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Are the Brits really this dumb?

JEV

JEV

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[FONT=&quot]Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!

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 simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]British 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 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? False? It makes for good reading either way.
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muleman

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GE uses a similar deal to develop turbines at their St. Louis plant. They hurl chickens at the engine while spinning to test how they hold up to a bird strike. Animal rights protesters gave them a hard time with protests back in the early 90's. I would much prefer they try them out before they sell them for planes carrying me or my family.
 
Melensdad

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muleman said:
GE uses a similar deal to develop turbines at their St. Louis plant. They hurl chickens at the engine while spinning to test how they hold up to a bird strike. Animal rights protesters gave them a hard time with protests back in the early 90's. I would much prefer they try them out before they sell them for planes carrying me or my family.
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Why not launch some animal rights activists at the spinning turbines :brows:
 
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