Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
May 10, 2018, 9:32 pm
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May 11, 2018, 10:15 am
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May 11, 2018, 2:09 pm
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Best Airlines is INCORRECT
DC9 is CORRECT
PHL is INCORRECT
Republic is INCORRECT
D9S is CORRECT
May 12, 2018, 9:13 am
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May 12, 2018, 9:22 am
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May 12, 2018, 10:42 am
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Herman says “Quack quack quack! Republic is CORRECT!”
New York Air is INCORRECT — but appears later
EWR is INCORRECT
look closely at the original description of the entire journey, with particular attention to the sequence of airports visited
there’s another hint in my reply to Seat 2A’s kickoff guess
New York Air is INCORRECT — but appears later
EWR is INCORRECT
look closely at the original description of the entire journey, with particular attention to the sequence of airports visited
there’s another hint in my reply to Seat 2A’s kickoff guess
May 12, 2018, 10:58 am
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May 12, 2018, 11:04 am
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May 12, 2018, 12:49 pm
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May 13, 2018, 9:06 am
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Originally Posted by jrl767
I’ve not looked up the actual configurations of any of the jets in developing the small-to-large sequence, so don’t put too fine a point on whether any particular airline had, say, 98 seats as opposed to 103 in a particular model.
May 13, 2018, 11:18 am
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May 15, 2018, 12:41 am
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I've just been assigned the west end of the park for a few days. We have no internet out there. Although I'm reasonably confident I could figure out the 11 different aircraft involved here by their respective configurations - alas - given my paucity of knowledge about 1983 routings which are not clearly defined, I suspect my continued participation in this particular quiz would comprise a series of tedious and time consuming trial and error type responses that would only serve to mentally fatigue anyone that checks in on this thread. As such, it is probably best that I take a step back and refrain from future participation until the next series of questions comes up - or at least until a week from now.
In the meantime, I wish you all well with jrl767's challenging quiz and I'll check back after the 20th. Happy contrails!
In the meantime, I wish you all well with jrl767's challenging quiz and I'll check back after the 20th. Happy contrails!
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May 15, 2018, 9:24 am
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here’s where we stand
PLEASE NOTE that my initial response to jlemon regarding Leg 4 was erroneous; the airline on the DTW-TPA segment was indeed DL
PLEASE NOTE that my initial response to jlemon regarding Leg 4 was erroneous; the airline on the DTW-TPA segment was indeed DL
Monday
SYR - BDL, UR F.28
BDL - CLE: AL, BAC 1-11
Tuesday
CLE - DTW: RC, DC9
DTW - TPA: DL, D9S
(4) - (5): Surface, approx 20 miles
(5) - (6): Airline 5, Model 5
Wednesday
(6) - (7): Airline 6, Model 6
(7) - (8): Airline 3, Model 7
Thursday
(8) - (9): Airline 7, Model 8
(9) - (7): Surface, approx 220 miles
(7) - (10): Airline 8, Model 9
(10) - (11): DL, Model 10
Friday
(11) - (12): Airline 8, Model 11
(12) - (13): Airline 8, Model 11
(13) - (10): DL, Model 10
(10) - (14): Airline 8, Model 9
Saturday
(14) - (15): Airline 7, Model 8
(15) - (14): Airline 8, Model 7
(14) - (16): Airline 9, Model 6
Sunday
(16) - (17): Surface, approx 70 miles
(17) - (6): Airline 5, Model 5
(6) - DTW: Airline 10, D9S
Monday
DTW - BDL: Airline 11, DC9
BDL - (18): AL, BAC 1-11
(18) - SYR: UR, F.28
SYR - BDL, UR F.28
BDL - CLE: AL, BAC 1-11
Tuesday
CLE - DTW: RC, DC9
DTW - TPA: DL, D9S
(4) - (5): Surface, approx 20 miles
(5) - (6): Airline 5, Model 5
Wednesday
(6) - (7): Airline 6, Model 6
(7) - (8): Airline 3, Model 7
Thursday
(8) - (9): Airline 7, Model 8
(9) - (7): Surface, approx 220 miles
(7) - (10): Airline 8, Model 9
(10) - (11): DL, Model 10
Friday
(11) - (12): Airline 8, Model 11
(12) - (13): Airline 8, Model 11
(13) - (10): DL, Model 10
(10) - (14): Airline 8, Model 9
Saturday
(14) - (15): Airline 7, Model 8
(15) - (14): Airline 8, Model 7
(14) - (16): Airline 9, Model 6
Sunday
(16) - (17): Surface, approx 70 miles
(17) - (6): Airline 5, Model 5
(6) - DTW: Airline 10, D9S
Monday
DTW - BDL: Airline 11, DC9
BDL - (18): AL, BAC 1-11
(18) - SYR: UR, F.28
May 15, 2018, 10:25 am
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(5) Well, I believe St. Petersburg/Clearwater International (PIE) is around 20 miles from TPA.....so let's go with People Express operating a B737-100 in all coach configuration from PIE up to Newark (EWR).
May 15, 2018, 2:39 pm
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PIE is CORRECT
PE is CORRECT
737-100 is CORRECT
EWR is CORRECT