Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
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25. It's the spring of 1961 and you are in Edmonton following a vacation visit to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. You've been invited to attend a symposium in New York City and now the only question is: how to get there? Much to your surprise, you've discovered a daily direct flight which departs Edmonton International (YEG) at 8:20 am and arrives into New York Idlewild (IDL) at 9:05 pm. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served on this flight which will make three intermediate stops en route. You book a seat in first class. Identify the airline, all three stops in the order in which they will be made and the aircraft type.
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Happened to peek at your thread and couldn't ignore this one -- I grew up in Edmonton and some of my first flights were from YXD and YEG. In this case I did fly from YEG to MSP about the same time on Northwest, so I'll say the routing was YEG-YWG-MSP-MWK-IDL and the aircraft was a DC-7 -- either DC-7B or DC-7C. Glad to see the thread is still alive and well!
25. It's the spring of 1961 and you are in Edmonton following a vacation visit to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. You've been invited to attend a symposium in New York City and now the only question is: how to get there? Much to your surprise, you've discovered a daily direct flight which departs Edmonton International (YEG) at 8:20 am and arrives into New York Idlewild (IDL) at 9:05 pm. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served on this flight which will make three intermediate stops en route. You book a seat in first class. Identify the airline, all three stops in the order in which they will be made and the aircraft type.
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Happened to peek at your thread and couldn't ignore this one -- I grew up in Edmonton and some of my first flights were from YXD and YEG. In this case I did fly from YEG to MSP about the same time on Northwest, so I'll say the routing was YEG-YWG-MSP-MWK-IDL and the aircraft was a DC-7 -- either DC-7B or DC-7C. Glad to see the thread is still alive and well!
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33. Only one airline was operating McDonnell Douglas MD-11 service from Bangkok to London and this flight made one intermediate stop en route. Name the air carrier, the stop and the London area airport served by this flight.
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Hello miniliq! Glad to see that you are alive and well! I also hope all is well with your family over there in the New Orleans area!
25. And Northwest is correct, of course. Here's the sched.....
NW 224: Edmonton (YEG) 8:20a - 12:55p Winnipeg (YWG) 1:40p - 3:10p Minneapolis/St. Paul 3:45p - 5:00p Milwaukee (MKE) 5:25p - 9:05p New York Idlewild (IDL)
Freq: Daily
Equip: Douglas DC-7C
Service classes: First and Tourist (F/T)
Meal services in F/T: Breakfast YEG-YWG, Lunch YWG-MSP, Dinner MKE-IDL with "Imperial Service" in F on all legs
Note: No local traffic YEG-YWG
25. It's the spring of 1961 and you are in Edmonton following a vacation visit to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. You've been invited to attend a symposium in New York City and now the only question is: how to get there? Much to your surprise, you've discovered a daily direct flight which departs Edmonton International (YEG) at 8:20 am and arrives into New York Idlewild (IDL) at 9:05 pm. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served on this flight which will make three intermediate stops en route. You book a seat in first class. Identify the airline, all three stops in the order in which they will be made and the aircraft type.
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Happened to peek at your thread and couldn't ignore this one -- I grew up in Edmonton and some of my first flights were from YXD and YEG. In this case I did fly from YEG to MSP about the same time on Northwest, so I'll say the routing was YEG-YWG-MSP-MWK-IDL and the aircraft was a DC-7 -- either DC-7B or DC-7C. Glad to see the thread is still alive and well!
25. And Northwest is correct, of course. Here's the sched.....
NW 224: Edmonton (YEG) 8:20a - 12:55p Winnipeg (YWG) 1:40p - 3:10p Minneapolis/St. Paul 3:45p - 5:00p Milwaukee (MKE) 5:25p - 9:05p New York Idlewild (IDL)
Freq: Daily
Equip: Douglas DC-7C
Service classes: First and Tourist (F/T)
Meal services in F/T: Breakfast YEG-YWG, Lunch YWG-MSP, Dinner MKE-IDL with "Imperial Service" in F on all legs
Note: No local traffic YEG-YWG
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32. Cathay Pacific (CX) is correct....but not with an Airbus A340.
35. An excellent guess! However, the air carrier wasn't China Airlines (CI), the stop wasn't Amsterdam and this flight did not arrive into London Heathrow.
Please guess again, sir!
