# Any idea of the name of this company (that's probably out of business)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998 "2012-01-19T12:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/1 "2012-01-19T12:16:16Z")
On a rerun of a 2000 _Ripley’s Believe it or Not_ they showed a service that used homing pidgins to fly film to their development lab so you could take pictures far away from the lab, then have the pidgins fly the film back to the lab quicker than you could drive there. But obviously with digital cameras taking over and fewer and fewer people using film I’m sure that this unique and creative service probably went out of business between then and now. I don’t remember if they gave the name, and Google searches only bring up links to entries like this [IMDB page](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1005840/plotsummary). ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/2 "2012-01-19T12:27:55Z")
No idea, but you could try Googling with “pigeon” rather than “pidgin”. I had a go, but I don’t know what parameters you have. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/3 "2012-01-19T12:31:40Z")
:smack: Well, don’t I feel stupid now. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll try another search later. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/4 "2012-01-19T12:36:06Z")
[David Costlow](http://cgi.superstation.com/tv/ripleys/html/episodes/18.htm) and his whitewater rafting business [Rocky Mountain Adventures](http://www.mhhe.com/business/management/thompson/11e/case/rma-4.html) - Pigeon Express. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/5 "2012-01-19T12:39:35Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > :smack: Well, don’t I feel stupid now. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll try another search later. Well, Nobody’s Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/6 "2012-01-19T20:35:10Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Well, Nobody’s Perfect. :rolleyes: 😃 Thanks **GuanoLad**. That Rocky Mountain Adventures link was old, so after doing some Googling I found a new site and they still seem to have [Pigeon Express](http://www.shoprma.com/pigeon-express.htm) photography. Funny, it still mentions flying film to the lab, when it should be updated to having the pigeons fly your memory card to a card reader. Anyway, thanks for helping me satisfy my curiosity about something completely pointless. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-of-the-name-of-this-company-thats-probably-out-of-business/609998/7 "2012-01-19T22:17:58Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Thanks **GuanoLad**. That Rocky Mountain Adventures link was old, so after doing some Googling I found a new site and they still seem to have [Pigeon Express](http://www.shoprma.com/pigeon-express.htm) photography. That’s pretty cool! And much more pleasant on the eyes.