Alan G
28-08-2007, 11:37 AM
Saw this earlier on, so though of sharing. There was a stunning photo accompying the article, but i'm lost trying to find it.
My scanner doesn't work with Vista. :confused:
From Todays Daily Record
28 August 2007
BIRD OF PLAY
Eagle soaring alongside owner in microlight
By Mark Mcgivern
GOLDEN eagle Sampson soars alongside his owner's microlight - just a year after he was rescued from a wardrobe.
Rescuers handed the bird, who has a 7ft wingspan, over to renowned falconer Jonathan Marshall after saving him.
He had broken his wing and tail feathers trying to escape the wardrobe, where thieves who stole him from a zoo kept him for six months.
But now four-year-old Sampson is in peak form and is believed to be the first eagle in the world trained to fly alongside a microlight.
Jonathan, 38, from Devon, said: "It was just lucky he didn't break any bones at all. It took four months for his feathers to grow back ready to fly but when they did he looked just magnificent."
Sampson learned to soar next to Jonathan's hang-glider before the noisier microlight.
Jonathan said: "It brings tears to my eyes when I think how special it is that a wild bird has chosen to fly with me, especially one who has experienced such cruelty at the hands of a human."
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_method=full%26objectID=19696047%26siteID=66633-name_page.html
My scanner doesn't work with Vista. :confused:
From Todays Daily Record
28 August 2007
BIRD OF PLAY
Eagle soaring alongside owner in microlight
By Mark Mcgivern
GOLDEN eagle Sampson soars alongside his owner's microlight - just a year after he was rescued from a wardrobe.
Rescuers handed the bird, who has a 7ft wingspan, over to renowned falconer Jonathan Marshall after saving him.
He had broken his wing and tail feathers trying to escape the wardrobe, where thieves who stole him from a zoo kept him for six months.
But now four-year-old Sampson is in peak form and is believed to be the first eagle in the world trained to fly alongside a microlight.
Jonathan, 38, from Devon, said: "It was just lucky he didn't break any bones at all. It took four months for his feathers to grow back ready to fly but when they did he looked just magnificent."
Sampson learned to soar next to Jonathan's hang-glider before the noisier microlight.
Jonathan said: "It brings tears to my eyes when I think how special it is that a wild bird has chosen to fly with me, especially one who has experienced such cruelty at the hands of a human."
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_method=full%26objectID=19696047%26siteID=66633-name_page.html