The Obama have jetted into New York City on Saturday to catch a play — but don’t worry: they’re worried about how <a href=”http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/30/soccer-dad-in-chief/-54062″>much fuel that might use:

Instead of taking the larger Air Force One plane for their trip north, the Obamas took a smaller plane, a G-3, which became Air Force One once he boarded.
The press traveled in a separate aircraft, a G-5, and a G-3 carried White House support staff, according to the pool report.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest cites “efficiency” — as in fuel efficiency — as the reason the big plane is staying in the hanger and the smaller planes are being utilized, the pool report said.

Any aviation experts out there know if the use of three small planes vs. one big one actually saved any fuel?