Originally Posted by Seat 2A

29. Only one airline was operating MD-80 service into Minot, ND in 1989 with two flights a day. These flights made an intermediate stop en route from their originating airport before arriving in Minot. Name the the air carrier that operated these flights, the airport the flights originated from and the en route stop.

Oooh geez, the only one that initially comes to mind would be Northwest operating an ex-Republic MD-80. I should imagine the flights might have originated out of Minneapolis with an intermediate stop in... Fargo. Uff-da!


36. You've just completed a project in Winnipeg on a blustery fall day and there's still time to catch an evening flight to Chicago where you'll then begin to prepare for your next project assignment. You'll depart YWG at 7:10 pm and arrive at ORD at 10:34 pm following an on board dinner service and two stops en route. Identify the airline, the equipment and the two stops in order.

Well if it wasn't Northwest, but it also goes through Minneapolis, that leaves North Central which I believe served Winnipeg through Duluth. As for the aircraft, let's go with that old NC workhorse the DC-9-30.


39. It's a beautiful Monday morning in 1967 and you are on vacation in Rome. An urgent message is delivered: can you travel to New Orleans as soon as possible for a very pressing business negotiation? You quickly discover that one airline can get you there with one connection being made en route. You'll depart Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport at 10:30 pm that night and then arrive at your connecting airport at 6:10 am on Tuesday morning. This flight will make two stops en route. Your connecting flight, which will feature a different aircraft type than the one you've flown transatlantic on, will depart at 11:00 am on Tuesday morning and arrive in New Orleans Moisant Airport at 2:00pm with one stop being made en route. You'll be in first class on both flights. What airline will you be traveling on? Also identify both aircraft types as well as the stop(s) that will be made on the two respective flights. And here's a hint: you will not be connecting in the U.S. or Canada.

The only airline I can think of serving both Rome and New Orleans would be Pan Am via the old interchange service with Delta. Let's depart Rome on a Pan Am 707. The connecting point must be London, so with two stops... (Excuse me, I've gotta look at a map of Europe here...) let's go with Frankfurt and Amsterdam, then on to London where, assuming Pan Am was still operating the type in 1967, a DC-8 will take us to Washington Dulles and on to the Crescent City.


Also, good to hear Miss Bella is on the mend. I look forward to once again treating her to a nice nasal massage, a robust cranium rub and a soothing belly rub.

Originally Posted by jlemon

And we are back to the OTAQ&D with my third and final installment of quiz items.....

39. It's a beautiful Monday morning in 1967 and you are on vacation in Rome. An urgent message is delivered: can you travel to New Orleans as soon as possible for a very pressing business negotiation? You quickly discover that one airline can get you there with one connection being made en route. You'll depart Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport at 10:30 pm that night and then arrive at your connecting airport at 6:10 am on Tuesday morning. This flight will make two stops en route. Your connecting flight, which will feature a different aircraft type than the one you've flown transatlantic on, will depart at 11:00 am on Tuesday morning and arrive in New Orleans Moisant Airport at 2:00pm with one stop being made en route. You'll be in first class on both flights. What airline will you be traveling on? Also identify both aircraft types as well as the stop(s) that will be made on the two respective flights. And here's a hint: you will not be connecting in the U.S. or Canada.
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach

The flight times for the TATL would indicate a rare TATL west-bound redeye. Given the flight time to MSY, the connection must be somewhere in the Caribbean basin (confirms ruling out Aerolineas Argentinas).

It'd appear none of the Mexican airlines ever serviced Rome. Can't think of any Caribbean Island airline who flew to Rome so the only one left is Venezuela's VIASA (shows how once-mighty economies in S. America have fallen by the wayside)?

So the TATL route on a DC-8 from FCO stopped in, I'm guessing, BCN and MAD.

Not sure what VIASA used for short-range then but if they had DC-8s, then DC-9 stopping in CUN?

Originally Posted by jlemon

39. YVR Cockroach, your observations are very astute! It was indeed Veneolana Internacional de Aviacion Sociedad Anonima (VIASA).

However, you're not quite there yet. Although this flight did stop in Madrid (MAD), it did not stop in Barcelona (BCN). And the connecting flight via Caracas (CCS, which about a decade later would see Air France Concorde service during what was a much better time by any measure for Venezuela) was not operated with DC-9 nor did it stop in Cancun (CUN).

Please guess again, sir!

