Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Aug 8, 2021, 3:26 pm
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we saw this one parked outside the maintenance hangar
as well as this one on the ramp the next day as our DL 738 was taxiing out
as well as this one on the ramp the next day as our DL 738 was taxiing out
Aug 9, 2021, 2:17 pm
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If not a quiz, how about a summary of service from unusual places? For example, in 1972, what service was there from Meigs Field in Chicago? I had the opportunity to walk to Meigs Field before it was attacked and closed by Mayor Daley.
Other airports that I'd be interested are Hollywood Burbank, Long Island Republic, Greater Rockford, Hobby (Houston) in 1972 and Manhattan Regional (Kansas) in 1977. Given one choice, it would be MHK though that would not be really a good quiz due to limited service. I think in 1977, MHK had not quite reached the jet age though it did soon afterwards. For a quiz, Burbank is probably the best of those listed but a bigger airport is probably even better (like LGA, DCA, SFO).
Other airports that I'd be interested are Hollywood Burbank, Long Island Republic, Greater Rockford, Hobby (Houston) in 1972 and Manhattan Regional (Kansas) in 1977. Given one choice, it would be MHK though that would not be really a good quiz due to limited service. I think in 1977, MHK had not quite reached the jet age though it did soon afterwards. For a quiz, Burbank is probably the best of those listed but a bigger airport is probably even better (like LGA, DCA, SFO).
Aug 9, 2021, 5:11 pm
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I have no OAG but at another location I do have a few timetables that I took while a passenger at airports in the late 1990's. I will pass for now but will look for my small timetable supply at some future date.
Aug 9, 2021, 8:04 pm
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it’s really challenging to page thru all these on my phone, but sometimes they’re all I can use
Aug 10, 2021, 11:42 am
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I’ll start this new one off…
5A. BDL-IAD on a US EM2 connecting to IAD-CMH on a UA J31.
5B. Seems that it’s CMH-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-MKE-ORD-AAA based on the description. Here’s what I’ve got to start.
CMH-CVG DL EM2
CVG-EVV DL EM2
EVV-IND US SF3
IND-MKE US SF3
MKE-ORD AA SF3
ORD-SPI UA EM2
5A. BDL-IAD on a US EM2 connecting to IAD-CMH on a UA J31.
5B. Seems that it’s CMH-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-MKE-ORD-AAA based on the description. Here’s what I’ve got to start.
CMH-CVG DL EM2
CVG-EVV DL EM2
EVV-IND US SF3
IND-MKE US SF3
MKE-ORD AA SF3
ORD-SPI UA EM2
Aug 10, 2021, 12:30 pm
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5A- a very good start here!
5B- given that the second day's trek doesn't start at CMH, the entire routing is incorrect
on the plus side of the equation, you have correctly identified the SF340 as the other aircraft on three of the segments, and both DL and AA appear at some point during the day
as a further hint, you're on the right track with the sequence of online and interline connections
- Leg 1
- US is CORRECT
- IAD is CORRECT
- Leg 2
- UA is CORRECT
- CMH is incorrect
- J31 is incorrect
on the plus side of the equation, you have correctly identified the SF340 as the other aircraft on three of the segments, and both DL and AA appear at some point during the day
as a further hint, you're on the right track with the sequence of online and interline connections
Aug 10, 2021, 1:53 pm
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5A- a very good start here!
5B- given that the second day's trek doesn't start at CMH, the entire routing is incorrect
on the plus side of the equation, you have correctly identified the SF340 as the other aircraft on three of the segments, and both DL and AA appear at some point during the day
as a further hint, you're on the right track with the sequence of online and interline connections
- Leg 1
- US is CORRECT
- IAD is CORRECT
- Leg 2
- UA is CORRECT
- CMH is incorrect
- J31 is incorrect
5B- given that the second day's trek doesn't start at CMH, the entire routing is incorrect
on the plus side of the equation, you have correctly identified the SF340 as the other aircraft on three of the segments, and both DL and AA appear at some point during the day
as a further hint, you're on the right track with the sequence of online and interline connections
Aug 10, 2021, 2:19 pm
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Aug 14, 2021, 10:28 am
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After a couple of days of inaction on this thread I thought I'd post a couple of (very) old pictures taken back in the day. In my case "the day" is the early 1960s when I first got a decent camera (certainly not by today's standards) and a long lens.
Here are a couple of shots taken at LAX in 1963-1965. The photo quality isn't very good as you can see.
A TWA 707 heading east
And an American 990 on short final. This was taken during the Watts riots (1965) when ATC required the planes to stay at quite high altitude over Watts and Inglewood (due to reported gunfire from the ground) then descend very rapidly on final.
I took this long-exposure picture of landing lights at LAX in the summer of 1963. I believe the dashed lines are from the props intersecting fixed lights on the planes.
Here are a couple of shots taken at LAX in 1963-1965. The photo quality isn't very good as you can see.
A TWA 707 heading east
And an American 990 on short final. This was taken during the Watts riots (1965) when ATC required the planes to stay at quite high altitude over Watts and Inglewood (due to reported gunfire from the ground) then descend very rapidly on final.
I took this long-exposure picture of landing lights at LAX in the summer of 1963. I believe the dashed lines are from the props intersecting fixed lights on the planes.
Aug 14, 2021, 12:02 pm
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re TW 707-331 and AA 990 — the geek in me wonders if you can make out the registrations in the original photos … my phone doesn’t have enough resolution
Aug 15, 2021, 9:53 am
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Aug 16, 2021, 7:09 am
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5B. I’ve been a little stumped on proceeding with this one. Based on the plane being either an EM2 or a SF3, the options are limited. If I think about starting in RIC and the available flights, all I could come up with is that the first flight out would be on a CO EM2. At that time, I think the mini-hub in GSO was operational so I will guess the first leg of this is a CO EM2 running RIC-GSO.
Aug 16, 2021, 10:36 am
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5B. I’ve been a little stumped on proceeding with this one. Based on the plane being either an EM2 or a SF3, the options are limited. If I think about starting in RIC and the available flights, all I could come up with is that the first flight out would be on a CO EM2. At that time, I think the mini-hub in GSO was operational so I will guess the first leg of this is a CO EM2 running RIC-GSO.
hint: in this group of six flights, the two in each pair (segments 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6) are approximately the same distance
Aug 17, 2021, 10:46 am
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Okay, this should get me started. My other option was CLE and that could have put me on my previous routing guess easily. Since that was wrong, I’ve got to figure out a new one.