Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jul 9, 2018, 9:47 am
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Another nice set of head scratchers from jlemon. ^ Lets try a couple...
7. This air carrier was operating direct one stop service once a week from San Juan (SJU) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Name the airline, the stop and the aircraft.
This sounds like a South American carrier. Let's go with VIASA operating a DC-10-30 via Madrid
7. This air carrier was operating direct one stop service once a week from San Juan (SJU) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Name the airline, the stop and the aircraft.
This sounds like a South American carrier. Let's go with VIASA operating a DC-10-30 via Madrid
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11. Correct! Here's the complete westbound sched....
GA 880: Denpasar Bali (DPS) 7:15p - 8:00p Jakarta (CGK) 9:05p - 12:35a Bangkok (BKK) 1:35a - 5:30a Abu Dhabi (AUH) 6:25a - 9:55a London Gatwick (LGW)
Op: Sundays only
Equip: MD-11
Service classes: F/C/Y
12. Northwest was operating daily service between London Gatwick and Detroit at this time. However, the NW flight wasn't nonstop as an intermediate stop was made in Boston. So we are looking for another airline here.....and the air carrier in question was not operating a DC-10-30 on their nonstop service. Please guess again!
GA 880: Denpasar Bali (DPS) 7:15p - 8:00p Jakarta (CGK) 9:05p - 12:35a Bangkok (BKK) 1:35a - 5:30a Abu Dhabi (AUH) 6:25a - 9:55a London Gatwick (LGW)
Op: Sundays only
Equip: MD-11
Service classes: F/C/Y
12. Northwest was operating daily service between London Gatwick and Detroit at this time. However, the NW flight wasn't nonstop as an intermediate stop was made in Boston. So we are looking for another airline here.....and the air carrier in question was not operating a DC-10-30 on their nonstop service. Please guess again!
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Another nice set of head scratchers from jlemon. ^ Lets try a couple...
7. This air carrier was operating direct one stop service once a week from San Juan (SJU) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Name the airline, the stop and the aircraft.
This sounds like a South American carrier. Let's go with VIASA operating a DC-10-30 via Madrid
7. This air carrier was operating direct one stop service once a week from San Juan (SJU) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Name the airline, the stop and the aircraft.
This sounds like a South American carrier. Let's go with VIASA operating a DC-10-30 via Madrid
Jul 9, 2018, 11:18 am
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...it has been awhile since I visited the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. Since I was last there, the museum has added the very first Boeing 727-100 produced, being N7001U, a series -022 model for United. So I'm overdue for a return visit. Perhaps I can talk Seat 2A into joining me there and we'll then persuade jrl767 into buying a beer for both of us....... 
I flew LAX-MDW aboard N7001U (or tabulation number “E1” as it was known within Boeing) in Apr 1987
5. It's the spring of 1979 and you are in Amsterdam. You have a conference to attend in the Washington, D.C. area which will be held at a location very close to Washington National Airport. So you would really prefer to arrive into DCA which, of course, doesn't have transatlantic nonstop flights. Ah, here's a connecting service operated by the same airline with mainline jet equipment on both nonstop flights. You'll depart AMS at 10:00 am and arrive into your connecting city in the U.S. at 12:00 noon. You'll then depart at 2:45 pm and arrive into DCA at 3:40 pm. Perfect! You book seats in first class. Name the air carrier, the connecting city and both jet aircraft types.
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12. Northwest was operating daily service between London Gatwick and Detroit at this time. However, the NW flight wasn't nonstop as an intermediate stop was made in Boston. So we are looking for another airline here.....and the air carrier in question was not operating a DC-10-30 on their nonstop service. Please guess again!
Jul 9, 2018, 12:50 pm
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5. National Airlines is correct! Here are the scheds....
NA 7: Amsterdam (AMS) 10:00a - 12:00n New York (JFK)
Op: Daily
Equip: DC-10
Connecting to.....
NA 403: New York (JFK) 2:45p - 3:40p Washington National (DCA)
Op: Daily
Equip: B727-200
Note: NA 403 continued on to Orlando, dep. DCA 4:10p, arr. MCO 6:00p
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Originally Posted by jlemon
3. It's 1961 and you are in Lisbon, Portugal. You need to fly to New York City which TAP Air Portugal is not yet serving. You just happen to be browsing through another air carrier's timetable as you flew with them into Lisbon from another city in Europe when you notice they operate a convenient connecting service twice a week to New York. You'll depart Lisbon at 9:00 am, make one intermediate stop and then arrive into your connecting city at 3:00 pm. You'll then make a quick 45 minute connection to a flight departing at 3:45pm which makes one intermediate stop en route and arrives into New York at 7:30 pm. Two different aircraft types are operated on this connecting service. Identify the airline, the equipment, the connecting city and both stops.
Aer Lingus...
Lisbon-Lourdes-Dublin Viscount
Dublin-Shannon-New York "Boeing Jet" - I'm guessing a 707?
Edit: and many congrats on your retirement!
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Actually, Legend Airlines (LC) operated DC-9-32 aircraft. I believe they had six D9S aircraft, registrations N920LG through N925LG.
I saw their airplanes several times at both DAL (at their private terminal at Love Field) and LAX; however, I did not have an opportunity to fly with them during their brief existence, unfortunately.
I saw their airplanes several times at both DAL (at their private terminal at Love Field) and LAX; however, I did not have an opportunity to fly with them during their brief existence, unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by jlemon
8. Only one airline was flying nonstop from London Heathrow (LHR) to Inverness (INV) in Scotland at this time. Identify the air carrier and the aircraft which was the same type operated on all three weekday flights.
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EI 591: Lisbon (LIS) 9:00a - 11:20a Lourdes (LDE) 11:50a - 3:00p Dublin (DUB)
Op: Thursdays and Sundays only
Equip: Vickers Viscount
Connecting to.....
IN/EI 105: Dublin (DUB) 3:45p - 4:15p Shannon (SNN) 5:15p - 7:30p New York (IDL)
Op: Thursdays and Sundays only
Equip: Boeing 707
Jul 9, 2018, 1:29 pm
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8. Yep, it sure was Dan-Air. Here are the southbound scheds....
DA 151: Inverness (INV) 6:50a - 8:10a London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat. & Sun.
DA 153: Inverness (INV) 9:30a - 10:55a London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Sat. only
DA 155: Inverness (INV) 11:15a - 12:45p London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat.
DA 157: Inverness (INV) 5:30p - 7:00p London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat.
And all of the above flights were indeed operated with BAC One-Eleven aircraft.
DA 151: Inverness (INV) 6:50a - 8:10a London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat. & Sun.
DA 153: Inverness (INV) 9:30a - 10:55a London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Sat. only
DA 155: Inverness (INV) 11:15a - 12:45p London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat.
DA 157: Inverness (INV) 5:30p - 7:00p London Heathrow (LHR)
Op: Daily except Sat.
And all of the above flights were indeed operated with BAC One-Eleven aircraft.
Jul 9, 2018, 4:15 pm
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it was indeed ... UA very briefly ran a “hublet” of maybe 30 flights a day at MDW; this trip was a redeye from LAX with a fairly quick connection to IAD aboard a 737-200
Jul 9, 2018, 4:48 pm
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Although DL had MD-11s by 1993, I have a feeling they were mainly used into Asia.
They still had TriStar 500s, so I'll try that.
No idea on the destination though; I didn't know they had a continuing flight from LGW. Wild guess - Munich.