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Fall 2010 Ultralight-led
Migration
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Led
by ultralight airplanes, eleven
young Whooping cranes in the Class of 2010 began their
first journey south on October 10! |
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Migration Updates |
Migration
Map |
- Arrival
Podcast, By Mark Chenoweth
- January
15: 2010 Migration Complete! (+ 26 miles)
- January
14: Arrival Flyover for Chass Five! (+59.1
miles)
- January
13: "Chass Five" Almost Done! (Status Update)
- December
17: Thumbs Down and Stopping Out (+0 miles)
- December
16: No Go: Headwinds Prevent Finish (+0 miles)
- December
15: Touchdown at St. Marks! (+28 miles)
- December
14: Close, But Winds Too Strong (+0 miles)
- December
13: Waiting to Finish (+0 miles)
- December
12: Weather Delay at Both Stopovers (+0 miles)
- December
11: Flying With a New Plan (+86 miles)
- December
10: Skipping Into FLORIDA! (+104 miles)
- December
9: Hello, GEORGIA! (+55 miles)
- December
8: No Go in Crosswinds Aloft (+0 miles)
- December
7: TWO Stops! GO CRANES! (+110 miles)
- December
6: Too Windy Up High (+0)
- December
5: Blasting Winds + No Go (+0
miles)
- December
4: No Go (+0 miles)
- December
3: More Miles Today! (+58 Miles)
- December
2: Alabama two-fer! (+110 Miles)
- December
1: Maybe Tomorrow (+0 miles)
- November
30: All Wet (+0 miles)
- November
29: Weather Makes Them Wait (+0 miles)
- November
28: Headwinds Halt Progress (+0 miles)
- November
27: Flying Again! (+67 miles)
- November
26: Hello, TENNESSEE! (+116 miles)
- November
25: Weather Woes Again (+0 miles)
- November
24: Down in Kentucky (+0 miles)
- November
23: Hello, KENTUCKY! (+45 miles)
- November
22: Same Story (+0 miles)
- November
21: Still Stalled (+0 miles)
- November
20: Fogged In (+0 miles)
- November
19: Wrong Winds (+0 miles)
- November
18: Fog and Mist (+0 miles)
- November
17: Migrating Again Today! (+63 miles)
- November
16: Off to Cumberland Cty! (+56 miles)
- November
15: Too Much Surface Wind (+0
miles)
- November
14: Changing Winds Not Quite Right (+0
miles)
- November
13: Weather Rules the Day (+0 miles)
- November
12: Test Trike and No Flight (+0 miles)
- November
11: Exercise on a Down Day (+0
miles)
- November
10: Warm Winds Still Against Them (+0
miles)
- November
9: South Winds Persist (+0 miles)
- November
8: Still Way Too Windy (+0 miles)
- November
7: Rest Day Due to South Winds (+0 miles)
- November
6: Flown
to Stopover #7 (+59
miles)
- November
5: Wind
Makes it Down Day #4 (+0 miles)
- November
4: Wind,
Wind, and More Wind (+0 miles)
- November
3: Waiting
for Better Conditions (+0 miles)
- November
2: Grounded
by Winds (+0 miles)
- November
1: Onward to Stopover #6 (+54.5 miles)
- October
31: Airborne Again! (+55 miles)
- October
30: Frost + Wind = No Go (+0 miles)
- October
29: No
Progress in the Air (+0 miles)
- October
28: Penned with Pumpkins (+0 miles)
- October
27: Whipping Winds Again Today (+0 miles)
- October
26: High Wind Warning (+0 miles)
- October
25: Still in Windy-bago County, IL (+0 miles)
- October
24: Down-Day 5, Winnebago County, IL (+0 miles)
- October
23: Pinned in Place (+0 miles)
- October
22: Another Take-off & Turn-back (+0
miles)
- October
21: Winds Aloft Keep Them Down (+0 miles)
- October
20: Grounded Today (+0 miles)
- October
19: HELLO Illinois! (+34 miles)
- October
18: Final Stopover in Wisconsin! (+47
miles)
- October
17: Away to Stopover #2 (+23.4 miles)
- October
16: No Go in Headwinds Again (+0 miles)
- October
15: No Getting Up (+0 miles)
- October
14: Still Grounded by Winds (+0
miles)
- October
13: Too Windy to Fly (+0 miles)
- October
12: Headwinds Mean NO GO (+0 miles)
- October
11: Flight Launched, Turned Back (+0 miles)
- October
10: Migration 2010 Begins! (+23 miles)
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Fall
2010 Migration
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Ready: Weekly Countdown to
Migration |
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on Day One of the migration.
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