Originally Posted by jlemon

17. Ah, it wasn't ALM and the equipment in question was actually larger than a DC9. And the connection was made at Paramaribo but stops were not made in Curacao or Aruba.

Originally Posted by jrl767

12- okay, that says there are three possibilities for the first stop ... I’ll start with one that’s been mentioned herein on more than a few occasions (though seldom in the context of an actual answer ) — Lafayette/LFT

Originally Posted by TPJ

So - if the connection was in PBM the airline had to be Surinam Airlines. The equipment had to be DC-8-63.

Intermediate stops:
- Cayenne (CAY) seems to be most logical to PBM
- Georgetown (GEO) in Guyana looks logical to MIA

Originally Posted by jlemon

12. A wonderful guess but unfortunately incorrect as Delta never operated mainline jet service into LFT back then. DL does so now with a B717-200 nonstop to ATL early in the day. In 1979, Texas International was operating around eight flights a day on weekdays into Lafayette primarily with the DC-9-10 but also with the DC-9-30 as well and was the only jet operator at LFT. And the city we are looking for here which was stop number two on the direct flight in question operated by Delta is not that far away from Lafayette.

Originally Posted by jlemon

17. Well, according to the relevant Surinam Airways timetable, the aircraft type operated on both flights was the DC8-62. And while the first flight did stop at Cayenne en route to Paramaribo, the stop made by the second flight en route to Miami wasn't Georgetown. Please guess again, sir!

Originally Posted by jlemon

Originally Posted by jrl767

12- on the basis of "never operated mainline jet service into ... back then" I suspect Lake Charles/LCH is off the list as well, which therefore leaves Alexandria/AEX as the stop between DFW and BTR

Originally Posted by Bluehen1

I'll posit a guess that the stop between Paramaribo and Miami was at Port of Spain (POS).

Originally Posted by jrl767

1- how about Regina, Saskatchewan (YQR), probably served from Minot ND (MOT)

Originally Posted by jlemon

17. Well, according to the relevant Surinam Airways timetable, the aircraft type operated on both flights was the DC8-62. And while the first flight did stop at Cayenne en route to Paramaribo, the stop made by the second flight en route to Miami wasn't Georgetown. Please guess again, sir!

Originally Posted by jlemon

As always, please limit your responses to two quiz items per day so that all may participate. And we are looking for as much detail as possible with regard to specific aircraft types. When in doubt, let the OAG equipment codes be your guide. Thanks!

4. Now it's 1968 and you are preparing to depart from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro. Your flight only operates on Saturdays and will make three stops en route. Identify the airline, all three stops and the aircraft. ANSWERED

7. You have been enjoying an extended cruise on the Amazon River in Brazil in 1975 and are now in Belem. It's been a great adventure but business calls and that means a trip to Paris. You've found a very convenient connecting service operated twice a week involving two airlines which actually appears in the timetable of the first air carrier you will fly with from Belem. Your first flight will be nonstop to the airport where the connection will be made with 90 minutes on the ground. And your second flight will be nonstop as well. Identify both air carriers, the connecting city and the different aircraft types operated on each flight.

17. It's 1984 and you are back in Belem in Brazil. This time you are headed to Miami and have found an interesting connecting service which is offered on a weekly basis with both flights being operated by the same airline. These flights are also operated with the same equipment with this aircraft being configured with 20 seats in first class. You book seats in first, of course. Your first flight will make one stop en route to the connecting airport where you will be on the ground for one hour and five minutes. Your second flight will also make one stop en route. Identify the air carrier, the stop made by the first flight, the connecting city, the stop made by the second flight and the equipment. ANSWERED

Originally Posted by WHBM

.....Surinam Airways, a quasi-government operator, had two DC-8s, one, a leased KLM DC8-63, did two trips a week to Amsterdam (Surinam is a onetime Dutch colony) with KLM crews, the other, the DC8-62, formerly with Braniff, did the twice weekly flight to Miami, plus one or two other things, it was still on the US register and crewed by contract pilots from Miami. The entire schedule could actually have been managed by one aircraft.

A few years later and the DC8-62, this time on the Amsterdam flight, crashed on approach to Paramaribo in early morning fog, with the loss of all on board. The "captain" was 7 years over the FAA age limit for commercial pilots, which applied, this being a US-registered aircraft. As you can imagine, the FAA went ballistic with the crew supplier and aircraft lessors in Miami, although they could do nothing about the Surinam-based carrier.

Originally Posted by jlemon

Originally Posted by jrl767

4- well, let’s start dissecting this:

• unless APSA served a Central American capital (Managua/MGA, Tegucigalpa/TGU, Belize/BZE, San Jose/SJO, or San Salvador/SAL, all of which I have to believe were highly unlikely), the only remaining possibility for the first stop is Acapulco/ACA
• we know that LIM wasn’t the third stop, so it must have been the second
• of the South American capitals beyond LIM (La Paz/LPB, Asunción/AEP, Montevideo/MVD, and Santiago/SCL), the latter is by far the most likely candidate for the third

so we have LAX-ACA-LIM-SCL-GIG

Originally Posted by jlemon

4. An astute dissection.....and you've correctly identified the first and second stops being Acapulco and Lima. However, Santiago wasn't the third stop.