Originally Posted by Seat 2A

jlemon, your answer's got my vote.

I was once booked on a Presidential Airways flight but my inbound flight on a different airline was late and I midded my chance. Another late flight caused me to miss my chance to fly an Arrow Air DC-8 in the mid-eighties.

Speaking of flights aboard secondary airlines that I did manage to successfully connect to, here's a bonus question:

Back in the fall of 1984 I did a combination plane and train trip that involved flights aboard six airlines I'd never flown before. I'll supply you with the city pairs and see if you can fill in the blanks as to the airline and aircraft flown. Remember, none of the airlines involved were majors, and only one of them is still flying today.

After flying from Los Angeles into Phoenix aboard an America West 737-130, I made my way north to Las Vegas where we'll begin the question:

19 SEP Las Vegas to Ontario ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________
25 SEP Seattle to Pasco ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________ (Hint: I flew on a prop)
25 SEP Pasco to Seattle ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________ (Hint: The leased jet involved was on short term lease.)
07 OCT Miami to St. Petersburg ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________
07 OCT St. Petersburg to Orlando ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________
18 OCT St. Louis to Kansas City ~ Airline:_____________________ Aircraft:____________________

Originally Posted by jlemon

I'll kick this off....

19 SEP - LAS to ONT

Airline: Sunworld International

Aircraft: DC-9-10

BTW, I do not believe that Sunworld ever flew any scheduled international services.....but they did operate a small hub at LAS.

Originally Posted by Wally Bird

I think Columbia Pacific had ceased operating by then so I'll go with Cascade both ways. HS748/Bac111 ?

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

The return flight was Horizon all the way, aboard a leased DC-9 wearing AllStar colors. This remains the oldest DC-9 I've flown, coming in at number 4 of the assembly line at Long Beach.

Originally Posted by cs57

18 OCT St. Louis/Kansas City---AIR ONE-- Boeing 727-100

Originally Posted by WHBM

What a coincidence. Because I recall I was on this very aircraft just a year earlier, 1983. At that time it belonged to Finnair, but they had too many of the pocket-sized DC-9s, so it was leased to British Midland who had just started running London Heathrow to Edinburgh, and needed extra aircraft. It kept its Finnish registration OH-LYC on these UK services. I fancied the recent service (I was of course the only one in the office who knew about such things) as a change to the hourly BA Edinburgh Shuttle of the era we normally took, still operating with Tridents, with pay-on-board and no catering. BMA were giving hot meals and drinks. Later that year the aircraft was returned to Finnair, who promptly resold it to All Star in the USA.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Briti...4d25a4eabeb698

I guess it's the oldest DC-9 I've been on as well !

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

It'd be a shame to see that airplane scrapped after such a varied career but that's its likely fate I suppose...

Originally Posted by WHBM

I believe it's this one at the top, dumped at Nairobi, Kenya

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=-1.3190...02642&t=h&z=19

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

Whereas a meal was offered up in Coach, we weren't offered one, even to buy. Perhaps because the domestic flights were shorter, the meal purchase option available on Hawaii flights was not offered.

On Hawaii flights, the airlines advertised Economy Class flights for less money but otherwise offering the same seating as Coach. As previously mentioned, you could buy a meal on board. While Continental had a separate cabin for Economy, aboard Western's narrow bodied Boeings it would have been sit wherever. I will do a search for an old ad promoting the three services to Hawaii and if I find it I'll post it.

Originally Posted by jlemon

07 OCT - St. Petersburg (PIE) to Orlando (MCO)

Airline: Florida Express

Aircraft: BAC One-Eleven

Bonus question: What other airline flew the BAC One-Eleven on services within the state of Florida in the mid 1980s besides Florida Express/Braniff II?

And speaking of new questions, I've got a whole bunch waiting in the wings, so to speak......

Originally Posted by Seat 2A

Right you are, Mr. Lemon! I paid $19.00 for that flight - in today's money closer to $60.00 I suppose.

As to the other BAC-111 operator in Florida, I'm going with Atlantic Gulf, who I believe acquired their 1-11 via a merger with Air Illinois.

I will close my remaining unanswered questions out tomorrow in anticipation of your new set of questions. ^

Originally Posted by Mr. Roboto

If I remember correctly (flights to/from HNL in the 1960s), K/Economy was called Thrift Class on Pan Am.