Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
Jan 4, 2019, 4:45 pm
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12- Frontier's other twinjet was the MadDog (MD-80)
19- did Pacific Western go as far east as Toronto? if so, YYC might actually have been the first stop, with the British Columbia Rockies milk run -- Cranbrook (YXC), Kelowna (YLW), and Kamloops (YKA) -- making up the other three; aircraft would have been a 737-200
19- did Pacific Western go as far east as Toronto? if so, YYC might actually have been the first stop, with the British Columbia Rockies milk run -- Cranbrook (YXC), Kelowna (YLW), and Kamloops (YKA) -- making up the other three; aircraft would have been a 737-200
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12- Frontier's other twinjet was the MadDog (MD-80)
19- did Pacific Western go as far east as Toronto? if so, YYC might actually have been the first stop, with the British Columbia Rockies milk run -- Cranbrook (YXC), Kelowna (YLW), and Kamloops (YKA) -- making up the other three; aircraft would have been a 737-200
19- did Pacific Western go as far east as Toronto? if so, YYC might actually have been the first stop, with the British Columbia Rockies milk run -- Cranbrook (YXC), Kelowna (YLW), and Kamloops (YKA) -- making up the other three; aircraft would have been a 737-200
FL 306: Sacramento (SMF) 10:50a - 11:20a Reno (RNO) 11:50a - 2:39p Denver (DEN) 3:19p - 5:35p Omaha (OMA)
Freq: Daily
Equip: M80
Meal service: Lunch RNO-DEN
Frontier 306 then changed flight numbers upon departing Omaha at 6:04 pm to FL 679 and flew a routing of OMA-LNK-DEN-SNA-SAN arriving into San Diego at 9:57 pm.
19. Yep, they sure did. However, this Pacific Western flight operated with a B737-200 did not stop at Cranbrook or Kamloops. So here's what we have thus far concerning the routing: Toronto (YYZ) - ___________ - ___________ Calgary (YYC) - Kelowna (YLW) - Vancouver (YVR).
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Indeed, VARIG was serving Belem with the B767-200ER at this time in 1993 and their service included an interesting domestic milk run. Here's the sched.....
RG 300: Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 14:45 - 16:45 Salvador (SSA) 17:20 - 18:35 Recife (REC) 19:15 - 20:30 Fortaleza (FOR) 21:05 - 22:20 Sao Luiz Ma (SLZ) 22:50 - 23:55 Belem (BEL) 00:30 - 01:30 Manaus (MAO)
Freq: Daily
Equip: 767
Service classes: F/Y - 18 seats in F (2-2-2 config) & 176 seats in Y (2-3-2 config)
And until I looked up the schedule today, I had no idea that Sao Luiz Ma was a city in Brazil, let alone that it had 767 service.
VARIG was also operating a flight from Belem to the U.S. at this time. Here's that sched....
RG 802: Fortalez (FOR) 09:15 - 11:00 Belem (BEL) 12:00 - 16:00 Miami (MIA)
Freq: Mondays only
Equip: 767
Service classes: F/Y (same seating config as above)
RG 300: Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 14:45 - 16:45 Salvador (SSA) 17:20 - 18:35 Recife (REC) 19:15 - 20:30 Fortaleza (FOR) 21:05 - 22:20 Sao Luiz Ma (SLZ) 22:50 - 23:55 Belem (BEL) 00:30 - 01:30 Manaus (MAO)
Freq: Daily
Equip: 767
Service classes: F/Y - 18 seats in F (2-2-2 config) & 176 seats in Y (2-3-2 config)
And until I looked up the schedule today, I had no idea that Sao Luiz Ma was a city in Brazil, let alone that it had 767 service.
VARIG was also operating a flight from Belem to the U.S. at this time. Here's that sched....
RG 802: Fortalez (FOR) 09:15 - 11:00 Belem (BEL) 12:00 - 16:00 Miami (MIA)
Freq: Mondays only
Equip: 767
Service classes: F/Y (same seating config as above)
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Jan 6, 2019, 3:55 am
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No OTAQ&D for me today. My Toyo Stove acted up and it was -34°F outside. I had to head into town in a hurry to pick up the parts I needed at The Woodway and then get back and effect repairs. I kept the cabin warm with two burners from my propane stove. Thankfully I'm back up and running, which is good since it's -35° right now. The photo is from my drive into town at high noon. I'll delete it later today.
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Jan 6, 2019, 11:02 am
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Yikes! Talk about cold........ 
Of course, here in south Looziana at high noon on a Sunday it's severe clear and around 60 degrees F in the sunshine....
Of course, here in south Looziana at high noon on a Sunday it's severe clear and around 60 degrees F in the sunshine....
Jan 6, 2019, 12:07 pm
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Jan 6, 2019, 12:36 pm
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Ah, it wasn't Sudbury........and stay warm up there, buddy! It's now 70 degrees F here with deep blue skies.
Time to grab the chainsaw and cut some more firewood!
Time to grab the chainsaw and cut some more firewood!