SireChaos -> RE: Aviation humor (4/26/2008 3:02:49 PM)
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Thereīs an old story I heard that only almost fits in here. I think itīs hilarious, so here it is anyway: An aircraft manufacturer had a device that fired dead chicken with about the speed of a passenger airplane. This was meant to test cockpit windows: if they withstood the impact of dead chicken, they could also withstand the impact of a live bird crashing into it during flight. Then, some day, a locomotive manufacturer asked to borrow this device in order to test the windshield of their new high-speed locomotive. They loaded the device, aimed it at the locomotive, and fired. The dead chicken penetrated the windshield, the driverīs seat and an instrument panel and was lodged in the rear wall of the locomotiveīs cockpit. The locomotive manufacturerīs engineers were, of course, shocked about the results, and asked the engineers of the aircraft manufacturer for assistance. These guys came, carefully examined the experimental set-up, and came up with some advice: "Next time, donīt use a frozen chicken."
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