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Old 19th November 2004 | 17:43
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Dengue_Dude
 
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From: Erehwon
Carpathia

Having taught that aircraft at BAe, I thought your girlfriend's hair dryer WAS the APU.

The APU is actually a cunning term for tail mounted ballast, required to keep the aircraft in trim.

A proportion of aircraft actually have functional ones fitted in order to keep the CAA Ops Inspectors fooled (easier done than said from what I hear).

Take care all , at least you don't have to worry about Rollback anymore!
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