Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jan 10, 2014, 11:05 am
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Greetings from snowy Boston. While I await my southbound 737-700, let's check in with a couple of hopefully correct answers...
11) It's 1984 and you are in New York City. You receive a message requesting your presence for a business meeting in the west of Ireland. You ascertain that Shannon (SNN) is the closest airport with international service to your Irish destination. And you also learn there is one airline operating JFK-SNN nonstop flights with a very interesting four engine jetliner that you've always wanted to fly on. Identify the airline and the equipment it flew on the route.
This is about the time Arrow Air and Rich International were flying, and they both flew DC-8-62s. I seem to recall Rich International serving Europe for a short time, but I thought it was with L-1011s. Still, I consider the DC-8-62 a rare bird than the L-1011 so I'm gonna go with Rich with a DC-8-62.
18) Also at this same time, one airline was flying daily nonstop mainline jet service on the short hop from John Wayne Airport (SNA) to Burbank (BUR). Identify the air carrier and the aircraft type.
This sounds like Alaska Airlines, flying with an MD-80.
Originally Posted by Originally Posted by jlemon
11) It's 1984 and you are in New York City. You receive a message requesting your presence for a business meeting in the west of Ireland. You ascertain that Shannon (SNN) is the closest airport with international service to your Irish destination. And you also learn there is one airline operating JFK-SNN nonstop flights with a very interesting four engine jetliner that you've always wanted to fly on. Identify the airline and the equipment it flew on the route.
This is about the time Arrow Air and Rich International were flying, and they both flew DC-8-62s. I seem to recall Rich International serving Europe for a short time, but I thought it was with L-1011s. Still, I consider the DC-8-62 a rare bird than the L-1011 so I'm gonna go with Rich with a DC-8-62.
18) Also at this same time, one airline was flying daily nonstop mainline jet service on the short hop from John Wayne Airport (SNA) to Burbank (BUR). Identify the air carrier and the aircraft type.
This sounds like Alaska Airlines, flying with an MD-80.
Jan 10, 2014, 11:07 am
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11) It's 1984 and you are in New York City. You receive a message requesting your presence for a business meeting in the west of Ireland. You ascertain that Shannon (SNN) is the closest airport with international service to your Irish destination. And you also learn there is one airline operating JFK-SNN nonstop flights with a very interesting four engine jetliner that you've always wanted to fly on. Identify the airline and the equipment it flew on the route.
Jan 10, 2014, 11:09 am
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However......
If time permits, highly recommend you head over to the Legal Seafoods location at BOS, grab an ice cold microbrew and then guess again!
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Jan 10, 2014, 11:14 am
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I'd love to but it's a bit overpriced. I'm drinking free Sam Adams (which I actually quite like) right here in the United Club and dang! I thought fer sure that was Alaska on SNA-BUR. Okay then, how about an old timer with a new name on that route - Continental West with a 737-300.
Jan 10, 2014, 11:22 am
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This is way outside my area of knowledge, so have mercy. Transamerica (TV) had DC-8-63CF service JFK-SNN, and as far as I can figure out, they used the DC-8-63CF in an all-economy configuration. According to one source, one of the 63CFs had at one time had been used in an all-first class configuration (to Australia). Does your interest in it have to do with the configuration, or the fact that many of the 63CFs were upgraded to 73CF? (or none of the above -- as I said, have mercy).
TV 302: Dep. JFK 8:00pm, Arr. SNN 7:00am
Op: Fridays only
TV 303: Dep. SNN 2:00pm, Arr. JFK 4:00pm
Op: Saturdays only
Jan 10, 2014, 11:26 am
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I'd love to but it's a bit overpriced. I'm drinking free Sam Adams (which I actually quite like) right here in the United Club and dang! I thought fer sure that was Alaska on SNA-BUR. Okay then, how about an old timer with a new name on that route - Continental West with a 737-300.
Last edited by jlemon; Jan 10, 2014 at 1:16 pm Reason: IAD beer update...
Jan 10, 2014, 11:42 am
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21) Once again during the Christmas of 1989, three different airlines were operating jet service into Val-d'Or, Quebec (YVO). Each air carrier was flying a different aircraft type, none of which was a regional jet. Identify all three airlines and the respective jet aircraft they operated into YVO.
Jan 10, 2014, 12:21 pm
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Flush with success, I'll venture an answer to this one. I'm fairly certain that two of the carriers were Air Canada (AC) with a DC-9, and Canadian (CP) with a 737. For the third, I'll try Inter-Canadien (codesharing under a CP flight number) with a Fokker F100 -- but I'm not sure if that falls in your definition of a regional jet.
However, then again, perhaps the F100's predecessor, being the Fokker F28 Fellowship (especially the smaller series 1000 version) could justifiably be thought of as being a regional jet (although the term "regional jet" had yet to come into vogue back then).
All subject to debate, of course, so let's get back to your responses concerning quiz item 21):
Air Canada (AC) with DC-9-30 equipment - correct!
Canadian Airlines (CP) with B737-200 equipment - correct!
Inter-Canadien operating with a CP flight number - please guess again!
Jan 10, 2014, 2:18 pm
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16) What airline was flying nonstop Fokker F28 Fellowship service at this time between Ottawa (YOW) and New York (JFK)?
Jan 10, 2014, 2:53 pm
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19) Also at this same time, one airline was flying daily nonstop mainline jet service on the short hop from John Wayne Airport (SNA) to Burbank (BUR). Identify the air carrier and the aircraft type.
Jan 10, 2014, 2:53 pm
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16) Correct! Pilgrim Airlines (PM) was flying three round trips a day between Ottawa (YOW) and New York (JFK) with the Fokker F28 Fellowship. A reduced schedule was operated on the weekends with Fokker F27 turboprops filling in for the F28 twinjet.
And it appears that Pilgrim may have actually operated only one F28 in its fleet although I've been unable to confirm this.....
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Jan 10, 2014, 10:23 pm
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AA 609: ORD-SNA-BUR-ORD
Op: Daily
Equip: MD-80
A wild weather night here in south Louisiana as a stronger than forecast cold front moved through the LFT area earlier this evening with a squall line featuring a rather vociferous thunderstorm locally....and lightning hit a power pole quite close to our home thus knocking out the electricity for an extended period of time.
Thus the delay with my response......and now back to my properly chilled IPA!
Jan 10, 2014, 10:42 pm
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19) And your answer would be correct as it was indeed good old American.
Good! cuz I wuz onna go wit Err Cal 733 after all them birs.
Now I'm in San Francisco enjoying a delicious Sierra Nevada Pale Ale while awaiting my northbound 737-900 up to Seattle. Off to the coast through heavy rains tomorrow to watch the playoffs. I can't be in Washington State for the Broncos game because they've never won when I've watched from there. It's the Oregon coast for me.
Good! cuz I wuz onna go wit Err Cal 733 after all them birs.
Now I'm in San Francisco enjoying a delicious Sierra Nevada Pale Ale while awaiting my northbound 737-900 up to Seattle. Off to the coast through heavy rains tomorrow to watch the playoffs. I can't be in Washington State for the Broncos game because they've never won when I've watched from there. It's the Oregon coast for me.
Jan 11, 2014, 9:43 am
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Jan 11, 2014, 8:51 pm
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I can attest that my wife -- proudly sporting her Seahawks #12 "FAN" jersey -- savored a pair of Abita Turbodog brews while my son (in #29) and I (sans jersey, but with shirt of appropriate colors) dispatched a number of the Pacific Northwest's finest (Henry Weinhard brown ale and Pike Place IPA, respectively)