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Old 18th Jun 2010, 03:11
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saabsforever
 
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atr apu

Wizard,
The big tail light and rear fuse was to put the apu in, but they never did. It does not have one. Yes like the Saab the idea was RH engine and prop brake, and just like the Saab seldom used in practice for various reasons. So in the tropics please board first and wait in row one for 10-20 mins while the engines are started for air conditioning and you will see what i am on about. But then you still have to put up with cramped seats with your back staight up and down. I commute as a passenger in them weekly and given the chance will wait an hour to get a Dash 8. Then pick up a F27 freighter and think what a roomy beast they must have been with 50 on board. We do not seem to have come far in the last 50 years, apart from burning a little less gas.
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