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dont know how true this is, but nothing would supprise me with the yanks
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead
chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets, all
travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the
windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to
test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains.
Arrangements were made and a gun was sent to the American engineers.
When the gun was fired, the engineers watched in shock 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. The horrified engineers sent Rolls Royce the
film of the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the
designs of the windshield and begged the British scientists for
suggestions.
You're going to love this......
Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo ..
"Defrost the chicken."
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead
chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets, all
travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the
windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to
test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains.
Arrangements were made and a gun was sent to the American engineers.
When the gun was fired, the engineers watched in shock 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. The horrified engineers sent Rolls Royce the
film of the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the
designs of the windshield and begged the British scientists for
suggestions.
You're going to love this......
Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo ..
"Defrost the chicken."