Nicely done Gus, I too like flying with soaring birds but have not had
much sucess with Turkey Vultures . Black Vultures however I find are
much more willing to let you stay with them . Never have I seen a
Vulture show aggression and when closing on one they have in my
experience always left in a hurry . In talking with an ornithologist
he offered the opinion that not being predators Vultures are much less
likely to consider any threatening actions such as Eagles might . None
the less I could not agree more about keeping your distance as I knew
of a pilot whose canopy was smashed in a collision with a Vulture . He
was lucky to survive .