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ToiletDuck 07-29-2008 07:06 AM
UPS saves 3 million gallons of gas a year by turning right
 
Thought this was interesting.

Good Morning Yahoo!

jedinein 07-29-2008 12:33 PM
Stand by the VNY UPS facility around 9AM. You'll see dozens of their trucks turning left, proceeding to another intersection and turning left. Amazing how it happens.

Capt America 07-30-2008 10:45 AM
Routes are planned to make mostly Right turns....this doesn't mean that they don't make left turns.

Laughing_Jakal 07-30-2008 02:20 PM
Funny
 
You'd be surprised how much ammunition a C-130 can burn when turning left!:D

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bifff15 07-30-2008 03:23 PM
Originally Posted by Laughing_Jakal (Post 436034)
You'd be surprised how much ammunition a C-130 can burn when turning left!:D

BBBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR boom boom boom booom booom KAAAAH WHUMMMMP!!!!
True, true... It sure beats listening to some jack-ss in traffic with his thump thump turned up too far!

FliFast 07-31-2008 02:51 AM
Too bad we have no fuel savings plan, experience, or initiative on the Flt Ops side.

I hate to sound like chicken little, but Dorothy, Toto, and the Tinman are all trying on prom dresses because things are sooo rosy.

FF

CactusCrew 07-31-2008 04:10 AM
Originally Posted by FliFast (Post 436324)
Too bad we have no fuel savings plan, experience, or initiative on the Flt Ops side.

I hate to sound like chicken little, but Dorothy, Toto, and the Tinman are all trying on prom dresses because things are sooo rosy.

FF
SE taxi and don't start the APU until necessary ... that's the plan !

I don't think you are being chicken little at all, the view from the bottom isn't quite as rosy for us !

Been there, done that ... :mad:

767pilot 07-31-2008 06:01 PM
Originally Posted by CactusCrew (Post 436345)
SE taxi and don't start the APU until necessary ... that's the plan !
Make sure all holding patterns and taxiing is done with right hand turns


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