Pilots Give 230-Pound Sea Turtle a Ride to its New Home

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 08:59 PM ET

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The turtle’s crate was loaded into the Pilatus PC-12NG, thanks to the aircraft’s four-and-a-half-foot wide cargo door. Courtesy: Turtles Fly Too/David W. Hartman

Key Takeaways:

A pair of pilots based in the Florida Keys came to the rescue over the weekend to help a 230-pound sea turtle looking for a ride to his new home.

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.