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As far as the pure availability goes, we want to have a bit more option than that - just having the GPU plugged in already has an effect on the electrical system of the aircraft, so we want the user have the option of having it available or not. In real life you will have ground power at most destination you fly to, and using it is strongly encouraged as it saves precious fuel in APU use. But sometimes its not available, especially if you fly to an airport that doesn´t service bigger aircraft regularly (diversion type scenario). If worse comes to worst and your APU isn´t working, you´d have to service the aircraft for turnaround with one engine running. First the right one (so passengers can disembark on the left), then crossbleed start the left one again and shut of the right one (to enable fueling/cargo service). I fortunately never had to do that. Once I arrived at an airport where the GPU wasn´t working with an inop APU and we just had to shut down the engines and the passengers then disembarked under the gloomy lights of the emergency lighting system (I warned them beforehand ;-)). Jan

you can't redistribute google imagery right?

Perfect, exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.

Approaching the small agricultural community of Maxwell, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Sacramento. The agricultural lands of California's Central Valley offer some of the most spectacular flying in the state, with the constant variation of colors and patterns of the fields. Looking to the west, in the distance, are the mountains of the Mendocino National Forest. Interstate 5, the main roadway from Canada to Mexico, can be seen, along with the interchange, to the east of Maxwell, just above the nose of the Cessna.