Commonly used to carry messages, pigeons became less useful to people after World War II as radio, telephone and other electronic communications became reliable.
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KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2026
The controller was having trouble hearing the pilots and asked them to repeat their messages, including altitude, several times, according to the audio.
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