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Old 17th Apr 2021, 06:08
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Denti
 
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Never flew one without a table (except maintenance blocked for other reasons), but sadly the flight deck refueling panel seems to be rather rare, is it by chance linked to the fueling port on the left wing? Simply loved those rare few planes that had that panel (they all had the second fueling port as well) as it made life so much easier.

As to the ice probes, yes, those were the real vibrating ones. It even gave a little message when selecting anti ice "no ice detected". No idea if those are still an option, haven't seen them in any newer plane.

Foot warmers come in at least two different versions, in the old planes it was basically a heated metal plate in the foot well, in newer planes it was an additional heating of the air released by the foot area vent. The latter is much less effective, but still better than a -5°C you experience in the foot area on longer flights (yes, our works council in a previous company had a measurement campaign that ultimately forced the company to get foot warmers on new deliveries as a requirement by the companies health insurer [Berufsgenossenschaft]).
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