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Msg ID: 2786388 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +2/-0     
Author:UUUE
6/27/2023 7:36:32 PM

Watch out for birds.    











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Msg ID: 2786391 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +0/-4     
Author:Anonymous
6/27/2023 7:56:57 PM

Reply to: 2786388

Blah, blah, blah. Nothing much to see here....move along....move along....



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Msg ID: 2786392 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +1/-4     
Author:Hank MS
6/27/2023 8:09:27 PM

Reply to: 2786388

95% of all bird strikes happen at 1500' and below.    

So these HAA pilots run around at 500-1000' all day/night long like they are still in army combat.

Why not fly at 2000' and reduce your chances of hitting a bird by 95%

Why so low.....Because looking cool to the med crew flying low is better?????



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Msg ID: 2786400 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +1/-0     
Author:Hhahahahahah
6/27/2023 9:16:55 PM

Reply to: 2786392

Fly above 2k agl that's hilarious 



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Msg ID: 2786404 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +3/-1     
Author:Utility trash
6/27/2023 9:39:05 PM

Reply to: 2786392

 I fly around at around 1000-1200 to stay out of that way of weekend pancake eating armatures in their crappy old airplanes that never seem to know what their doing on the radio or where they are much less have any idea of other aircraft around them



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Msg ID: 2786438 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +1/-0     
Author:Johnny
6/28/2023 12:16:58 PM

Reply to: 2786392

Your stats are wrong. There are just as many birds above 1500' as below. I' ve got 32 years experience to prove it. Too many times I have flown by flocks of vultures between 3000-5000'. there are even documented strikes at flight levels.

 



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Msg ID: 2786445 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +0/-2     
Author:What HEMS COMPANIES
6/28/2023 1:55:37 PM

Reply to: 2786392

Fly along 500-1000ft except for landing???  Most GOM say min 1000ft.  Most pilots in Hems I know usually fly 2000-3000 ft AGL except takeoff and landing.  Your probably thinking of LEO guys.  So go back to your mamas basement and try again 



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Msg ID: 2786584 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +2/-0     
Author:byrd brain
6/30/2023 7:15:39 AM

Reply to: 2786392

if 95% of all the helos are at 1500 or below, therefore 95% of the bird strikes will be as well.

Duh



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Msg ID: 2786397 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +1/-0     
Author:Rough day
6/27/2023 9:01:36 PM

Reply to: 2786388

Anyone hurt? Did the screen shatter into pices, were visors down, what kind of bird?



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Msg ID: 2786409 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +7/-1     
Author:hmmm
6/27/2023 10:00:59 PM

Reply to: 2786397

Well I fly at 2k agl and above all the time to aviod birds and give me more options if my engine fails. I also choose wierd altitude like 2300, 2700, 3300, 3700 and so on to avoid all the idiots flying aroud at 2000,2500,3000 and so on. You enjoy your low level flying. I don't like it and I'm not worried about the enemy shooting me down. 



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Msg ID: 2786449 I bet you were excited to be the first  +4/-3     
Author:To come in here and post
6/28/2023 2:27:39 PM

Reply to: 2786409

That for the company weren't you.  Funny thing is management knows who took those pics.  Whether you are the person that posted it or not the fact is whoever took those pictures. It's gonna be held accountable for posting that which I'm sure the company didn't want.



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Msg ID: 2786458 I bet you were excited to be the first  +0/-1     
Author:who are you
6/28/2023 3:31:26 PM

Reply to: 2786449

and who gives a crap bro



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Msg ID: 2786493 I bet you were excited to be the first  +2/-1     
Author:MTC
6/28/2023 9:20:38 PM

Reply to: 2786449

Your right,   because Med-Trans is such an awesome company.    

Yep you all spent 20 years flying in the army to be such an awesome pilot that after retirement you went to work for Med-Trans and fly a VFR B407.     Wow,   very high goals in life......    What losers.    

HAA/Med-Trans is the biggest aviation joke in the world.    Oh, and your joke of a D.O. set the bar real high.....NOT.   



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Msg ID: 2786457 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV (NT) +0/-0     
Author:Pansy
6/28/2023 3:26:00 PM

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Msg ID: 2786569 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +0/-0     
Author:Roy
6/29/2023 10:11:39 PM

Reply to: 2786388
What's a MedTrans?


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Msg ID: 2786666 Med-Trans Bird Strike. KGNV +2/-0     
Author:UUUE
7/1/2023 8:52:20 AM

Reply to: 2786569

Med-Trans is an PT135 HAA helicopter company that opererats both stand alone and hospital contract helicopters.     They were a good company until the D.O. started going rogue about 7-8 years ago.   The D.O. lets the hospitals take over 100% operational and he covers for them under his D.O. title.  Metro does the same.   



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