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hatched a plan. It called for having the eggs incubated under Angelo's hang-glider, so the chicks saw this as they hatched. Angelo would then be with the chicks as they fledge. When they were ready to fly, they would fly alongside Angelo so they would consider him their mentor. That way, he could
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airplane, in which he was a passenger, fell 200 metres (660 ft) to the ground. Both d'Arrigo and the pilot, a general of the
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show them the traditional migratory route for their species. They had no other way to learn it. This approach was similar to the one taken in the movie
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bred in captivity and raised by d'Arrigo at his home on Mount Etna. A documentary about this was being made at the time. It was called "Born to Fly".
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