I heard that it was Rolls Royce that developed this gun for testing their
jet engines.
At 04:24 PM 24/04/98 -0600, Brad Kahler wrote:
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>Hey listers I just had to pass this one on to you folks.
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>Sometimes it DOES take a rocket scientist.....
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>Scientisits at NASA have developed a gun built specifically
>to launch
>dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military
>jets and the
>space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea
>is to
>simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with
>aireborne fowl to
>test the strength of the windshields.
>British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to
>test it on the
>windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made.
>But when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken
>hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatter-proof windshield
>and smashed it to smithereens, crashed through the control console,
>snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back
>wall of the cabin. Horrified, Britons sent NASA the disastrous results
>of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and
>begged the US scientists for suggestions. NASA's response was just one
>sentence: "Thaw the chicken."
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>The truth...it's out there.
>
>Brad (In Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
>
>1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (Back on the Road!!!!!)
>1966 TR4A CT72398L (Car is finally home and ready for
Restoration)
>1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108 (Frame back in garage and ready to
paint)
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