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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: pavlov who wrote (1978)5/16/1997 6:37:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte   of 62563
 
Chicken launcher

>It seems that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has a unique >device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The >device is a gun (developed by Texas A&M) that launches a dead chicken >at a plane's windshield at approximately the speed that the plane >flies. The theory is that if the window does not crack from the >carcass impact, it'll survive a real collision with a bird during >flight.
>
>Well, it seems that 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 one of the FAA's chicken >launchers, loaded a chicken and fired.
>
>The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, went through the >engineer's chair, broke an instrument panel and embedded itself in the >back wall of the engine cab. The British were stunned and asked the >FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly.
>
>The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had just one
>recommendation: "Use a thawed chicken."
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