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November 21, 2008 - Day 36 |
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Richard van Heuvelen bundles up and warms up his trike prior to
take-off in this morning's 16F temperature. |
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Brooke Pennypacker launches with all 14 crane kids from our LaSalle
County stopover. |
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Top cover pilots Jack Wrighter and Tom Miller warm up Jack's Cessna
172 and await instructions from the trikes. It's important that the
top cover plane keeps a safe distance from the cranes so as not to
spook them. |
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OM Supporters Kathy and Mike Hardke captured this image from the
viewing location in Sheridan, IL this morning. |
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During this morning's flight, Brooke ended up with 13 cranes and led
them over the
Twin Groves wind farm at approximately 2000 ft. altitude with no
problems. Richard van Heuvelen, on the other hand, had one lone
bird; number 827, who tends to prefer having an aircraft all to
himself. Richard was flying at approximately 2500 ft. and as soon as
this crane saw the turbines below, he did a 180 degree turn and
wanted nothing to do with them. Richard turned to collect him and
tried again to no avail. He ended up having to divert west, toward
Bloomington, IL and away from the wind farm so that he could get the
bird back on course to our Piatt County location. |
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Another shot of Brooke and his 13 cranes flying over the
Twin Groves wind farm. |
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