We had one of those turbine Lancair puppies parked near the Flying School at Parafield not long ago. And it had been telling a few lies too, it had a LOOOONG nose.
"ur2" you are joking about the "I didn't know the APU was a turboprop" comment?
A turboprop is basically a turbine 'jet' engine driving a propeller through a gearbox. Hence "turbo-prop". An APU is just a little jet engine that powers auxilliary stuff.
A question for Kanga- We are having a debate at Uni atm on whether an APU can actually move an aircraft (ie a 737 for example) ?
Chadza