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Originally Posted by Zeke
Flying helos close to the ground at the beach is not a good idea in my thinking. Lots of seagulls low-soaring the onshore breeze. I don't know that this happened, but a bird strike of any kind on the tail rotor is not good.
Waiting for Seahawk.
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A friend of mine was being piloted on his Bell Jet Ranger (25+ years ago...) and a buzzard flew through the windshield immediately killing the pilot. A family member also died that day. My friend survived and went onto getting his helicopter pilots license.
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Now: 2013 Cayenne GTS
Ex: 1999 C2, 2004 Cayenne Turbo, 2002 C4S, 1999 BMW M Z3 Coupe, 2013 Audi RS5
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