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Key Takeaways:

  • A cargo Beech-18 airplane was taxiing at Republic Airport.
  • The ground controller asked the pilot what the plane was carrying.
  • The pilot responded that they were carrying 10,000 baby chicks.
  • The pilot humorously noted the difficulty of securing seatbelts for the chicks.
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Heard at Republic Airport, Long Island.

Ground controller to a cargo Beech-18 taxiing in: “What are you hauling today?”

Twin Beech: “Ten thousand baby chicks … we had a heck of a job getting them to put their seat belts on.”

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