Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jun 27, 2014, 11:02 am
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And St. Petersburg (PIE) is correct with regard to the missing Florida stop.
However, the stop between Seattle and Chicago Midway was not Minneapolis/St. Paul.....
Jun 27, 2014, 11:07 am
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I suspect WHBM's on to it with the MSP and PIE stops - but then with the removal of Ft. Lauderdale we have only four stops - so were I to add one more, I'd go with... Billings. As such, we'd be left with this five stop routing:
Seattle - Billings - Minneapolis - Chicago Midway - Atlanta - St. Petersburg - Miami.
Seattle - Billings - Minneapolis - Chicago Midway - Atlanta - St. Petersburg - Miami.
Seattle - __________ - Chicago Midway - Atlanta - St. Petersburg - Fort Lauderdale - Miami
Jun 27, 2014, 11:34 am
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as Spokane was also eliminated recently, that pretty much leaves Portland (PDX) as the remaining viable option
Jun 27, 2014, 12:13 pm
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NW 78: Seattle 6:20a - 7:05a Portland 7:30a - 3:40p Chicago Midway* 4:05p - 6:15p Atlanta 6:45p - 8:15p St. Petersburg 8:35p - 9:25p Fort Lauderdale** 9:45p - 10:00p Miami
Op: Daily
Equip: Electra
Classes of service: First and coach (F/T)
On board service:
IMPERIAL SERVICE in F - "Complimentary champagne or imported wine is served with meals or with special snack trays."
CORONATION COACH in T - "Fast, comfortable, radar equipped and pressurized equipment. Complimentary meals served at regular meal times. Beverage service available."
Notes:
* - Connecting helicopter service available to and from Midway Airport in the Chicago area.
** - No local passenger traffic transported on the following itineraries: ATL-FLL, PIE-FLL or FLL-MIA
Also of note: Northwest was not operating any jet equipment at this time although new DC8s and B720Bs were on the way. For example, NW was flying U.S.-Asia service primarily with the Douglas DC-7C and was also operating Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Douglas DC-6B and Douglas DC-4 equipment back then as well.
Thus, according to their May 22, 1960 system timetable, the Electra was the most modern and only turbine powered aircraft in the Northwest fleet at this time.....
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Jun 27, 2014, 4:32 pm
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48. During the winter of 1976, this airline was operating round trip nonstop jet service between Omaha and Colorado Springs twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays only. Name the airline and the aircraft type.
Well the CAB was still in existence back then, so I'm thinking it must've been a long established airline - more than likely one that served both COS and OMA (Though I can offer no particularly compelling logic to back that assertion up - just a gut feeling, I reckon) - Continental served COS but not OMA and United served OMA but not COS, so ah mon go wit Frontier, operating a 737-200.
Well the CAB was still in existence back then, so I'm thinking it must've been a long established airline - more than likely one that served both COS and OMA (Though I can offer no particularly compelling logic to back that assertion up - just a gut feeling, I reckon) - Continental served COS but not OMA and United served OMA but not COS, so ah mon go wit Frontier, operating a 737-200.
FL 400: Las Vegas 10:10a - 12:33p Colorado Springs 12:53p - 3:16p Omaha
Op: Thursdays and Sundays only
Equip: Boeing 737-200
FL 407: Omaha 3:41p - 4:11p Colorado Springs 4:31p - 4:56p Las Vegas
Op: Thursdays and Sundays only
Equip: Boeing 737-200
I had initially thought this round trip service might have been operated only during the winter ski season ....however, in view of the Las Vegas portion of these routings, perhaps these flights were aimed more at the gambling crowd.....
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Jun 28, 2014, 10:04 am
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14. In 1964, Iran Air was cooperating with a western European airline for joint services between Teheran and three destinations in Europe. Identify this airline, the three destinations and the aircraft type flown on the service. ANSWERED
19. Eastern Airlines was known for its Boeing 727 and Douglas DC9 "Whisper Jets". There was also another airline in another part of the world that used a variation of the word "whisper" to describe its 727s and DC9s. Identify this air carrier and the specific name it used to describe its jet equipment that contained a variation of the word "whisper". ANSWERED
26. National Airlines flight #1 was operated nonstop between two destinations at this time. Name both airports and also identify the equipment flown on the service. In addition, National had a special name for this flight. What was it? Partially answered - Super DC-8-61, JFK to MIA - still looking for the special name of this flight ANSWERED
Just a few quiz items remain unanswered on this soggy Saturday morning.....we've had rain every day since last Tuesday with a combined precip total of just over 4 and 1/2 inches here at the house.
