> Chicken cannon was a British innovation !!!! > > From Chicken Cannon Wiki. > > *"The chicken gun was first used in the mid 1950s at de Havilland > Aircraft<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland>, > Hatfield <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire>, UK."* > > They refer to the "thaw your chicken" incident as an urban myth : > > *"There is a longstanding urban > legend<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend>about the gun being > loaned to some other agency, who fired frozen chickens > instead of thawed > chickens."<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun#cite_note-1>
-John =============== > Off topic. > > Some time ago we talked about what would happen if a legally-flown 4lbs > weather balloon was being hit by an airplane.. I think this is a similar, > albeit somewhat more funny story, but it does show what would happen due > to > the momentum during such an impact, keeping in mind that they were "only" > simulating the speed of a train, not an airplane: > > > ____________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (True Story) > Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound > dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the > space > shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. > The idea is to test the strength of the windshields by simulating the > frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl . > > After hearing about the gun, British engineers were eager to test it on > the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made > for a > gun to be sent to the British engineers. > When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled > out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to > smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's > back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, > like > an arrow shot from a bow. > > The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, > along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists > for > suggestions. > > You're gonna love this ... > > NASA responded with a one-line memo -- > > "Defrost the chicken." > (True Story) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
