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What Are These Things?  
User currently offlineDeltaRules From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3623 posts, RR: 11
Posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 909 times:

I've seen these in pics of older planes, like 707s, 737-200s, etc.


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My question is what are the things above the seats on the bottom of the overhead bins? Are they where the Fasten Seat Belt & No Smoking signs are located? Are they lights? I've never been able to figure it out!

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User currently offlineSrbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51
Reply 1, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 848 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Looks like passenger service units to me. Reading lights, air, and the oxygen masks are up there.

User currently offlineLMML 14/32 From Malta, joined Jan 2001, 2559 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 792 times:

Those things are PSU's - Passenger Service Units - where there are a reading light, air vent and crew call button. Those were the days of open overhead luggage compartments. The doors were fitted later.

User currently offlineLMML 14/32 From Malta, joined Jan 2001, 2559 posts, RR: 7
Reply 3, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 784 times:

The picture brought back memories of my first years on B720b's. They had open racks with those unsightly hanging boxes.

User currently offlineIMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6201 posts, RR: 43
Reply 4, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 717 times:

Wow! I'm really old. If I hadn't read the replies, I'd have had no idea what "things" were refered to. I looked at the picture for several minutes trying to find something out of place and couldn't.


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User currently offlineDeltaRules From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3623 posts, RR: 11
Reply 5, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 698 times:

Thanks for the help! I was thinking that they would have the reading lights, FA call button, etc. on that panel, but because they were all on older planes, I thought it had some other purpose that you don't see on planes today.

IMissPiedmont- I guess I should have specified what "things" referred to. Sorry, my fault!!

DeltaRules


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