Originally Posted by jlemon

35. Well, it's been one heck of a Friday night in Dallas! You've joined an old friend who is an FM rock n' roll radio disc jockey for a Leon Russell concert at Dallas Market Hall. And not only did he have front row seat tickets: your buddy then produced back stage passes for an after concert party with Leon and his band The Shelter People! One thing has led to another and it's now 3:30 am as the party finally begins to wind down. And then you remember: you are supposed to be in Memphis on Saturday night for dinner with your sister and her husband to be who are getting married on Sunday. What to do.....and then you remember an airline which operates the first departure of the day from DFW to MEM. This flight departs at 4:59 am and arrives in MEM at 9:00 am which should allow you to recuperate most of the day before the dinner party. This service also makes four stops en route which you will hopefully sleep through. So away you go to DFW Airport in the wee hours. What air carrier and aircraft type will be you be flying on? Also name all four stops in order.

Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach

o.k. FCO-ORY-MAD-CCS on the DC-8

Maybe VA didn't have 5th freedom rights so maybe 727-100 to a domestic point but I don't even now if Venezuela has a secondary city. Maybe IAH (some sort of oil route).

Originally Posted by jlemon

39. It's a beautiful Monday morning in 1967 and you are on vacation in Rome. An urgent message is delivered: can you travel to New Orleans as soon as possible for a very pressing business negotiation? You quickly discover that one airline can get you there with one connection being made en route. You'll depart Rome Leonardo Da Vinci Airport at 10:30 pm that night and then arrive at your connecting airport at 6:10 am on Tuesday morning. This flight will make two stops en route. Your connecting flight, which will feature a different aircraft type than the one you've flown transatlantic on, will depart at 11:00 am on Tuesday morning and arrive in New Orleans Moisant Airport at 2:00pm with one stop being made en route. You'll be in first class on both flights. What airline will you be traveling on? Also identify both aircraft types as well as the stop(s) that will be made on the two respective flights. And here's a hint: you will not be connecting in the U.S. or Canada. Partially answered

Originally Posted by teddybear99

I will go with Frontier with stops in LAW, TUL, FSM, LIT, and ending in MEM. I will guess based on the number of stops in such a short period of time, it was on a jet. The only jet in their fleet was a Boeing 737-200.

Originally Posted by teddybear99

I am going to tap in with the USA connection:

Caracas to Maracaibo to New Orleans on a Convair 880.

I only found Viasa operated, via an agreement with Alitalia, on Fridays from Rome through Milan and Lisboa to Caracas on a DC-8 leaving at 11 pm and arriving at 6:25 AM

Originally Posted by jlemon

23. Now you are in Memphis in 1968 and must travel to Norfolk the next day for an early dinner meeting. You are in no rush and find a direct five stop flight which departs MEM at 7:00 am and arrives in ORF at 12:54 pm. This flight does not operate on Sundays but no problem: your dinner meeting is on a Friday night. Identify the air carrier, the equipment and all five stops in order. The airline was Piedmont operating an FH-227B. Nashville was the first stop and Charlotte was served by this flight as well. Still looking for the other three airports and the correct order of the stops ...and now ANSWERED

24. It's a beautiful Friday afternoon in the spring of 1968 in Bombay. An urgent message is delivered: can you be in Dar es Salaam the next afternoon for a meeting? You quickly ascertain there is a flight departing from your location in India at 1:50 am that will get you to your destination in Africa at 11:30 am. Three intermediate stops will be made en route. You book a seat in first class. What airline and aircraft type will you be flying on? Also name the three stops in order. The airline in question was based in Africa and the equipment was a four engine jet aircraft ...and now ANSWERED

Originally Posted by jlemon

24. It's a beautiful Friday afternoon in the spring of 1968 in Bombay. An urgent message is delivered: can you be in Dar es Salaam the next afternoon for a meeting? You quickly ascertain there is a flight departing from your location in India at 1:50 am that will get you to your destination in Africa at 11:30 am. Three intermediate stops will be made en route. You book a seat in first class. What airline and aircraft type will you be flying on? Also name the three stops in order.

The airline in question was based in Africa and the equipment was a four engine jet aircraft

Originally Posted by jrl767

23- let's see if I pick off any more stops here:

1. Nashville
2. Charlotte
3. Winston-Salem (INT)
4. Greensboro/High Point (GSO)
5. Raleigh-Durham (RDU)

Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach

With the above hints and vague memories of a VC-10 operator named British East African Airways, I am going to guess East African Airways

BOM-KHI-NBO-EBB-DAR on a VC-10