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1. Setting off on their world tour, The Ghostwriters flew out of Sydney on a plane belonging to Australia's national airline. Which of these was it?
2. Coming in to Los Angeles, The Ghostwriters landed not, as they had been expecting, at Los Angeles International Airport, but at an airport at Burbank named after a singing, dancing and acting star. Which of these was it?
3. The proprietor of Kyle's Kompleat Konnections, you may remember, was once a lowly kennel boy. His organisational skills were somewhat lacking, so when he intended to send The Ghostwriters to San Jose, California, they ended up in a different San Jose. Where was that?
4. From California, The Ghostwriters travelled southwards to fly to the world's highest international airport. What city was it near?
5. After landing in South America and performing their first gigs in a capital city, The Ghostwriters discovered that Kyle's Kompleat Konnections had booked them onto a somewhat elderly plane for a flight to a neighbouring country. That plane was a Douglas DC-3. What was the nickname that plane enjoyed?
6. From South America, The Ghost Writers landed in Midland, Michigan, to catch a connecting flight to New York City. They were a bit consternated, though, to find that Kyle's Kompleat Konnections had booked their onward flight on an airline that found infamy in a youtube campaign in 2009 after it broke a singer's guitar. Which airline?
7. From the New World, The Ghostwriters crossed the Atlantic to the Old, landing at an airport that was named Aldergrove when it was first built in 1917. Many people still call it that, but what was the name it officially changed to in later years?
8. After their tour of the UK, The Ghostwriters had their legs crossed when they discovered that Kyle's Kompleat Konnections had booked them onto a flight to France on an airline that said in 2009 it was going to charge passengers to use the onboard toilets. Which airline?
9. After their concert in Paris, The Ghostwriters flew on to another European city with an airport that can be accessed from two countries. Which city?
10. On a trip to Scandinavia, The Ghostwriters found that Kyle's Kompleat Konnections had booked them on a flight on the world's oldest airline. Which claimed that distinction?
11. From western Europe, The Ghostwriters flew to the old Communist bloc. As they waited in baggage claim (their cases they later found had gone to Bangkok) they couldn't help noticing the giant murals of a plane called Concordski, which had been built in this country. Where were they?
12. Flying in to an Asian city, The Ghostwriters were intrigued to learn that the flight path to the airport once took planes so close to apartment blocks that the passengers could almost see in. That was before the authorities built a new airport in the middle of the sea. Which city was that?
13. The Ghostwriters were very impressed when Kyle's Kompleat Konnections booked them a flight on what was at the time the world's largest aircraft, the Airbus A380. The A380 entered service in 2007, but which of these companies was first to operate it?
14. It was with some relief that The Ghostwriters boarded the plane for the trip back to Australia after their world tour, Kyle's Kompleat Konnections had managed to foul up four of their flights. But it was hardly KKK's fault that the plane struck an albatross over the Pacific and had to make an emergency landing on a US island airbase, Which of these was it?
15. After their world tour, The Ghostwriters were looking forward to returning to Australia. They had set off from Sydney, but instead of landing there, the proprietor of Kyle's Kompleat Konnections arranged for them to land at Tullamarine Airport in time for the Gold Cup. Which city was that near?
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