On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:38:22 +0100, Andrew B wrote
(in article ) :
I am just a little puzzled by the area at the front that looks like a large
patch, I tried a Google without success so does anyone know what is this
for?
Isn't it the cargo door, as in the attached 3-view drawing (filched
shamelessly from the ATR web site)? It hinges upwards (the door, that is).
It's depicted open in Flight's cutaway drawing at:
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace...laviation1949-
2006cutaways/aerospatiale-atr42-cutaway-6662.aspx
What a long URL.