Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jan 11, 2015, 8:03 am
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Jan 11, 2015, 5:05 pm
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TW 464: LAX 8:30a - 9:22a LAS 10:35a - 12:27p PHX 12:55p - 3:48p OKC 4:15p - 4:47p TUL 5:15p - 8:56p LGA
Op: Daily except Sunday
Equip: B727-200
Note: No local traffic LAS-PHX
Westbound, TW 73 was flown with a B727-100 on a routing of LGA-TUL-OKC-PHX-LAS on a daily except Sunday basis.
Up, Up and Away! TWA!
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Jan 11, 2015, 6:08 pm
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Here are the remaining unanswered questions:
4. Name four other U.S. airlines whose inflight brands used the word “Gold” or “Golden” in their respective titles CO, DL, EA & MO. Anybody care to hazard a guess at one more?
HINT: The airline used to pass out silver toothpicks after the meal... It also was known for flying planes that were not plain... A N S W E R E D
5. What airline and aircraft would you be flying upon if you were to pay a visit to “The Club” lounge?
HINT: It's a European airline that sported a large white cross against a red background on its vertical stabilizers... A N S W E R E D
19. Oooooooo! Lookee there! There’s a 707 flying between Miami and Grenada! In the spring of 1986 no less! Let’s book it! Which airline do we call?
HINT: It's a Caribbean based airline from a very small Caribbean island A N S W E R E D
21. I’ve found three U.S. airlines that still operate scheduled flights with the Lockheed Electra in the spring of 1986. Although each airline operates in different parts of the country, a common thread connects each of these airlines’ flights. Can you identify the three airlines and the similarity in their flights?
WHBM has identified Reeve Aleutian. We're still looking for two more scheduled operators plus the common thread between all three operations
HINT: The common thread was more about where they flew than what they flew... With the exception of Reeve, none of the routes were very long...
223: JL Bonus Question: What was the longest nonstop route being flown from OMA in early 1976? Also identify the air carrier and the equipment it operated on the route. Partially Answered
225: JL Bonus Question: What was the longest route being flown from Tulsa in early 1976? What airline flew it and what was the aircraft type? A N S W E R E D
The following three questions were taken from schedules published in the summer of 2001. We’re going to take a roundabout route between Anchorage and Portland. Back in 1979, I flew this route connecting in the same cities as listed below but aboard the airlines of the day - WC, CP, PW and UA. If you got nothin' better to do, you can read all about it right HERE.
28. The first segment has us flying nonstop between Anchorage and Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Identify the airline and aircraft type that we’ll be flying upon. A N S W E R E D
29. From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas. A N S W E R E D
30. Continuing on to Portland, Oregon, we’ve booked ourselves a seat aboard the only jet operating nonstop on this route. Identify the jet and the airline that flies it.
HINT: It was flown with a four engine jet... A N S W E R E D
4. Name four other U.S. airlines whose inflight brands used the word “Gold” or “Golden” in their respective titles CO, DL, EA & MO. Anybody care to hazard a guess at one more?
HINT: The airline used to pass out silver toothpicks after the meal... It also was known for flying planes that were not plain... A N S W E R E D
5. What airline and aircraft would you be flying upon if you were to pay a visit to “The Club” lounge?
HINT: It's a European airline that sported a large white cross against a red background on its vertical stabilizers... A N S W E R E D
19. Oooooooo! Lookee there! There’s a 707 flying between Miami and Grenada! In the spring of 1986 no less! Let’s book it! Which airline do we call?
HINT: It's a Caribbean based airline from a very small Caribbean island A N S W E R E D
21. I’ve found three U.S. airlines that still operate scheduled flights with the Lockheed Electra in the spring of 1986. Although each airline operates in different parts of the country, a common thread connects each of these airlines’ flights. Can you identify the three airlines and the similarity in their flights?
WHBM has identified Reeve Aleutian. We're still looking for two more scheduled operators plus the common thread between all three operations
HINT: The common thread was more about where they flew than what they flew... With the exception of Reeve, none of the routes were very long...
