Originally Posted by Seat 2A

Originally Posted by jrl767

nope, not SYR ... and the answer will likely be a bit of a surprise

Originally Posted by Herb687

With that hint, I'm going to go with something more circuitous and guess DTW since it was a big AA station back in the day. Anyone else remember that big AA-themed quilt that used to hang near the AA gates at DTW?

Originally Posted by teddybear99

... Could the missing stop be Columbus in between Cleveland and Cincinnati?

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

2- As the Boston effort is wrapping up, you start looking into ways to get to your next project in Monterey TN, and are pleased to find a direct Saturday evening flight into the closest major airport. Please identify the airline, equipment, all three stops in order, and the destination airport.
AA into Nashville/BNA ~ Equipment is 727 ~ Stops are CLE, CVG ~ Stops are not LGA, PHL, DCA, BUF, CMH or DTW

So the answer's a bit of a surprise and Columbus is close... Well Cleveland was a United hub back then and with the exception of New York state, just about all of the big east coast cities were United territory. I just don't see anything outside of New York state. Then again, maybe we're going at this the wrong way, i.e. the extra stop comes after Cleveland. As such, let's go with a routing of BOS-CLE-CVG-SDF-BNA

Originally Posted by jrl767

2- As the Boston effort is wrapping up, you start looking into ways to get to your next project in Monterey TN, and are pleased to find a direct Saturday evening flight into the closest major airport. Please identify the airline, equipment, all three stops in order, and the destination airport.
AA into Nashville/BNA ~ Equipment is 727 ~ Stops are CLE, CVG ~ Stops are not LGA, PHL, DCA, BUF, CMH, SDF or DTW

The second stop indeed comes after CLE, but it's not SDF ... or CVG, for that matter, so it should be fairly evident now

Well now, I don't see AA heading over to Indianapolis from Cleveland, so we're left with Dayton, Ohio - the Birthplace of Aviation (Although the first flight was in Kitty Hawk, NC, their Wright Flyer was built in and returned to Dayton for improvements.) The routing then would be BOS-CLE-DAY-CVG-BNA on a 727 of indeterminate variant, but definitely not N864AA as it wasn't delivered until 1977.

Originally Posted by WHBM

Let me have a run at this one. Columbus to Boston, 1969, the obvious carrier is TWA. But maybe that's too easy, there are probably too many stops as well. So who else ? I can't think of another main line carrier that would do. Mohawk never got to Columbus I believe, so what about Allegheny ? Both aircraft types ? I think that would mean a DC-9 and a Convair 580.

4 stops from Columbus, not a lot of DC-9s in the Allegheny fleet in 1969, I think that's the Convair. Which way ? Columbus-Pittsburgh-Harrisburg-Baltimore-Hartford-Boston. Something like that.

4 stops changing at No 2 ? Starts on a DC-9, Columbus-Pittsburgh-Philadelphia. Change there to a Convair. Philadelphia-Hartford-Providence-Boston.

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

Originally Posted by jrl767

and as for the 72S, I was on N864AA in Oct 1978 ... ORD-CVG, en route to a week of technical training on the GE CF6-50 engine as part of my introduction to work on 747 Propulsion Staff shortly after hiring in at Boeing

Originally Posted by Herb687

I'm not sure where all my memorabilia and logs from that era are at the moment but that tail number sounds quite familiar. I think it was N864AA which operated AA's final 727 revenue flight (TPA-MIA on 30 Apr 2002).

Originally Posted by jrl767

3- Friends have invited you to join them over Mother’s Day weekend in Long Beach before you return to Columbus. From your arrival airport, the earliest direct service to LAX the morning you need to depart is a two-stop flight that arrives at 7am (which translates to a 3am departure), and the next one (on the same airline, but a different type of jet) is a three-stop that doesn’t arrive until almost 1230pm. Surprisingly, the Eastern Airlines flight to Atlanta is sold out that morning, and more surprisingly Delta doesn’t serve the departure city at all.

Looking at the second closest airport to Monterey (less than 10 miles farther away), you find an early DL flight that connects to their 1030am ATL-LAX. It has an enroute stop, so you figure that it’ll be pretty much a wash to drive to ATL. A conversation with the rental car company reveals that the additional 130-some miles to ATL, along with a higher drop charge, will add over $100 to your total, so you book the two connecting Delta flights.

You call your friends back to advise them of your 1140am arrival time, and are stunned to learn that the rendezvous is actually in Long Beach, WA.

3A- Please identify the airline, equipment types, and all stops in sequence on the two direct flights.

Originally Posted by jrl767

1- It’s mid January and you are about to embark on a ten-week project in the Boston area. From your home near Columbus OH, you can take a direct flight with four stops and arrive shortly before 10pm. The same airline also offers a four-stop option that departs CMH an hour earlier; you’ll begin on a one-stop flight aboard a different aircraft type to a connecting city, where you’ll catch a two-stop flight (on the first type) to BOS and arrive a few minutes before 9pm.

1A- Please identify the airline, all four stops in sequence, and the equipment for the direct flight.

1B- Please identify both aircraft types, the connecting city, and all stops in order.

Allegheny is correct

Direct flight:

• Convair 580 is correct
• Pittsburgh/PIT is correct
• Harrisburg/MDT is correct
• Based upon my experience via two Unlimited Mileage Liberty Fares, let's try Newark/EWR
• Outside of Hartford, the only stop that seems feasible is Providence/PVD and since you mentioned it was partially correct, let's try it here

Connecting itinerary: We'll have a go at this later. I'm too busy right now on a railroad site...