Video: Cranes, Planes Take off on 2006 Winged Migration
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Ultralight planes and 18 rare whooping cranes took flight on Thursday from Wisconsin, ushering in new milestones for Operation Migration.
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A boatload of migrants arrives almost daily. A decade ago, most were from Eastern Europe. Increasingly, they are from Africa and Asia.
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By Tom Uhlenbrock  Editor's note  This story was written before 17 whooping cranes were killed in severe Florida storms recently. The birds were part of Operation Migration, a project to restore a migrating flock from Wisconsin to Florida.
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By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer  Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
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Two aircraft are flying out from the UK on Sunday to deliver vital aid and supplies to Haiti, which has been devastated by tropical storm Jeanne.
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Storms last week killed all but 1 of the 18 endangered whooping cranes that had recently completed a journey from Wisconsin to Florida, escorted by ultralight aircraft.
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Travelers flying for the Thanksgiving holiday wait in lines and move through Logan International Airport in Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, during one of the busiest travel times of the year.
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Commercial jetliners from Taiwan and China took off on Saturday for the first non-stop flights in 55 years across the narrow strait dividing the arch- foes, raising hopes for permanent air links and better ties.
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The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board. The country's national carrier announced Wednesday that it will transport a juvenile cinereous vulture to Beijing on March 21 to help return the rare bird to its natural environment in Mongolia.
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On Monday, members of the 934th airlift wing of the air force reserve command better known as the "Flying Vikings, " left for Ramstein air force base in Germany.
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Remy de la Mauviniere, file -- AP Photo enlarge An Airbus A380 super jumbo performs its demonstration flight at the 46th International Paris Air Show at Le Bouget airport, north of Paris, in this June 16, 2005 ...Comment
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Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, used both its feathered forelimbs and hind limbs to glide from trees, according to a new analysis of fossils found in the 1800s.
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An Airbus A380 super jumbo performs its demonstration flight at the 46th International Paris Air Show at Le Bouget airport, north of Paris, in this June 16, 2005 file photo.Comment
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When the United States closed its airspace after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, more than 200 airliners were diverted to airports across Canada, where stranded travelers were welcomed into homes.
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The photo taken on Nov. 21, 2004 shows wreckage of a crashed airplane in a lake in Baotou, north China&#39;s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East.
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By Timothy J. Gibbons, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Feb. 2--Travelers leaving Jacksonville International Airport will soon  have access to new destinations -- on a new airline.