Originally Posted by
dixi188
IIRC the first 2 B727s on the UK register (Dan Air) had stick pushers fitted as a CAA requirement. Later aircraft did not have them fitted.
They had little square holes in the centre panel which, I recall, was for the accumulator warning lights for the pushers. The CAA boss at the time (Davies - he of the famous book) had a thing about pushers. As soon as he went, they were ripped out.
The JATO aircraft was easily identified by the circuit-breaker panel - the JATO pair of cbs was still placarded. More obvious was the huge strengthening panel on top of the fwd fuselage - the JATO had set fire to the aircraft and it was extensively re-built.