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  2. Fly Away Home - Wikipedia

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    Thomas throws Seifert off his property, only for Seifert to threaten the Aldens that if the birds start flying, he will have to confiscate them. Thomas decides to use an ultralight aircraft he had been constructing to teach the birds to fly and show them their migratory routes, but quickly realizes the birds will only follow Amy. Aided by his ...

  3. Operation Migration - Wikipedia

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    Young whooping cranes completing their first migration, from Wisconsin to Florida, following an ultralight aircraft from Operation Migration. Operation Migration was a nonprofit, charitable organization, which developed a method using ultralight aircraft to teach migration to captive-raised, precocial bird species such as Canada geese, trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, and endangered whooping ...

  4. Freebird I - Wikipedia

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    The Freebird I is an American single-seat, high wing, tricycle gear, single engined pusher configuration ultralight kit aircraft designed for construction by amateur builders by the Freebird Airplane Company of Marshville, North Carolina and later also produced by Pro Sport Aviation of Wingate, North Carolina.

  5. Bill Lishman - Wikipedia

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    Lishman was one of the pioneers of ultra-light aviation in Canada, and was the first Canadian to foot-launch and land a rigid-winged aircraft. [citation needed] In 1988, he became the first person to lead a flight of geese with an aircraft, and in 1993, the first to conduct an aircraft-led migration of birds.

  6. Human-guided migration - Wikipedia

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    Human-guided migration or human-led migration is a method of restoring migratory routes of birds bred by humans for their reintroduction into the wild. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a technique especially used for endangered species in which the loss of individuals and territories has caused the disappearance of their migratory routes.

  7. UFM Easy Riser - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft exhibited poor pitch stability, so a horizontal stabilizer and elevator were added. Finally, on later versions, the tip rudders were replaced with a tail-mounted rudder. [1] The Easy Riser is constructed with an aluminium structure and stamped ribs, covered in doped aircraft fabric covering, Mylar or other coverings. The pilot sits ...

  8. Teratorn T/A - Wikipedia

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    The first design by Teratorn Aircraft was known simply as the Teratorn, named after the extinct ice-age soaring bird.The company took its name from the first design. This design quickly evolved into the T/A model and was produced until supplanted in production by the Tierra I.

  9. Hummel Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Hummel Bird Hummel UltraCruiser. Hummel Aviation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Bryan, Ohio and founded by James Morris (Morry) Hummel in 1983. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction.