Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
May 20, 2020, 4:05 pm
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2. It's 1963 and you are in Aruba. You need to travel to New York City on business and will be flying on an airline that offers connecting service. Your first flight operates five days a week nonstop to your connecting city with the equipment configured with an all-coach single class cabin. The second flight operates nonstop to NYC on a daily basis with a first and coach two class cabin. Both flights operate with different aircraft types. Name the air carrier, the connecting city and both aircraft types. It wasn't VIASA , KLM or Dominicana de Aviacion and the connection was not made in Caracas, Curacao or Santo Domingo. The first flight was operated with a DC-6B and the second flight was operated with a DC-8 arriving into Idlewild.
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TC never even crossed my mind ... I was gonna say Panagra, but I couldn't come up with a workable routing
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2. It's 1963 and you are in Aruba. You need to travel to New York City on business and will be flying on an airline that offers connecting service. Your first flight operates five days a week nonstop to your connecting city with the equipment configured with an all-coach single class cabin. The second flight operates nonstop to NYC on a daily basis with a first and coach two class cabin. Both flights operate with different aircraft types. Name the air carrier, the connecting city and both aircraft types. It wasn't VIASA , KLM or Dominicana de Aviacion and the connection was not made in Caracas, Curacao or Santo Domingo. The first flight was operated with a DC-6B and the second flight was operated with a DC-8 arriving into Idlewild.
I must admit that it's nice to have the benefit of all these wrong answers ahead of me, knocking off answers that I might well have provided as well. Given all that's gone down, especially given the knowledge that this is a DC-8 operator, let's go with Trans Caribbean Airways routing the DC-6 to San Juan and then the DC-8 up to Idylwild. My only concern with this answer is that there was a period that TCA operated its DC-8s in an all-Y configuration. Hopefully that wasn't in 1963...
14. If you wanted to arrive into Miami on board a Lockheed L-188 Electra nonstop from an international location at this time, what airline would you call and where would you depart from?
I had a question similar to this with an airline operating nonstop LEC flights to St. Maarten and St. Kitts, but I think that was later, as in late 80s or early 90s. Let's try an airline from South America. A couple of longtime Electra operators were Aerocondor and Ecuatoriana. I remember procuring my first Movifoto postcard of the beautiful Aerocondor Electra, so let's try them flying in from Barranquilla.
I must admit that it's nice to have the benefit of all these wrong answers ahead of me, knocking off answers that I might well have provided as well. Given all that's gone down, especially given the knowledge that this is a DC-8 operator, let's go with Trans Caribbean Airways routing the DC-6 to San Juan and then the DC-8 up to Idylwild. My only concern with this answer is that there was a period that TCA operated its DC-8s in an all-Y configuration. Hopefully that wasn't in 1963...
14. If you wanted to arrive into Miami on board a Lockheed L-188 Electra nonstop from an international location at this time, what airline would you call and where would you depart from?
I had a question similar to this with an airline operating nonstop LEC flights to St. Maarten and St. Kitts, but I think that was later, as in late 80s or early 90s. Let's try an airline from South America. A couple of longtime Electra operators were Aerocondor and Ecuatoriana. I remember procuring my first Movifoto postcard of the beautiful Aerocondor Electra, so let's try them flying in from Barranquilla.
TR 102: Aruba (AUA) 10:30a - 1:00p San Juan (SJU)
Freq: Daily except Mondays and Wednesdays
Service class: T (Tourist class)
Meal service: Snack
Equip: DC-6B
Connecting to......
TR 2: San Juan (SJU) 2:30p - 4:40p New York Idlewild (IDL)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: DT/T (Deluxe Tourist class / Tourist class)
Meal service: Buffet in Deluxe Tourist & Snack in Tourist
Equip: DC-8 FAN JET
14. A great guess! However, it wasn't Aerocondor from Barranquilla.....nor was it Ecuatoriana. So you might to look a bit further to the north and west......
May 20, 2020, 5:12 pm
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2. It's 1963 and you are in Aruba. You need to travel to New York City on business and will be flying on an airline that offers connecting service. Your first flight operates five days a week nonstop to your connecting city with the equipment configured with an all-coach single class cabin. The second flight operates nonstop to NYC on a daily basis with a first and coach two class cabin. Both flights operate with different aircraft types. Name the air carrier, the connecting city and both aircraft types. It wasn't VIASA , KLM or Dominicana de Aviacion and the connection was not made in Caracas, Curacao or Santo Domingo. The first flight was operated with a DC-6B and the second flight was operated with a DC-8 arriving into Idlewild.
I must admit that it's nice to have the benefit of all these wrong answers ahead of me, knocking off answers that I might well have provided as well. Given all that's gone down, especially given the knowledge that this is a DC-8 operator, let's go with Trans Caribbean Airways routing the DC-6 to San Juan and then the DC-8 up to Idlewild. My only concern with this answer is that there was a period that TCA operated its DC-8s in an all-Y configuration. Hopefully that wasn't in 1963.
I must admit that it's nice to have the benefit of all these wrong answers ahead of me, knocking off answers that I might well have provided as well. Given all that's gone down, especially given the knowledge that this is a DC-8 operator, let's go with Trans Caribbean Airways routing the DC-6 to San Juan and then the DC-8 up to Idlewild. My only concern with this answer is that there was a period that TCA operated its DC-8s in an all-Y configuration. Hopefully that wasn't in 1963.
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Tran...C-8-61/1274052
However did they get the odd flight from San Juan to Aruba ? Pan Am also did San Juan-Curacao-Aruba at the time, with a 727.
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May 20, 2020, 5:29 pm
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May 20, 2020, 5:31 pm
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Hmm... north and west of where? Colombia? There was that obscure outfit I alluded to earlier - I believe the name was Sunjet International operating an L-188 Electra out of St. Maarten and/or St. Kitts. Let's try them...
May 20, 2020, 5:38 pm
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30. Well, you are getting closer here as Virgin Atlantic was indeed operating the transatlantic flight.
However, it wasn't Continental from Kansas City, the aircraft from MCI wasn't a B737-300, the connection was not made at Newark and VS wasn't operating an A340 on the transatlantic leg.
However, it wasn't Continental from Kansas City, the aircraft from MCI wasn't a B737-300, the connection was not made at Newark and VS wasn't operating an A340 on the transatlantic leg.
AC MCI-YYZ CRJ
VS YYZ-LHR 747
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AA 184: Vancouver (YVR) 1:00p - 9:45p Miami (MIA)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Equip: 757
Connecting to.....
AA 2111: Miami (MIA) 11:50p - 4:22a+1 Lima (LIM)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: C/Y (I believe the standard domestic first cabin was sold as business class as I do not think AA had reconfigured their 757s with lie-flat biz class seats yet)
Equip: 757
And I also believe American was the only airline ever to operate scheduled nonstop service between YVR and MIA.
May 20, 2020, 5:46 pm
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14. Nope! And yes, I meant north and west of Colombia and Ecuador.....which would rule out the Caribbean.
May 20, 2020, 5:50 pm
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I don't remember AA or UA codesharing with VS and NW seems unlikely given their deep relationship with KL. DL and VS codeshared but ATL-LHR would not have been permitted under the old US/UK treaty. I don't think DL flew MCI-BOS so I am going to go in a completely different direction here:
AC MCI-YYZ CRJ
VS YYZ-LHR 747
AC MCI-YYZ CRJ
VS YYZ-LHR 747
However, Virgin Atlantic was operating a 747 on the transatlantic flight into London Heathrow.
May 20, 2020, 6:23 pm
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27. Well, there weren't too many American hub airports left with regard to Latin America were there? Here are the scheds....
Connecting to.....
AA 2111: Miami (MIA) 11:50p - 4:22a+1 Lima (LIM)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: C/Y (I believe the standard domestic first cabin was sold as business class as I do not think AA had reconfigured their 757s with lie-flat biz class seats yet)
Equip: 757
Connecting to.....
AA 2111: Miami (MIA) 11:50p - 4:22a+1 Lima (LIM)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: C/Y (I believe the standard domestic first cabin was sold as business class as I do not think AA had reconfigured their 757s with lie-flat biz class seats yet)
Equip: 757
I once flew to ASU via GRU (missed the connection at GRU) and a bag ended up in LIM, no doubt by 752. Took about a week for it to fly back up to MIA before getting to ASU.
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DL MCI-BOS 72S
VS BOS-LHR 747
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31. (Bonus Item)
I am fairly sure SU operated SEA-SVO.in 1990`s. If memory serves with B767's.
I am fairly sure SU operated SEA-SVO.in 1990`s. If memory serves with B767's.
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