On the Trail of the Monarch Butterfly, produced by the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico, exemplifies true teamwork, both in its creation and in its story. 

Through microphotographic images and spectacular aerial photographs, join Mexican filmmaker and pilot Francisco “Vico” Gutiérrez as he follows the monarch’s amazing journey from Montreal, Canada, to the mountains of central Mexico. In his ultralight, decorated with the motif of the monarch butterfly and aptly named Papalotzin (the Aztec word for “small butterfly”), he covered over 6,000 kilometres in 90 hours of flight over 72 days.