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flyover · February 17th, 2005, 10:02

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I talked to a mechanic and the -82/-88/-90's that were delivered to Delta never had the airstairs because they were uber heavy and rarely worked correctly.

Strange how the ground school instructors taught us how to reactivate them if the situation arose.

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Sounds right to me. The 737-200s were delivered with the airstairs which were then deactivated and (I think) finally removed to save weight.

February 17th, 2005, 10:02	#31
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Re: MD-80/90 airstairs [ QUOTE ] I talked to a mechanic and the -82/-88/-90's that were delivered to Delta never had the airstairs because they were uber heavy and rarely worked correctly. Strange how the ground school instructors taught us how to reactivate them if the situation arose. [/ QUOTE ] Sounds right to me. The 737-200s were delivered with the airstairs which were then deactivated and (I think) finally removed to save weight.