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Stanley says. Indirect LED lighting from an overhead shelf on each side adds a warm glow to the cabin at night. There are two Aircell phone “lines” aboard, with jacks at every seat. Wi-Fi broadband access is even more important in this class of aircraft, in Stanley’s opinion, because a slower cruise speed means passengers have additional time to spend aloft and need to maintain productivity.Along the way, the exterior got just about every performance-enhancing mod available; the 421C was fitted with vortex generators, aft-body strakes, Premier wheel covers and hydraulically-actuated speed brakes. The right-engine’s hydraulic air conditioner was swapped out for an electrically-driven system, mounted in the lower part of the nose baggage bay, which allows the cabin to be precooled from a ground- power unit, rather than by running the engine.FEBRUARY 2014TWIN & TURBINE • 7