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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFAA says pilots can guide whooping cranes
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WHOOPING_CRANES_FAA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-09-17-17-27WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal aviation officials will allow conservationists to lead nine young whooping cranes to their winter home in Florida using an ultralight aircraft that the cranes apparently think is a mother bird.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Monday that it will grant a one-time waiver to the regulations so that the migration can be completed.
Conservationists with Operation Migration are trying to re-establish an Eastern flyway for whooping cranes which nearly became extinct in the 1940s by teaching young birds how to make the journey. But their pilots are paid for their work. FAA regulations say ultralights can only be flown for personal use.
The cranes and their bird-plane were more than halfway through their 1,285-mile journey from Wisconsin when they were grounded in northwestern Alabama last month.
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FAA says pilots can guide whooping cranes (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2012
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(25,592 posts)1. Good. Sanity prevailed.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. I just heard a man from Operation Migration interviewed. Absolutely fascinating!
Great program and glad to see the approval for it.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. About time!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)4. good decision
snooper2
(30,151 posts)5. I saw this movie once already :) Little girl did it on her own!
I do remember crying