Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
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However, the aircraft wasn't a B737-200. And although the flight in question did stop at Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, ORD wasn't the second stop, DEN wasn't the fourth stop and SFO wasn't the fifth stop. This flight also did not stop at Buffalo (BUF) or Tulsa (TUL).
Plus this flight made six stops en route so you are missing one stop. Please guess again, sir!
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8- let’s try United: a 747 operating Hilo (ITO) - Honolulu (HNL) - Los Angeles (LAX) - Chicago (ORD) (and I’ll even go so far as to guess it was UA118, which I took as the LAX-ORD redeye in early 1977) ... followed by a 737-200 to MSY
10- I think a connection between two domestic carriers is unlikely ... and that said, I can’t think of too many airlines of other countries serving NAS from the U.S. or Canada
8- let’s try United: a 747 operating Hilo (ITO) - Honolulu (HNL) - Los Angeles (LAX) - Chicago (ORD) (and I’ll even go so far as to guess it was UA118, which I took as the LAX-ORD redeye in early 1977) ... followed by a 737-200 to MSY
10- I think a connection between two domestic carriers is unlikely ... and that said, I can’t think of too many airlines of other countries serving NAS from the U.S. or Canada
- Air Canada might have had service from Toronto/YYZ, but 1975 is probably several years too early for nonstop MKE-YYZ service
- however, I vaguely recall Air Jamaica running a DC-8 from Chicago/ORD, so a same-aircraft possibility there would be United
10. The first air carrier operating the originating flight from Milwaukee (MKE) wasn't United, the equipment wasn't a DC8 and the connection wasn't made at Chicago (ORD). On the plus side of the column, the airline operating the nonstop flight into Nassau (NAS) was Air Jamaica.
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10. [1975]You've just finished a project assignment in Milwaukee when the phone rings and you hear this: "Hey, buddy, the repairs are finished and the cat is good to go! We are ready to set sail to Virgin Gorda! When can you be here?!" And just where is your old sailing buddy located? "Nassau!" Well, here you go again....and you quickly ascertain that two airlines will be involved for your trip from MKE to NAS with a 90 minute connection time between the two flights you'll be traveling on, both of which will be nonstop and also both operated with the same aircraft type. Identify both air carriers, the airport where the connection will be made and the equipment.
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And in the interim we have now established that the airline operating the service into Nassau (NAS) was Air Jamaica. Please guess again!
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19. You are off to a great start here as United arriving into Ontario (ONT) is correct.
However, the aircraft wasn't a B737-200. And although the flight in question did stop at Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, ORD wasn't the first stop, DEN wasn't the fourth stop and SFO wasn't the fifth stop. This flight also did not stop at Buffalo (BUF) or Tulsa (TUL).
Plus this flight made six stops en route so you are missing one stop. Please guess again, sir!
However, the aircraft wasn't a B737-200. And although the flight in question did stop at Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, ORD wasn't the first stop, DEN wasn't the fourth stop and SFO wasn't the fifth stop. This flight also did not stop at Buffalo (BUF) or Tulsa (TUL).
Plus this flight made six stops en route so you are missing one stop. Please guess again, sir!
So, now we've got the next guess. Since I didn't have ORD as the first stop, I'm going to assume your comment meant ORD isn't the second stop.
UA ALB-ORD-DFW-DEN-SLC-LAX-SFO-ONT on a 727-100
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I went one short as I wasn't completely sure about whether the final destination was considered a stop.
So, now we've got the next guess. Since I didn't have ORD as the first stop, I'm going to assume your comment meant ORD isn't the second stop.
UA ALB-ORD-DFW-DEN-SLC-LAX-SFO-ONT on a 727-100
So, now we've got the next guess. Since I didn't have ORD as the first stop, I'm going to assume your comment meant ORD isn't the second stop.
UA ALB-ORD-DFW-DEN-SLC-LAX-SFO-ONT on a 727-100
However, the flight in question did not stop at SLC or LAX....but the final leg was nonstop from SFO to ONT. Please guess again, sir!
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19. You are making excellent progress here as the equipment was indeed a B727-100. And yep, my initial response was ORD wasn't the first stop when it actually was (I subsequently rectified this mistake). At any rate, your revised routing of ALB-ORD-DFW-DEN is correct.
However, the flight in question did not stop at SLC or LAX....but the final leg was nonstop from SFO to ONT. Please guess again, sir!
However, the flight in question did not stop at SLC or LAX....but the final leg was nonstop from SFO to ONT. Please guess again, sir!
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10. The first air carrier operating the originating flight from Milwaukee (MKE) wasn't United, the equipment wasn't a DC8 and the connection wasn't made at Chicago (ORD). On the plus side of the column, the airline operating the nonstop flight into Nassau (NAS) was Air Jamaica.
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19. An astute observation, sir. And while this flight did indeed stop in San Jose, it did not stop in Fresno. Please guess again!
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8- a couple months ago we were discussing 747 service (or the absence thereof) into Kahului/OGG, I certainly don't remember any UA 747s on SFO-LAX, and there's only one other possible connecting point ... all that together says the routing must have been ITO-Kona/KOA-LAX-Denver/DEN ... as for the connecting flight, there are four OAG codes (a standard and a stretch variant of each of two types), so I'll start with a DC-8-61
10- well then ... JM also had the DC-8-61, but since UA is off the table and DL wasn't yet at MKE, we're looking at a DC-9-30; JM wasn't serving Atlanta/ATL, which rules out Eastern and therefore points to Herman (North Central) as the originating airline ... where else might NC have operated from MKE to meet up with JM? I seriously doubt it was MSP, so that leaves me with Detroit/DTW
10- well then ... JM also had the DC-8-61, but since UA is off the table and DL wasn't yet at MKE, we're looking at a DC-9-30; JM wasn't serving Atlanta/ATL, which rules out Eastern and therefore points to Herman (North Central) as the originating airline ... where else might NC have operated from MKE to meet up with JM? I seriously doubt it was MSP, so that leaves me with Detroit/DTW
10. Correct! Here are the scheds.....
NC 990: Milwaukee (MKE) 7:00a - 7:45a Detroit (DTW)
Freq: Daily except Sun.
Service class: S
Meal service: Snack
Equip: DC9-30
Connecting to.....
JM 060: Detroit (DTW) 9:15a - 12:15p Nassau (NAS)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal service: Lunch
Equip: DC9-30
Sep 3, 2020, 11:41 am
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UA 249: Albany (ALB) 10:50a - 11:53a Chicago O'Hare (ORD) 1:05p - 3:24p Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) 3:58p - 4:50p Denver (DEN) 5:45p - 7:10p San Jose (SJC) 7:30p - 7:58p Monterey (MRY) 8:18p - 8:47p San Francisco (SFO) 9:15p - 10:25p Ontario (ONT)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal services: Lunch ALB-ORD & ORD-DFW, Dinner DFW-DEN & DEN-SJC
Equip: B727-100
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8- ok, now I'm remembering UA118 actually continued from ORD to Pittsburgh/PIT (full routing was ITO-LAX-ORD-PIT) ... and in 1975, UA still ran the old Capital routes from the mid-Atlantic to MSY ... that would have most likely been a 72S
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8. All good here except for the equipment on the connecting flight into MSY which wasn't a B727-200. And we await the tap in.....