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On 28 April 2001, IPoAC was implemented by the Bergen Linux user group, under the name CPIP (for Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol). [4] They sent nine packets over a distance of approximately 5 km (3 mi), each carried by an individual pigeon and containing one ping (ICMP echo request), and received four responses.
Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol, a 2001 implementation of IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, a task group developing influenza pandemic plans; Certified Product Innovation Professional, a professional training program managed by Spark Engine
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The largest of the flying pigeon breeds, the Old English Carrier was originally used for sending messages. By the mid 19th century, the points in the standard of the English Carrier were deemed to have been achieved, and the breed was praised for its "perfectness to which all the points most admired have been brought". [3]
The United States Army also utilized carrier pigeons, creating a pigeon corp in 1917. [6] During World War I, one bird, Cher Ami , delivered twelve mission essential messages in France. Cher Ami was shot down during the mission, which resulted in her being blinded in one eye, wounded in the chest, and her leg being so wounded that it dangled by ...
With training, pigeons can carry up to 75 g (2.5 oz) on their backs. As early as 1903, the German apothecary Julius Neubronner used carrier pigeons to both receive and deliver urgent medication. [37] In 1977, a similar system of 30 carrier pigeons was set up for the transport of laboratory specimens between two English hospitals.
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AIRLANT also contributed heavily to war in the Pacific by training Pacific Fleet units and deploying east coast units to the Pacific. In 1944 AIRLANT deployed 16 carriers, 20 carrier air groups, 67 carrier-based squadrons, 21 patrol squadrons and 18 aviation units to the Pacific. [1] On 30 July 1957, the command added "Naval" to its title.