Well you know, with the formation of the 31 original colonies, our founding fathers (and some mothers) saw the value of rapid communications. Carrier pigeons were used to keep generals aware of what the opposing forces were up to. My Grampa Dw owned the only Helicopter Sercice on the coast. It was during a routine sight seeing copter ride that Gramps ran into a flock of pigeons and earned the Title: The Flying ASS! Later they changed the term to "ace" because dberghs great great great grand father misspelled ASS! LOL