Longest Flight of Endangered Whooping Cranes and Ultralight Aircraft Successfully Ends

The longest study using ultralight aircraft to teach whooping cranes a new migration route ended in Citrus County, Florida, today, when the migration team of Operation Migration Inc. a founding partner in the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP), flew the last 25 miles of a 1,200 mile journey, landing in a secluded location early this morning. The cranes will move to their final winter home tomorrow when the costumed pilots lead the birds to a remote, isolated site on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service