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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
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.
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 ...
Proceed/am proceeding to specified base (field) or carrier. Bird Friendly surface-to-air missile (SAM). Bird(s) affirm Surface-to-air (S/A) informative call indicating unit is able and prepared to engage a specified target with SAMs (presumes target is within or will enter the SAM engagement envelope). Bird(s) away
NSAWC (now NAWDC) consolidated three commands into a single command structure under a flag officer on 11 July 1996 to enhance aviation training effectiveness. The Naval Strike Warfare Center (informal STRIKE "U" – for Strike University), based at NAS Fallon since 1984, was amalgamated with the Navy Fighter Weapons School ("TOPGUN") and the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School ...
A training manual is a document, a book or booklet of instructions and information, used as an aid to learning a task, skill, or job. [1] Training manuals are widely used, including in business and the military. [citation needed] A training manual may be particularly useful as: an introduction to subject matter prior to training
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]