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Question for you experts:
On a Citation there is a MAPCO light switch, in the cabin behind the LHS.
From Googling it seems a MAPCO is something to do with the refreshment centre. But what? Anyone know?
:confused:
Crosswind Limits
8th Jul 2007, 19:08
Hot water for tea and coffee!
Aha, so that's what it is! Ta. What's MAPCO stand for then?
Weasel123
8th Jul 2007, 19:16
For standing your hot water for tea and coffee on? :}
groan
Maybe it's Missed Approach Point Coffee Order. You don't become visual in time and you know it's going take 5 minutes to be vectored back on to the localiser so you may as well knock back an espresso or two.
StressFree
8th Jul 2007, 20:21
MAPCO
What it really means is The Mansfield Aircraft Products Company, a USA based manufacturer of parts for planes. So when you select a 'MAPCO' switch to on you're powering up one of their devices.
Strange but true. :ok:
StressFree, you are a gent. :ok:
CJ Driver
8th Jul 2007, 22:56
It turns out that the "MAPCO" in our aircraft wasn't actually made by MAPCO; it is one of those products, like "Hoover" rather than "Vacuum Cleaner", where the brand has become a synonym for the product.