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33. Only one airline was operating McDonnell Douglas MD-11 service from Bangkok to London and this flight made one intermediate stop en route. Name the air carrier, the stop and the London area airport served by this flight. The airline wasn't China Airlines (CI), the stop wasn't AMS and this flight did not operate into LHR
Gatwick LGW for the London airport.
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For info, China Airlines definitely flew TPE-BKK-AMS with the MD-11 in late 1993. I was a passenger on the BKK-AMS sector. They weren't serving London then.
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However, the intermediate stop between BKK and LGW wasn't FRA so please guess again!
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31. If you wanted to fly nonstop on a wide body aircraft to London from Aberdeen in Scotland at this time, what airline would you call, what type of jet would you be flying on and what airport would you arrive into in London?
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33. Correct! Here's the complete sched....
GA 880: Denpasar Bali (DPS) 19:15 - 20:00 Jakarta (CGK) 21:05 - 00:35 Bangkok (BKK) 01:35 - 5:30 Abu Dhabi (AUH) 06:25 - 09;55 London Gatwick (LGW)
Freq: Sundays only
Equip: M11
Services classes: F/C/Y
And speaking of Bangkok.....here's a BONUS quiz item.....
36. At this same time in 1993, this airline claimed it was operating direct, two stop service with a single flight number being used twice a week from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Bangkok. However, in reality, there was an equipment change en route with the first flight operating nonstop service and the second flight operating one stop direct service with different equipment. Identify this air carrier, the location of the equipment change, the intermediate stop made by the second flight and both aircraft types. It wasn't Thai Airways (TG), Northwest (NW) or United (UA). Equipment did not include the A300, B747-200, B747-400 or DC-10-30. The equipment change point wasn't SEA or NRT.
GA 880: Denpasar Bali (DPS) 19:15 - 20:00 Jakarta (CGK) 21:05 - 00:35 Bangkok (BKK) 01:35 - 5:30 Abu Dhabi (AUH) 06:25 - 09;55 London Gatwick (LGW)
Freq: Sundays only
Equip: M11
Services classes: F/C/Y
And speaking of Bangkok.....here's a BONUS quiz item.....
36. At this same time in 1993, this airline claimed it was operating direct, two stop service with a single flight number being used twice a week from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Bangkok. However, in reality, there was an equipment change en route with the first flight operating nonstop service and the second flight operating one stop direct service with different equipment. Identify this air carrier, the location of the equipment change, the intermediate stop made by the second flight and both aircraft types. It wasn't Thai Airways (TG), Northwest (NW) or United (UA). Equipment did not include the A300, B747-200, B747-400 or DC-10-30. The equipment change point wasn't SEA or NRT.
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CX 251: Hong Kong (HKG) 22:25 - 05:10 Amsterdam (AMS) 06:30 - 06:45 Manchester (MAN)
Freq: Fridays and Sundays only (Mondays and Saturdays only AMS-MAN)
Equip: 744
Service classes: F/J/Y
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Originally Posted by jlemon;30336512
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BONUS quiz item[/b].....
36. At this same time in 1993, this airline claimed it was operating direct, two stop service with a single flight number being used twice a week from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Bangkok. However, in reality, there was an equipment change en route with the first flight operating nonstop service and the second flight operating one stop direct service with different equipment. Identify this air carrier, the location of the equipment change, the intermediate stop made by the second flight and both aircraft types.
36. At this same time in 1993, this airline claimed it was operating direct, two stop service with a single flight number being used twice a week from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Bangkok. However, in reality, there was an equipment change en route with the first flight operating nonstop service and the second flight operating one stop direct service with different equipment. Identify this air carrier, the location of the equipment change, the intermediate stop made by the second flight and both aircraft types.
I've heard there is a good Thai restaurant in Seatac (actual municipality adjacent to SEA) that's a legacy from this route.
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31. Correct as well! BA was also operating A320, 737 and 757 equipment at this time nonstop between Aberdeen and London Heathrow in addition to flying nonstop 737 service between Aberdeen and London Gatwick.
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I am going to guess it was TG. A300 that alternately operated to SEA from JFK (which I didn't know about) and YYZ. The flight would have continued on a DC-10-30 to NRT and BKK (now of course, DMK).
I've heard there is a good Thai restaurant in Seatac (actual municipality adjacent to SEA) that's a legacy from this route.
I've heard there is a good Thai restaurant in Seatac (actual municipality adjacent to SEA) that's a legacy from this route.
And speaking of Thai food, we sure discovered an outstanding restaurant and pub serving this excellent cuisine during our recent visit to London......
