Subscribe now

Letter: Letters : Father of the geese

Published 16 August 1997

From Jo Jones

jdjones@junction.net

William Sladen is not the pioneer of using ultralight aircraft to train geese
to migrate
(This Week, 19 July, p 15).
That distinction belongs to Canadian
naturalist William Lishman, whose book Father Goose was published in
1996. Indeed, it was Lishman who acted as technical adviser on the film Fly
Away Home, which was based on that book.

Issue no. 2095 published 16 August 1997

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop