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Jan 12, 2012, 2:45 am

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matthandy

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Originally Posted by otambalkar

Could not help but notice that the traveling merchant chart had the name "BAVA SINGH" which is a name common amongst an Indian community settled predominantly in the UK and Canada. I guess they made inroads in early days of Australia also:-)

Yep, very much so. Some of the early travelling traders were Indian, providing goods to some of the most remote communities.

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Originally Posted by AC681

Dash8s don't have oxygen masks nor are they required to, due to the fact that the max altitude is 25,000ft, there is a modification for the Dash8-300/400 to add oxygen masks and increase the altitude to around 30,000ft for flying in mountainous terrain.

Thanks very much, I knew that there would be a logical reason.

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