jlemon

64. Two more destinations to go....and Happy New Year to everyone as well!

jlemon

47-B: We are still looking for the identity of the fourth air carrier here. Prior hints include the fact the airline in question was flying a code share service for a major airline on the SAT-IAH route and that the turboprop type was quite a bit larger than a Twin Otter. And here's another hint: the jet type was a twin engine aircraft (but not a regional jet) as was the turboprop (which was originally conceived as an aircraft designed to provide expanded passenger capacity in terms of additional seats for local service air carriers).

Last call for this quiz item! I shall provide the answer next year.......and now ANSWERED

jlemon

Last call for these quiz items as well with answers to be provided after the advent of the New Year.......and all now ANSWERED

jlemon

And these quiz items are still out there as well......

UPDATE: #64 and #70 have now been ANSWERED. We are still looking for four more destinations concerning #65.

Indelaware

64. I think that KP one of the few airlines to fly into Niagara Falls (IAG). So lets go with EWR-IAG.

I also am quite certain they did fly nonstop from EWR to Puerto Rico. But you said they didn't fly EWR-SJU. Might they have flown into Aguadilla, EWR-BQN?

70. USAir had already retired their F28s. I can't think of another US airline flying them either. It has got to be a Canadian airline - not sure which one - flying RDU-YYZ and either RDU-YUL or RDU-YOW.

Seat 2A

60. Only one airline was flying nonstop service from Acapulco (ACA) to Miami (MIA) in 1996. This service was operated once a week and was flown with a wide body aircraft. Identify the air carrier and the equipment.

Since you mention the airline was not from North America and continued on to Europe, I'm going to suggest the German carrier LTU. As I recall LTU flew into a variety of Florida destinations though I was unaware of any Mexican extensions, so we'll hope for the best in this regard. As to the aircraft, let's go with the MD11.

65. At this time, Air Wisconsin operating as United Express was flying nonstop service with BAe 146 aircraft from Denver (DEN) to no less than fifteen (15) different destinations. Identify as many of these destinations as you can.

Aspen Correct!
Colorado Springs - Correct!
Durango Correct!
Grand Junction Incorrect
Billings Incorrect
Rapid City Correct!
Moline Correct!
Peoria Correct!
Cedar Rapids Correct!
Springfield, IL Incorrect
Springfield, MO Correct!
Milwaukee Correct!
Lincoln Incorrect
Amarillo Incorrect
Santa Barbara Correct! And I flew on Air Wis/UAEx BAe 146-200 and 146-300 aircraft several times on the SBA-DEN route.

Your question doesn't indicate what time of year we're talking about, but if it's at all during the winter I would add a couple of seasonally served ski areas to the mix. To wit:

Eagle/Vail, CO
Steamboat Springs, CO
Gunnison, CO
Jackson, WY

That's about it for the ski areas. As for another destination, let's go with...

Lubbock, TX

jlemon

64. Other routes being flown by Kiwi International Air Lines at this time with their small fleet of B727-200 aircraft included Chicago Midway-Orlando, Orlando-San Juan and Orlando-Aguadilla.

70. The airline was Canadian Regional operating F.28 service as "Canadian Partner" on behalf of Canadian Airlines International (CP) with nonstop service between Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and Toronto (YYZ) with three flights a day and also Ottawa (YOW) with one flight a day. As many of you will recall, American was operating a hub at this time at RDU and Canadian Airlines was in an alliance with AA. BTW, Horizon Air was still operating the F.28 at this time on behalf of Alaska Air.

jlemon

60. LTU International is correct! LT 413 operated once a week every Monday on a routing of Acapulco (ACA) - Miami (MIA) - Dusseldorf (DUS). However, the aircraft was not an MD-11: it was a long range L-1011 series 500.

65. Sounds like this would be an excellent time for a hint! The timeline for this Air Wisconsin/United Express service was late spring/early summer of 1999. Only four more destinations to go.....

And this engenders several more bonus questions.....

