Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Nov 20, 2023, 10:26 am
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remember that BIL also has to fit the Great Circle criterion for the flights up from SAN — which it does (GTF is a better fit for 1D, but misses the mark entirely for 1C)
so we’re down to two DL types (one mainline, one regional affiliate), and one each US and NW
Nov 20, 2023, 10:51 am
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Nov 20, 2023, 11:32 am
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Nov 21, 2023, 8:30 am
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think bigger
(this also applies to the most recent guess on 1A, where we’re missing the US jet for CLT-PBI)
Nov 21, 2023, 10:31 am
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747 is INCORRECT
since NW didn't get their 757-300s until 2002, I'll put everyone out of their misery and identify it as a D10
since NW didn't get their 757-300s until 2002, I'll put everyone out of their misery and identify it as a D10
Nov 21, 2023, 3:22 pm
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Nov 21, 2023, 4:01 pm
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I'm now starting to equate the "bigger" response as a code word for "you're way off base", though I don't see how a cr2 could possibly be *that* far off on a meaningless route like SLC-BIL.
In any event, I'm going to step out of the 737 hole we've been digging ourselves into in PBI and simply float the possibility of an A330-300 on CLT-PBI. I don't know exactly when US received its first 330s, but I'm going with the 300 over the 200 because I believe the 200 wasn't launched until pretty close to 1999 and US was surely not the launch customer.
In any event, I'm going to step out of the 737 hole we've been digging ourselves into in PBI and simply float the possibility of an A330-300 on CLT-PBI. I don't know exactly when US received its first 330s, but I'm going with the 300 over the 200 because I believe the 200 wasn't launched until pretty close to 1999 and US was surely not the launch customer.
Nov 21, 2023, 6:58 pm
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Nov 21, 2023, 8:35 pm
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1C- just for purposes of simplifying future guessing: F100, 734, 735, and D10 are irrelevant here, as DL didn’t operate those types in 1999
I neglected to acknowledge that moondog correctly identified SLC-BIL as the regional affiliate flight, so given that we’ve eliminated the Canadair CRJ-100 and -200, the aircraft type on that leg should be a tap-in
I neglected to acknowledge that moondog correctly identified SLC-BIL as the regional affiliate flight, so given that we’ve eliminated the Canadair CRJ-100 and -200, the aircraft type on that leg should be a tap-in