Operation Migration is a mission to save and increase the Whooping Crane population. They are critically endangered and as there are so few left and they are concentrated in one place they are even more danger. Operation Migration is training cranes born in captivity to migrate across America by using microlights.

It is 1285 miles and covers seven states of America. They use four ultralight aircraft each weighing 365 pounds. There will be five pilots and altogether fourteen people in the migration team from the US and Canada. They will use the network of as many as 26 stop overs pre -established along the migration route.

In 2009 they put for the first time a LIVE camera on the aircraft. This brought views never before been seen of these beautiful birds in flight as they guided them to their new winter home and helped with the survival of the species. CraneCam provides LIVE views from the ground.