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Key Takeaways:

  • A humorous exchange occurred at Republic Airport between a ground controller and a cargo pilot.
  • The cargo plane, a Twin Beech, was transporting ten thousand baby chicks.
  • The pilot lightheartedly joked about the challenge of getting the chicks to wear their seat belts.
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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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