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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:24:48 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SNET: SLS: Chicken Launcher (Long Beach, beware!!!!!!)


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>>     The United States FAA has a unique device for testing the
>> strength of windshields on airplanes.  The device is a gun that
>> launches a dead 6 lb. chicken at a plane's windshield at approximately
>> the speed at which the plane flies.  The theory is that, if the
>> windshield doesn't crack from the carcass impact, it will survive a
>> real collision with a bird during flight.
>>     It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to
>> test a windshield on a brand new, high-speed locomotive they were
>> developing.  They borrowed the FAA's chicken launcher, loaded a 6
>> lb. bird and, under the appropriate laboratory conditions, fired at
>> point blank range into the windshield.  The ballistic chicken shattered
>> the new windshield, went through the engineer's chair, broke part of
>> the instrument panel, and embedded itself into the back wall of the
>> engine cab.  In all, there was almost $70,000 damage to the prototype
>> locomotive.  The British were stunned, and asked the FAA to recheck the
>> test to see if everything was done correctly.  The FAA reviewed the
>> test video and data thoroughly, but had only one recommendation.
>> 
>>         Next time, thaw the chicken first .... 

Paul Mitchell comments:

Concorde, you're next!!

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