Re: [DMCForum] [OT] Here is a little humor across the pond

["Andrei Cular" <acular@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That reminds me of a video I need to find, its the testing of the engines
on
the Boeing 777.  They were tossing whole turkeies into with the engine at
max power to simulate a bird going in during take off.  It is really
intresting to see that engine shake but keep running.  And it was a quick
way to make rosted turkey for lunch.



Andrei



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx>
To: "DMCForum" <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: [DMCForum] [OT] Here is a little humor across the pond


> Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist...
>
> Scientists at NASA built a gun 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 airborne 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, 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 backrest 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. NASA responded with a one-line memo:
>
> "Thaw the Chicken"
>
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