Originally Posted by DonH
For Bubbers' information, there are AD's referencing the B757-200 RAT from early 1988. Even as the original type certificate was issued in 1982, the B757 appears to have always had a RAT.
I'm afraid not, Don, and that AD certainly doesn't prove it. At best, it proves RAT was available. The electrical chapter of the systems manual (look it up on smartcockpit) makes not a peep about a RAT. The only thing mentioned is a hydraulic-driven generator for PW-powered birds. The chapter on RR-powered ones doesn't even reference that. Perhaps there was an STC of some kind, but if the manual is to be trusted, it wasn't standard equipment.
In fact, it appears it was optional on the 767 as well.