WHBM

I'll just add that although Gulf Air is nowadays the airline of Bahrain, back in the 1980s this was not so, for it was jointly owned by the various states along the Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Oman, and operated non-stop flights from all these points to London on, initially, ex-BOAC VC10s, and later on Tristars, of which they built up quite a fleet. The aircraft were all registered at their legal base in Oman. It was only around 1990 that little upstart Emirates began to challenge seriously the dominance of Gulf Air out of Dubai, followed by the rest which have now spawned Qatar AW, Etihad, and Oman Air. In fact, until the 1970s their fleet was all registered in the UK, their first One-Elevens as well as predecessor aircraft.

There's a nice little aircraft museum in Sharjah, just over from Dubai, which has some classic small aircraft and artefacts from Gulf's early days.

jlemon

52. It appears Braniff did not initiate new BAC One-Eleven jet service into Fort Smith, Shreveport, New Orleans and other destinations until later in 1965, perhaps in the fall.

65. There is a photo of a BAe 146-100 with "Sunworld" on the tail at Ontario (ONT) on airliners.net. The aircraft is not in Sunworld's livery.

jlemon

64. Name ten U.S. airlines that have offered Boeing 747 service between the continental U.S. and Hawaii.

Well, since I lived in Hawaii at one point while working in the airline business, I'll have a go at this one.....and I think there may have actually been eleven U.S. air carriers. Plus, I'll make some guesses concerning the specific 747 models flown by each airline:

1) American (B747-100)

2) America West (B747-200?)

3) Braniff International (B747-100 )

4) Continental (B747-100 and perhaps B747-200)

5) Delta (operating former NW B747-400 aircraft ATL-HNL)

6) Northwest (B747-100 and perhaps B747-200)

7) Pan Am (B747-100 and perhaps B747-200)

8) The Hawaii Express (B747-200?)

9) Transamerica (B747-100?)

10) TWA (B747-100)

11) United (B747-100 and B747-400)

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jlemon

51. Only one airline flies nonstop between Buffalo and Pittsburgh. It operates two different types of aircraft on the route. Anyone care to provide more detail?

Sounds like "Mainliner" aircraft, either piston or jet, as in The Friendly Skies of United Air Lines.

Equipment was most likely Boeing 727-100 and Douglas DC-6 or DC-6B.

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Good call, JL. It was United with a DC-6 and... a Viscount.

jrl767

four stops for a TW Connie between BOS and PIT?!

how about Providence (PVD), LaGuardia (LGA), Allentown (ABE), and Harrisburg (MDT)

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WHBM

I think this is the quite longstanding TWA operation from Boston through Albany, Binghampton, Scranton and Williamsport to Pittsburgh. These always used to appear in all the older TWA timetables in smaller type with just a once daily service, back in the 1950s this was by a Martin 404, and earlier still with a TWA DC3, which made even more stops at places like Worcester MA, and then was the only TWA operation from Boston. I would guess this started as some CAB-licensed route, possibly for an air mail contract, and somehow allowed TWA to then start other operations from Boston, non-stopping these small intermediate places. Anyway, when TWA finished with Constellations that was the end of those points

jlemon

It appears that 1965 was an interesting year for U.S. trunk air carriers in terms of the introduction of new jet equipment such as the BAC One-Eleven and Boeing 727-100. Toward the end of that year, the One-Eleven began showing up on Braniff International routes (as we have previously discussed) while the 727 made its appearance on such United routes as BUF-PIT (with continuing service to other destinations, of course). I can imagine the excitement of discerning passengers who were used to stepping on board a DC-6 and instead were treated to boarding a brand new British twin jet or fresh from the factory Boeing trijet.....

And getting back to Buffalo-Pittsburgh, I believe this was yet another legacy route inherited by UA following their acquisition of Capital Airlines.

jlemon

Time for several more wild guesses on a crisp, clear and cold Saturday morning in south Louisiana.....currently 48 degrees F with 39% humidity and gusty winds out of the north-northeast following the passage of a strong but dry Canadian cold front last evening.....and there is a very good possibility that we will experience our first frost of the season tomorrow morning.

43. Braniff operating nonstop Boeing 720 service HOU-DEN.

50. United flying a Douglas DC-6B nonstop OAK-DEN.

53. BWIA with Boeing 727-100 service twice a week KIN-SJU with BOAC operating a Viscount in association with BWIA with a daily flight on the same route.

And now to the yard work which will mainly consist of dealing with all of the leaves that have been blown off of our trees by the gusty winds.....

P.S. - Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! We had a neighborhood party here complete with bonfire and it was quite nice to sip fine Margaux while visiting with everyone.....

miniliq

My choices would be Ethiopian or El Al. I'll go with El Al.

WHBM

Yes they did

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sunwo...100/0002091/M/

They had two aircraft which came from Royal West Airlines. Both lasted for just a few months, one going as the other came, just around the time they were running out of cash. They were actually leased from British Aerospace's short-term leasing division; that's the BAe generic red/blue livery, with Sunworld titles added.

We could have done with a "sun world" moment here at London City a couple of days ago, where the evening flight peak was disrupted by real Charles Dickens/Sherlock Holmes movie low cloud/fog swirling around, mixed in with drizzling rain, leading to innumerable go-arounds overhead our house. The main diversion point at Southend ran out of stands so the unlucky remainder had to go to Gatwick. It's carried on like that, my lawn has been saturated for a month, goodness knows if I can cut it before the winter really sets in. I have to go over to Belfast in a few days, on the new Flybe Dash 8 operation from LCY, and the forecast looks sadly similar.

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Thank you also for the excellent detail on Sunworld's BAe-146 operation. The 146 was always a favorite of mine and hopefully a few will still be in operation upon my return to Europe - whenever that might be...

By the way, I've finally come down out of a remote community in the Colorado foothills to spend the night in Colorado Springs. Tomorrow (Monday) I am bound for Durango with some rather inclement weather projected starting with snow in COS later this evening. I'll be driving along the Arkansas River from Canon City to Salida, then down the San Luis Valley to Del Norte before turning west along US 160 over Wolf Creek Pass and into Durango. HERE is the forecast for Wolf Creek...

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