Odd ball haul. Very small, weird, or just worth talking about.

[Princedietrich]

On my list I've got:

* A box going to CDC in Atlanta that was labeled "fungus of unknown origin"

* Several crates full of pee

* Box full of live lab mice (which aren't considered animals for cargo purposes ???? )

* A learjet full of Madden 2005

* A learjet full of GTA:SA

* 6 film reel canisters for the theatrical release of "white chicks"

* A left kidney, and my buddy flying a different route out of the same base had a right kidney. Wonder if they were the same person

* During the NBA finals of 2005, I had a caravan full of boxes with NBA champion Tshirts and hats for the team that ended up losing (the game was the next night)

* The NFL Rookie of the year trophy (I didn't carry that one, a buddy of mine did. he has pictures to prove it)

 

[treetopflyer]

Coming out of Guyana, we had some sloths, and some cat-sized animals that I think were capybaras. They smelled awful.

One time we carried the gravestone of VC Bird, presient of Antigua and the guy the airport is named after.

those werent capybaras, they were EL CHUPACABRA!!!!!!!

 

[Way2Broke]

I know someone that when they where carrying bank checks would get boxes of dum-dums (lolli-pops). Its funny how when she was snacky some of them happened to fall out. Also, same friend, carried a pair of large golden scissors. You know, the kind that they use when cutting the tape to open a new bank branch. And sure enough, the next day back they went.

 

[imacdog]

Some different freight I've carried includes a live baby seal, a dead dog in a box, 1,000 pounds of eggs on what was the most turbulent day of the season for a five-mile flight, my plane's own aileron, and tons and tons of fish.

 

[KingDriver]

How about 14000 live baby chickens from Miami to Marsh Harbour in a Caravan. Those things slept the whole way there but, woke up as the sun was coming up. I've never been in an airplane that was that loud and probably never will.

 

[BenGunnII]

My list;

Cool: Inboard/upper wing flap for a B-747 from BFI to ANC in a DC-3.

Stinky: Thousands of lbs of freshly caught salmon to ANC.

Greasy: A bunch of emu oil out of SMX (used in cosmetics?).

Creepy: Various body parts.

 

[treetopflyer]

How about 14000 live baby chickens from Miami to Marsh Harbour in a Caravan. Those things slept the whole way there but, woke up as the sun was coming up. I've never been in an airplane that was that loud and probably never will.

is that dc-3 still in the water on the north side of andros? supposedly full of chicks when it went down.

 

[501261]

Human Sperm

HUMAN SPERM!

Back in my charter days, this casino in Vegas chartered our Westwind, so that we could fly this "Whale's" "little swimmers", back to Houston (6 hour round trip), and complete the fertility check on (apparently this "Whale" wasn't making any babies):nuts: .

Anything to keep those "Whales" gambling !

 

[kingaira90]

crispy critters

How about 14000 live baby chickens from Miami to Marsh Harbour in a Caravan. Those things slept the whole way there but, woke up as the sun was coming up. I've never been in an airplane that was that loud and probably never will.

One better. This happened at my previous employer but to another crew. A DC-3 full of approx 40,000 baby chicks. On a hot hot day. The chiks are all noisy during the flight. After landing it is about 95 outside the plane 120+ in the plane. The people that the farm they were going to were unloading. This chick (human) wanted to sort the boy and girl chicks (chickens) during the unload. Of course the pilots have no idea the difference so it is a big slow confused mess. After about 20 min of this dipstick fiddling, the plane starts to get quiet (still full mind you). Her lack of a sense of urgency killed most of the load. Sucks to be a baby chick (chicken)!-kingaira90

 

[PHXFLYR]

Carried one pallet of HIV infected Lab mice RDU-CLT-TOL when I flew for ATI.
We also carried something like 22,000lbs of Dell computers out of AUS one night. Another time we were assigned to a 10 day Ford contract where we carried F150 truck doors manufactured at a stamping plant in Detroit down to the Ford F150 Plant in MCI. Interesting job.

PHXFLYR

 

[81Horse]

Sled dogs (Iditarod); they stink, too.

A Porsche Carrera (to Juneau -- where there are, IIRC, only about 50 miles of paved road).

Cat litter (and no one could tell me why)

Paper cups and toilet paper (in bank bags, along with less important items, like negotiable instruments, usw)

And, all too often, some other pilot's car keys.

 

[Ill Mitch]

I had 2000 pounds of explosives one time.

 

[LR25]

A stretch 8 with one landing gear strut accross the pond.

 

[Nolife]

Every Mon, Wed, and Fri I flew stool samples (not the furniture kind) in a poorly sealed styrofoam box. I peaked inside once and almost left my own puke sample.

 

[Wankel7]

Yeah, we did the chicken run in a shorts 360. Had 36,000 of the little guys back there. We picked them up in ... Gilmer county airport in SC or GA? Then we took them up to JFK. After that they headed to Pakastan. Go figure.

They were soooo cute I took a few out and played with them on the flight I was really bored. It was funny how loud they were until you hit some turblance and they shut up for a lil bit.

They sure heated up that plane...we had ducted the bled air back to them trying to keep them cool. I don't think we killed to many of them.

The downside was all that damn dust it was everywhere!

Wankel