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Re: [OM] IMG: Another from the Olympus XA

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another from the Olympus XA
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:05:57 -0600
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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