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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT]... chicken and aircraft, but were afraid to ask..
From: Andrew Gullen <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:02:54 -0500
on 2006/01/27 7:33 AM, Andrew Fildes at afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Reminds me of a story I heard regarding Rolls Royce testing prototype
> jet engines with chickens from the supermarket...
> AndrewF

The National Research Council in Ottawa had (and probably still has) a
chicken gun for testing aircraft resistance to bird strikes. I got to tour
as a student. No demo unfortunately, but the previously-tested windshields
were pretty sobering.

They keep the chickens in a freezer until they're needed, and say that it is
*essential* to thaw the chicken. :-)

Andrew


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