Yea they can fly but not quite like an eagle and to just toss one out of an AC at 500 is a bit Fd’Up.
I got 20 plus out here on a bad day and the bow hunters love them but this plane stuff is a bit lame
The ones around my place can fly up into trees. I would think that they could at least glide to the ground. 500 feet is not that high - for a wild turkey anyway.
I got 19 I’m raising for butcher but 5 of them are more like pets then anything. They are so funny they come up to the back yard and call for us and follow us around just talking their heads off.