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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. | July 2, 2012 at 12:36AM | Rating: 9 |
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Nice catch! Yes, that is technically correct, and the same can be said for many other freighters that weren't purpose built as such. To be perfectly correct, this is NOT an F model as you've pointed out, but it IS a freighter and for the purposes of the site I want to be able to distinguish that fact from within the search engine. I may have to revisit the topic in the future! |
Cole Goldberg | July 1, 2012 at 01:45PM | Rating: 6 |
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A note from Wikipedia: "While some of the ATRs may be found listed as "F" ("Freight") models, all of the ATRs used by Mountain Air were originally built as passenger versions. The "F" designation is properly used only on those that were originally built by ATR as freight versions, or were modified by ATR to their cargo specifications. The ATR's in service for FedEx were modified to their particular specifications by a contractor other than ATR." |