Hi Paul,
Yes! The airport crew had to go somewhere near Atlanta for schooling on how
the systems work. They take it seriously.
However, with reasonably priced fuel at a low-traffic airport, they draw
quite a few customers.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another from the Olympus XA
> On 1/16/13 18:00 : , Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Many people have no idea of the complexities of the delivery systems on
>> an airport Jet Fuel tanker truck. It is much more efficient to take the
>> fuel to a jet than to move the jet to a fueling station.
>>
>> These trucks have pumps and hoses to deliver fuel through fueling nozzles
>> to individual aircraft fuel tanks, or through pressurized locking nozzles
>> for single point refueling of larger planes.
>>
>> The Olympus XA captured the working parts on film:
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1550
>>
> That's a big mess o'piping, isn't it?
>
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