1. What year did BWIA first operate to LHR
2. What aircraft type did they use
3. What is BWIA’s callsign
4. How many airbus A340’s are in use by Virgin
5. What was Virgins first aircraft type and what was it called
6. What was Virgin’s first ever flight route
7. What year and what day did vigin fly this route
8. Who is the second biggest slot holder at london heathrow
9. How many airlines depart from london heathrow on a sunday
10. Where was the first from london heathrow to
11. What south western european airline has an airbus fleet only
12. Try and figure out the airline: TOOFLARE
13. Try and figure out the airline: SEMITEAR
14. Where is there main hub
15. How many Airbus A380’s have Lufthansa ordered
Answers to follow
By: Bhoy - 12th May 2003 at 14:33
Originally posted by Ren Frew
So did Sir Freddie ever get a plane named after him ?
Yes, 747-123, G-VMIA, Spirit of Sir Freddie, although she was retired 3 years ago.
By: A330Crazy - 12th May 2003 at 12:37
Re: My attempt at a quiz
Originally posted by Jay330
4. How many airbus A340’s are in use by Virgin
I answered 12.
Jay, you said 2 A346’s + 8 on order…. what about the A343’s that are currently still in service?
Good quiz all the same, looking forward to the next one mate. 🙂
By: Jay330 - 12th May 2003 at 10:04
The Answers
1: 1960
2: Britannia Jet-Prop equipment
3: Bee-Wee
4: 2 A346 + 8 On Order
5: G-VIRG Maiden Voyager
6: LGW-EWR
7: 22nd June 1984
8: BMI
9: I’ve lost the answer – sorry – I will try and find it
10: Karachi – well done A330 Crazy
11: T.A.P
12: Aeroflot
13: Emirates
14: Dubai
15: 15
By: Ren Frew - 12th May 2003 at 09:52
So did Sir Freddie ever get a plane named after him ?
By: Jay330 - 12th May 2003 at 09:34
bet your all dying for the answers, just have to find the file on my computer now. will be posted in next 5 minutes.
By: Bhoy - 12th May 2003 at 00:01
Originally posted by A330Crazy
Cheers Wys… I was going by some info that I saw in one of my avi books. 🙂
Yeah, I was just browsing through Branson’s autobiography to look that up, and it said he’d originally asked Sir Freddie if he could name his first plane after him, but that Laker had said that, because of the way skytrain had failed, naming the first Virgin aircraft after him would hardly inspire much faith in the travelling public, but that he’d be honoured to have a plane named after him once Virgin were established and had a sizeable fleet.
By: A330Crazy - 11th May 2003 at 23:48
Cheers Wys… I was going by some info that I saw in one of my avi books. 🙂
By: Jay330 - 10th May 2003 at 23:01
answers will be posted on moday at 09:30am, keep on trying for the others.
By: wysiwyg - 10th May 2003 at 21:18
Andrew you are wrong about question 5. It was G-VIRG, Maiden Voyager, a B747-200.
By: Saab 2000 - 10th May 2003 at 19:10
1- Possibly 1960?
2- Bristol Britannia
3- West Indian?
11-TAP I suppose.
13-Emirates
14- Dubai
By: A330Crazy - 10th May 2003 at 19:03
1. 1981/1982
2. Lockheed L.1011-500 Tristar.
3. Bee-Wee
4. 12
5. Boeing 747-100, which started flights in 1984 — name = Spirit Of Sir Freddie.
6. London Gatwick to Newark, using the Boeing 747-100.
7. 22 June 1984.
8. British Midland BMi?
9. 28 airlines????
10. Fist civilain flight (for pulicity purposes) BSAA Lacastrian departed for South America.
First official civilian flight operated by a BOAC Lacastrian on the 28th May 1945, to Karachi.
11. Cyprus Airways
12. AEROFLOT
13. Air ….?
14. ????
15. ???
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