72. What type of turboprop equipment was Air Wisconsin operating at this same time between Denver and Cody, WY (COD) on both of its daily round trip United Express flights? ANSWERED

73. What was the other United Express air carrier at Denver in the late spring/early summer of 1999? Also identify the only aircraft type they operated at this time. ANSWERED

74. Besides the BAe 146, what other jet aircraft type was being operated by Air Wisconsin in United Express service from Denver at this time? ANSWERED

75. What was unique about the Air Wisconsin BAe 146 fleet? ANSWERED

jlemon

47-B. Emerald Air operating Douglas DC9-10 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 equipment, and flying as Pan Am Express via a code sharing agreement. Besides the San Antonio-Houston route, other Pan Am Express service operated by Emerald Air in Texas in 1983 included flights between Houston IAH and Austin, Corpus Christi and McAllen.

And here's one more bonus quiz item....

76. At this same time in 1983, another U.S. based air carrier was operating Pan Am Express service with its flights feeding Pan Am at New York JFK to and from five (5) different domestic destinations. Identify this airline, the equipment it was operating on its Pan Am Express flights and the five destinations it served at the time via a code sharing agreement with PA.

Indelaware

73. Great Lakes Aviation, Beech 1900. (One of which I flew aboard.)

74. CRJs. (Several of which I flew aboard.)

jlemon

73 & 74. Correct on both!

jlemon

Time to provide some answers, I think, on a cold, gray Sunday morning in south Louisiana....

54. The seven destinations served nonstop by Arrow Air from San Juan (SJU) were:

* Baltimore (BWI)
* Miami (MIA)
* Montreal (YUL)
* New York (JFK)
* Philadelphia (PHL)
* Orlando (MCO)
* Toronto (YYZ)

In addition, Boston (BOS) was served on a one stop basis via BWI. Arrow Air was operating B727-200, stretched Super DC-8 and DC-10 equipment on their scheduled services at this time.

56. The two regional air carriers operating Air Canada Connector code share services in eastern Canada were Air Ontario and Austin Airways.

Air Ontario operated the following equipment:

* Convair 580 - 55 seats
* de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 - 37 seats

Austin Airways operated these aircraft:

* Beech 99 - 14 seats
* Cessna 402 - 7 seats
* de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter - 19 seats
* de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 - 37 seats
* Hawker Siddeley 748 - 40/43 seats

58. SunJet International operating MD-81 equipment. I believe they later operated DC9-50 aircraft as well. In addition to the routes from DFW, SunJet was also flying nonstop between EWR and FLL, MCO and PIE at this time. They were not in operation very long.

jrl767

ZW operated the BAe146-300 (I believe they were the only North American carrier to do so) ... I flew on one of those jets DAY-ORD (August of 1993)

I think this was Ransome Aviation, operation STOL-capable four-turboprop DeHaviland Canada DHC-7s ... destinations probably DCA, BWI, PHL, BOS, RIC

jlemon

75. Yes indeed, Air Wisconsin was the only U.S. operator of the BAe 146-300. And what we were looking for here was the fact that Air Wis operated all three BAe 146 models including the series 100 and 200 in addition to the stretched 300. I believe the BAe 146-100 aircraft came from Aspen Airways as Seat 2A knows all too well (tight, six abreast seating). So we shall call your answer correct! And BTW, ZW was also the only U.S. operator of the British Aerospace ATP.

76. No Pan Am Express Dash 7 operations at this time and the air carrier was not Ransome. It was another airline in early 1983 flying a different aircraft type. And its Pan Am Express destinations did not include DCA, BWI, PHL, BOS or RIC. So please guess again!

WHBM

This is where our friend jlemon despairs of WHBM being on the thread. These three are even in my logbook, all on LCY-DUB. The -300 could be weight-limited out of LCY on hot summer afternoons (yes we do occasionally have them and yes I've got a story about that ... )
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CityJet BAe146-100
http://www.airliners.net/photo/CityJ...c26f481ffbaead

Cityjet BAe146-200
http://www.airliners.net/photo/CityJ...c26f481ffbaead

CityJet BAe146-300
https://www.planespotters.net/photo/...ospace-146-300