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Old 10-22-2005 | 05:48 PM
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What's the strangest or most interesting type of cargo you've carried?
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Old 10-22-2005 | 05:52 PM
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Sheryl Crowe's band equipment in an MD11 HNL to OAK.
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Old 10-22-2005 | 07:30 PM
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A pair of Beluga whales (to Sea World).
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Old 10-22-2005 | 07:51 PM
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Elton John's piano, flying CGN-EWR in a 747.
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Old 10-22-2005 | 08:21 PM
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Carried 275 baby Alpaca from La Paz Bolivia to Navy Key West, Stock Island on a 757.
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Old 10-22-2005 | 09:11 PM
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A dead body in a body bag in a Cherokee 6 on a dark and stormy night.
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Old 10-23-2005 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by IronWalt
A dead body in a body bag in a Cherokee 6 on a dark and stormy night.
Yikes!

my favorite load was bunch of porcupines.
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Old 10-23-2005 | 06:01 PM
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$85 Million in US dollars. 1,5,10,20,50,100 denomination to Quito, Ecuador when the country was switching their currency to US dollar. 4 pallets of cash. Cleared for the approach and to land 150 miles out, which for Quito is another miracle. Can't remember what the weight was, but I think it was 33 pounds per $100K.

That was the closest thing to a lump sum I will ever see.
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Old 10-24-2005 | 05:23 AM
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Flew a KC-10 (DC-10-30) half full with Feminine Napkins during Desert Storm. My biggest fear was ditching in the Atlantic and turning into a floating tissue box. Other half was bomb fins. What an irony.

Oh the agony of war.
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Old 10-24-2005 | 09:24 AM
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300 kilos of gold bouillon....Yes. We thought about it. We were a crew of 3, my FO and a super hot Flt. Attn. Yeah, we thought about it. I just could not think of a good way to get rid of the FO!
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