223: JL Bonus Question: What was the longest nonstop route being flown from OMA in early 1976? Also identify the air carrier and the equipment it operated on the route. Partially Answered
225: JL Bonus Question: What was the longest route being flown from Tulsa in early 1976? What airline flew it and what was the aircraft type? A N S W E R E D
The following three questions were taken from schedules published in the summer of 2001. We’re going to take a roundabout route between Anchorage and Portland. Back in 1979, I flew this route connecting in the same cities as listed below but aboard the airlines of the day - WC, CP, PW and UA. If you got nothin' better to do, you can read all about it right HERE.
28. The first segment has us flying nonstop between Anchorage and Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Identify the airline and aircraft type that we’ll be flying upon. A N S W E R E D
29. From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas. A N S W E R E D
30. Continuing on to Portland, Oregon, we’ve booked ourselves a seat aboard the only jet operating nonstop on this route. Identify the jet and the airline that flies it.
HINT: It was flown with a four engine jet... A N S W E R E D
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Jan 11, 2015, 11:01 pm
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Grenada Airways, flight GG104, but only twice per week.
Jan 12, 2015, 8:25 am
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Here are the remaining unanswered questions:
4. Name four other U.S. airlines whose inflight brands used the word “Gold” or “Golden” in their respective titles CO, DL, EA & MO. Anybody care to hazard a guess at one more?
HINT: The airline used to pass out silver toothpicks after the meal... It also was known for flying planes that were not plain...
4. Name four other U.S. airlines whose inflight brands used the word “Gold” or “Golden” in their respective titles CO, DL, EA & MO. Anybody care to hazard a guess at one more?
HINT: The airline used to pass out silver toothpicks after the meal... It also was known for flying planes that were not plain...
Jan 12, 2015, 9:25 am
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[B][COLOR="Red"][U]The following three questions were taken from schedules published in the summer of 2001. ...
29. From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas.
29. From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas.
Jan 12, 2015, 11:46 am
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19. Oooooooo! Lookee there! There’s a 707 flying between Miami and Grenada! In the spring of 1986 no less! Let’s book it! Which airline do we call?
Grenada Airways, flight GG104, but only twice per week.
Grenada Airways is correct. Although GG operated a Saturday only nonstop from New York, on Wednesdays the flight routed via Miami.
GG 103 JFK-MIA-GND Dep. JFK 800a Arr. MIA 1035a Dep. MIA 1130a Arr. GND 410p
Grenada Airways, flight GG104, but only twice per week.
Grenada Airways is correct. Although GG operated a Saturday only nonstop from New York, on Wednesdays the flight routed via Miami.
GG 103 JFK-MIA-GND Dep. JFK 800a Arr. MIA 1035a Dep. MIA 1130a Arr. GND 410p
Jan 12, 2015, 11:57 am
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4. Name four other U.S. airlines whose inflight brands used the word “Gold” or “Golden” in their respective titles CO, DL, EA & MO. Anybody care to hazard a guess at one more?
Braniff International Airways. I believe that back in the early 60's, BN offered "Gold Service" on its international flights operated with Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-7C equipment between the U.S. and Latin America.
That's right. I believe BN's Gold Service dates back even farther to the 1950s
http://www.amazon.com/Braniff-Intern...pr_product_top
Braniff International Airways. I believe that back in the early 60's, BN offered "Gold Service" on its international flights operated with Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-7C equipment between the U.S. and Latin America.
That's right. I believe BN's Gold Service dates back even farther to the 1950s
http://www.amazon.com/Braniff-Intern...pr_product_top
Jan 12, 2015, 12:06 pm
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5. What airline and aircraft would you be flying upon if you were to pay a visit to “The Club” lounge?
HINT: It's a European airline that sported a large white cross against a red background on its vertical stabilizers...the logo description
This screams "Swissair" but there is a part of my brain telling me that's not right
Would the be the frontal lobe or the occipital lobe? If not Swissair, who else? Okay, maybe Balair but being a charter airline, I don't think they would've ever had a lounge onboard...
29. (Summer 2001) From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas
Fokker F-28, Canadian Regional
An excellent guess, J but alas, we're looking for a different airline and a different jet manufacturer... The jet was made in Europe if that's any help...
