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Old 7th Feb 2015, 17:00
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Mod 1800 was a hush kit designed to comply with stage 3 noise levels, this was quite common on the later F27-500 aircraft, I didn't see this on the Heralds or 748s that I can recall.
There was a mod 1860 with redesigned cans and throttle box which gave an increase in fuel efficiency.
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