5:13 pm
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As we've reached a slow down; here's a little quiz to keep you thinking.
Over the years, car and plane manufacturers have used common names for their respective models.
e.g. Chevrolet Greyhound and Cessna Greyhound.
I got to about 50 using U.K., European and U.S. car manufacturers.
General aviation aircraft and airliners are included in the aviation section.
How many can you find?
Over the years, car and plane manufacturers have used common names for their respective models.
e.g. Chevrolet Greyhound and Cessna Greyhound.
I got to about 50 using U.K., European and U.S. car manufacturers.
General aviation aircraft and airliners are included in the aviation section.
How many can you find?
Mar 24, 2020, 5:56 pm
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Over the years, car and plane manufacturers have used common names for their respective models.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Cresta#Viscount
Mar 24, 2020, 6:01 pm
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In the late 1960s, while Vickers Viscounts rolled overhead, our next-door neighbours drove a Viscount https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Cresta#Viscount
Mar 24, 2020, 6:02 pm
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"Coronado" was a mid-1950s DeSoto model, as well as the nickname of the Convair 990
Mar 24, 2020, 6:59 pm
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Mar 24, 2020, 7:30 pm
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OZ 914: Nashville (BNA) 10:34a - 11:04a Paducah (PAH) 11:14a - 11:50a St. Louis (STL) 12:15p - 1:31p Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
Freq: Daily except Sundays
Service class: S
Meal service: Lunch STL-MSP
Equip: DC9
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Mar 25, 2020, 2:50 pm
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Mar 25, 2020, 3:26 pm
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Add another Fairey and Plymouth combo
Barracuda
A lot of familiarity with these names are jogging synapses unused for well over 40-50 years (from Airfix, Revell, Hot Wheels etc.)
Barracuda
A lot of familiarity with these names are jogging synapses unused for well over 40-50 years (from Airfix, Revell, Hot Wheels etc.)
Mar 25, 2020, 4:11 pm
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and back to cars -- how have we not mentioned the 1960s-70s Mercury "Comet" to this point?!
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Mar 25, 2020, 6:48 pm
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Just as an update on one of our longstanding regular subjects, London City closed today for the foreseeable future, and has been taken over by the RAF for use in potential medical flights. The big exhibition centre across the dock, largest in the UK, is being converted into a hospital. The last of the BA Embraer 190s flew out late afternoon, they mostly seem stored at Norwich.
Here's an RAF Hercules coming in yesterday to some surroundings familiar to several of the regulars here :
Here's an RAF Hercules coming in yesterday to some surroundings familiar to several of the regulars here :
Mar 26, 2020, 9:36 am
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Just as an update on one of our longstanding regular subjects, London City closed today for the foreseeable future, and has been taken over by the RAF for use in potential medical flights. The big exhibition centre across the dock, largest in the UK, is being converted into a hospital. The last of the BA Embraer 190s flew out late afternoon, they mostly seem stored at Norwich.
Here's an RAF Hercules coming in yesterday.....
Here's an RAF Hercules coming in yesterday.....