HINT: It's a European airline that sported a large white cross against a red background on its vertical stabilizers...the logo description
This screams "Swissair" but there is a part of my brain telling me that's not right
Would the be the frontal lobe or the occipital lobe? If not Swissair, who else? Okay, maybe Balair but being a charter airline, I don't think they would've ever had a lounge onboard...
29. (Summer 2001) From Whitehorse nonstop down to Vancouver, we have a choice of two airlines. One of them is Air Canada, operating a 737-200. We’d like to fly aboard the other airline though. Please identify it and the aircraft it flew on the YXY-YVR route.
HINT: It's not Air North but it was operated with a twin engine jet built overseas
Fokker F-28, Canadian Regional
An excellent guess, J but alas, we're looking for a different airline and a different jet manufacturer... The jet was made in Europe if that's any help...
Jan 15, 2015, 9:42 am
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Possibly we saw THIS thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...l#post24172223
anyone up for guessing what each of the pictures are ? I reckon No 2 is a Curtiss Condor from 1933, likely of American or Eastern, very soon to be outclassed by the DC-2.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...l#post24172223
anyone up for guessing what each of the pictures are ? I reckon No 2 is a Curtiss Condor from 1933, likely of American or Eastern, very soon to be outclassed by the DC-2.
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29: YXY-YVR, summer of 2001 ... other than AC and Canada 3000, I'm drawing a blank on Airbus operators of the Canadian persuasion; however I can't place 2T ever operating their A320s in scheduled service
wait a sec ... per my earlier guess, if Canadian Regional was still around, maybe the parent (Canadian Airlines) was also ... and I seem to recall that CP had a couple Toulouse-built jets toward the end of their existence
wait a sec ... per my earlier guess, if Canadian Regional was still around, maybe the parent (Canadian Airlines) was also ... and I seem to recall that CP had a couple Toulouse-built jets toward the end of their existence
Jan 15, 2015, 12:38 pm
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Re. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...l#post24172223
Anyone up for guessing what each of the pictures are ? I reckon No 2 is a Curtiss Condor from 1933, likely of American or Eastern, very soon to be outclassed by the DC-2.
This is a great find, WHBM. I'm familiar with quite a few of the later pictures but for starters I'll have a go at 1,3 and 4...
1. The window arrangement suggests this may be a Fokker F.10
3. You can clearly see the TWA emblem on the headrest cover. I'm going to go with the DC-1.
4. At first I thought this might be a dirigible of some type but then I started looking at images of Russian transports. Big rectangular windows, a large cabin... This could be a Tupolev ANT-20.
Anyone up for guessing what each of the pictures are ? I reckon No 2 is a Curtiss Condor from 1933, likely of American or Eastern, very soon to be outclassed by the DC-2.
This is a great find, WHBM. I'm familiar with quite a few of the later pictures but for starters I'll have a go at 1,3 and 4...
1. The window arrangement suggests this may be a Fokker F.10
3. You can clearly see the TWA emblem on the headrest cover. I'm going to go with the DC-1.
4. At first I thought this might be a dirigible of some type but then I started looking at images of Russian transports. Big rectangular windows, a large cabin... This could be a Tupolev ANT-20.
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Jan 15, 2015, 1:04 pm
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29: YXY-YVR, summer of 2001 ...
other than AC and Canada 3000, I'm drawing a blank on Airbus operators of the Canadian persuasion; however I can't place 2T ever operating their A320s in scheduled service
wait a sec ...
2T (Canada 3000) did indeed operate between Whitehorse and Vancouver, albeit on a limited schedule. Per the July 1st, 2001 OAG, here's the southbound schedule:
2T 744 YXY-YVR Dep. 205p Arr. 430p Eq. A320-200 Freq. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
other than AC and Canada 3000, I'm drawing a blank on Airbus operators of the Canadian persuasion; however I can't place 2T ever operating their A320s in scheduled service
wait a sec ...
2T (Canada 3000) did indeed operate between Whitehorse and Vancouver, albeit on a limited schedule. Per the July 1st, 2001 OAG, here's the southbound schedule:
2T 744 YXY-YVR Dep. 205p Arr. 430p Eq. A320-200 Freq. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday