Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Oct 18, 2020, 12:38 am
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as she got her Nobels in 1903 (the same year as the first powered flight) and 1911 my guess would be overland or overwater segments only.
Oct 19, 2020, 3:43 pm
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1- well now! your supposition of DEN as the connecting point is CORRECT!
so ... let’s think about other carriers (from researching these questions, there were two that I know of) that operated AMA-XXX-YYY-DEN in early 1966 with something other than a Convair 580
and by the way, for purposes of completeness in answering the entire question, don’t forget about CO ...
so ... let’s think about other carriers (from researching these questions, there were two that I know of) that operated AMA-XXX-YYY-DEN in early 1966 with something other than a Convair 580
and by the way, for purposes of completeness in answering the entire question, don’t forget about CO ...
- one of the two AMA-XXX-YYY-DEN operators ran a different Convair type on this route; however, we are looking for the other airline
- the second flight (DEN-AAA-BBB-PDX) was a UA/CO interchange flight
Oct 19, 2020, 4:03 pm
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I've just come up with a single question here. I'll put some more together.
Northwest Airlines bought a fleet of 25 Martin 202 twin-engine 48-seaters in 1947-8. By the end of 1951 five of them had been lost in crashes. Northwest had enough of them then, took them out of service, and sold them off.
Question. What then was the next twin-engined aircraft Northwest bought new, discounting those like the Republic fleet that came with a merger.
Northwest Airlines bought a fleet of 25 Martin 202 twin-engine 48-seaters in 1947-8. By the end of 1951 five of them had been lost in crashes. Northwest had enough of them then, took them out of service, and sold them off.
Question. What then was the next twin-engined aircraft Northwest bought new, discounting those like the Republic fleet that came with a merger.
Oct 19, 2020, 4:52 pm
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I've just come up with a single question here. I'll put some more together.
Northwest Airlines bought a fleet of 25 Martin 202 twin-engine 48-seaters in 1947-8. By the end of 1951 five of them had been lost in crashes. Northwest had enough of them then, took them out of service, and sold them off.
Question. What then was the next twin-engined aircraft Northwest bought new, discounting those like the Republic fleet that came with a merger.
Northwest Airlines bought a fleet of 25 Martin 202 twin-engine 48-seaters in 1947-8. By the end of 1951 five of them had been lost in crashes. Northwest had enough of them then, took them out of service, and sold them off.
Question. What then was the next twin-engined aircraft Northwest bought new, discounting those like the Republic fleet that came with a merger.
Oct 20, 2020, 8:16 am
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Oct 20, 2020, 8:17 am
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Oct 20, 2020, 10:08 am
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DC-6B (iirc OAG code "6B") is CORRECT
SLC is CORRECT
PDT is INCORRECT
interestingly, the reference timetable shows otherwise
so ... BONUS Q 1A- identify both the city of origin and the intermediate stop for this flight on the way to DEN
Oct 20, 2020, 11:43 am
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Let’s go with Boise being the second stop, thus DEN - SLC - BOI - PDX. And I’ll guess the Continental portion of the flight originated in Tulsa with an intermediate stop in Wichita and then on to Denver which was the CO/UA interchange point.
Oct 20, 2020, 11:45 am
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I’ll guess Central Airlines operating a Convair 240 Amarillo - Pueblo - Colorado Springs - Denver.
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Oct 20, 2020, 3:17 pm
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BONUS- CORRECT on both
PUB is CORRECT
COS is CORRECT
C2 is INCORRECT (which of course doesn't leave many options, given that the flight actually wasn't on a Convair)
Oct 20, 2020, 3:32 pm
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Well, perhaps Central operated this flight with a venerable DC-3 (D3).
Oct 20, 2020, 5:56 pm
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I think that's correct too. 34 years was a long time to have been put off twin engined aircraft, especially for a carrier that had a lot of small-scale places along their traditional network.
Oct 20, 2020, 9:40 pm
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Oct 20, 2020, 9:46 pm
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Closing there out:
1. flag carrier for 2 different countries (was a question earlier this year) (name of the countries will be obvious)
Malaysia Singapore Airlines
Flag carrier for one political country and it still the flag carrier of an expanded (or reunified) country. Name the flag carrier of the other now-subsumed country.
This question has two sets of answers. The one already answered is Lufthansa of the BRD (FRG) and Inter-Flug of the DDR (GDR).
VietNam Airlines (Democratic Republic of/North VietNam) and Air VietNam (Republic of/South VietNam).
1. flag carrier for 2 different countries (was a question earlier this year) (name of the countries will be obvious)
Malaysia Singapore Airlines
Flag carrier for one political country and it still the flag carrier of an expanded (or reunified) country. Name the flag carrier of the other now-subsumed country.
This question has two sets of answers. The one already answered is Lufthansa of the BRD (FRG) and Inter-Flug of the DDR (GDR).
VietNam Airlines (Democratic Republic of/North VietNam) and Air VietNam (Republic of/South VietNam).
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Oct 20, 2020, 9:53 pm
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I believe so
of course, Republic was the amalgamation of North Central (Series 10/30/50), Southern (Series 10), and AirWest / Hughes Air West (Series 10, originally from Bonanza and West Coast, and Series 30); I think RC acquired MD-80s on their own
NW also had a handful of Series 40 jets whose pedigree escapes me
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