Yesterday celebrated the first cow to be milked while flying in an airplane. When my west coast brother shared this information with me I was immediately filled with questions. What kind of airplane? Where were they going? How did they get her through security? Was she a "support animal?" Did she have a passport? Turns out the cow's name was Nellie Jay Sky Queen and she was flown in a Ford Tri-motor in 1930 to an aviation exhibition in St. Louis. The cow was milked along the way, then the milk was put in carboard cartons and parachuted to people down below. Nellie Jay gave 24 quarts of milk during the 72 mile flight. I don't have any information on how well the milk cartons survived the drop but it reminded of an episode of the old sit-com "WKRP in Cincinnati" when they decided to drop live turkeys from a weather helicopter, not realizing that domestic turkeys can't fly. At least they didn't drop Nellie Jay out of the plane.
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