Last Thursday, as many of you were focused on the Charlotte Convention, you might have missed the following reported by the Washington Post and date lined Moscow. President Vladimir Putin, on his way to a conference in Vladivostok, stopped off at an Arctic peninsula, donned a flight suit, and flew a motorized hang glider while leading a flock of five Siberian cranes to their natural habitat. The birds had been raised in captivity and needed a leader to direct them. The article also stated that he wore a glove that looked like a beak - that old KGB trickster! A veritable aerial Pied Piper! And really quite a remarkable feat. (The story was amplified in the NYTimes yesterday Sept. 10th)
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So interesting - I missed this story. Can't he hire someone else to do this for him?!
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