Longest Flight of Endangered Whooping Cranes and Ultralight Aircraft Successfully Ends

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