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Old 18th Jan 2012, 14:34
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The system 1 Aux pump is/was a customer option. A nice to have!
Allows for, (amongst other things) system pressurisation when in a hangar, no need for a mass air supply for the ADP.
Also some operators elected for electric demand pumps in the Sys.2 + 3 instead of the (more usual) ADP's.
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