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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 6:40 pm
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Originally Posted by N227UA

Got a question.

Why do they need air conditioning, you mean to cool the aircraft right?

Since the outside temperature is low, is there any reason to cool it?
The air outside is around -56 c. It is actually heated by mixing it with bleed air from the engines.
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