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Re:A Little Gear That Could Reshape the Jet Engine by hinkley on Monday October 19, 2015 @09:42PM (#10416953)
I can't rattle off the model numbers, but some commercial jets have a turbine in the tail section for auxiliary power. If there's something that looks like an exhaust pipe in the tail, it probably is.
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Re:A Little Gear That Could Reshape the Jet Engine by BuffaloBagel on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @12:10AM (#10417388)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_power_unit
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