Yesterday, a 55,000 foot tall super cell thunderstorm developed to our west here in south Louisiana and spawned several tornadoes. Fortunately, they touched down in relatively unpopulated areas causing little damage and no injuries.....
And most thankfully, the Gulf of Mexico has remained quiet thus far this season with regard to organized tropical storm activity.
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Jun 28, 2014, 10:10 am
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50. The January 15, 1977 Hughes Airwest system timetable contains connecting flight information for six other airlines including two air carriers that operated jet equipment. Identify both of the airlines that operated jets where connections were listed to and from Hughes Airwest flights. Hint: one airline operated 727s and the other airline operated 737s.... ANSWERED
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Jun 28, 2014, 10:16 am
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And now it's time for the last bonus quiz item in my current set....
In 1973, Southern Airways was operating direct DC9 service from St. Louis to New York LaGuardia. Six intermediate stops were made en route on this rather circuitous flight. Identify all six stops in the order in which they were made. ANSWERED
Hmmmm.....should I now attempt to mow the lawn or should I continue to sip on my Community coffee with Baileys and contemplate what the weather might or might not do today.......
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Jun 28, 2014, 1:40 pm
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Well, I certainly thought so.....until a slender, long haired, blue eyed Cajun wench (my fiancee) suggested that it might be a good idea to get that old lawn mowed before it starts raining again.
So I caved and got it done. And just in time as thundershowers have developed in the coastal marshes down by the Gulf and are now moving this way.
And I now have another excellent idea: try one of those new IPAs from Anchor Brewing Company out there in The City....properly chilled, of course. @:-) :-:
So I caved and got it done. And just in time as thundershowers have developed in the coastal marshes down by the Gulf and are now moving this way.
And I now have another excellent idea: try one of those new IPAs from Anchor Brewing Company out there in The City....properly chilled, of course. @:-) :-:
Jun 28, 2014, 8:26 pm
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Ah sweah, jlemon! Yew spend more tahm mowin' that durned lawn... Remind me not t' git whatever in tarnation's type o' grass y'all got down theah in Lafayette! Lahd Almighty! 
Jun 28, 2014, 8:50 pm
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3. Correct.....and here's the complete eastbound (and southbound) sched....
NW 78: Seattle 6:20a - 7:05a Portland 7:30a - 3:40p Chicago Midway* 4:05p - 6:15p Atlanta 6:45p - 8:15p St. Petersburg 8:35p - 9:25p Fort Lauderdale** 9:45p - 10:00p Miami
Notes:
* - Connecting helicopter service available to and from Midway Airport in the Chicago area.
NW 78: Seattle 6:20a - 7:05a Portland 7:30a - 3:40p Chicago Midway* 4:05p - 6:15p Atlanta 6:45p - 8:15p St. Petersburg 8:35p - 9:25p Fort Lauderdale** 9:45p - 10:00p Miami
Notes:
* - Connecting helicopter service available to and from Midway Airport in the Chicago area.
Jun 29, 2014, 2:30 am
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How common were the helicopter shuttles in the early 1960s? As mentioned earlier I took one from IDL to EWR in 1963 coming in on a charter and leaving on Mohawk, so they seem to have been offered to all comers. And mine was free, though that may have been because it was an international arrival. Doesn't qualify as a quiz question since I don't know the answer!
I seem to recall that Chuck and P.T. may have sometimes taken passengers on their service as well
The most extensive operation, also at this time, was however the Sabena scheduled operation from Brussels, which extended across four countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France). It, like many of the US operations, used Sikorsky S-58s as the main type, on quite lengthy runs of a couple of hours, like Brussels to Paris, although it had a very competitive speed against the Sabena Convair 440 doing airport-to-airport. One of the issues with short-distance helicopter operations is that, where a typical short-haul airline flight may have half it's load headed for the city centre, and the other half connecting at the airport, with helicopters that can serve both it becomes difficult to do it with just one flight.
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One of the issues with short-distance helicopter operations is that, where a typical short-haul airline flight may have half it's load headed for the city centre, and the other half connecting at the airport, with helicopters that can serve both it becomes difficult to do it with just one flight.