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Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist:

Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built 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. But when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurtled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, crashed through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin.

Horrified Britons sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the US scientists for suggestions. NASA's response was just one sentence, "Thaw the chicken."
 
They've been using chicken launchers for years in the US to test FOD (Foreign Object Damage) resistance of aircraft engines.
 
Hmmm.....chicken guns and spud guns.

The culinary potentials are awe-inspiring!

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
"Thaw the chicken."

I'll bet NASA crowed about that for years. (Once thawed, the chickens couldn't even scratch the train.)

Guess we shouldn't peck at the Brits so much, it probably goes against their grain! ;)
 
Damn Brits! Can't they do anything right?

Look what they have done to some of the US companies they have gotten control of....

BP- Formerly Sohio, Standard Oil Headquartered in Cleveland. Due to bungling, they have packed up and moved most of the operation back to the UK

ICI- Formerly Glidden. Also headquartered in Cleveland. ICI brainiacs dump the Glidden name on product and stores and wonder why the ICI product is selling so poorly, layoffs ensued. Anyone ever heard of brand recognition? Also ICI cheapened up the Glidden paint line formulations because they wanted their brand to be top-of-the-line.

S&W- owned by Thomkins, PLC. Need I say more on this subject?

I'm sure there are many more examples!

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Remember, just because you are not paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you!
 
If you would like to read more about and even see the described 'chicken cannons' (or the Rooster Booster), try this link: http://home.xnet.com/~warinner/chickens.html
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[This message has been edited by JeepBear (edited April 28, 2000).]
 
I read that story - couple years ago actually.
What wasnt said was that two train engineers quit and walked off that instant.
 
If it fell into the wrong hands, it would be no poultry weapon...

Stop me before I pun again...

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
 
Funny,very funny.
Something Monty Python would do.
aaaah, but he was a Brit also.
Maybe it's genetic.

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Defend the Constitution from the foreign threat!!!!
 
Know someone who works for PPG and had the opportunity to witness a chicken shoot. In that particular case, they had used fresh ammo (recently killed, no freezing).

Saw one of those documentaries on the development of the Boeing 767 or 777 and they showed the footage of chicken vs. aircraft engine. One of the angles was a side view of the chicken entering the first set of turbine blades in ultra-slowmotion. Those blades cut that chicken up like a hot Exacto-knife through warm butter.

Yeah that ICI (Imperial Chemical Inc) is going down hill with a tailwind. They're divesting stuff like no tomorrow, particularly after the Zeneca spin-off. That Dulux line is not doing it.

- Ron V.
 
I saw a film of one of these chicken guns firing at the canopy of (I think) an F-16. The bird went through one canopy. The other, made of different material bent a little and ricocheted the thing upwards. All I can say good thing it was already dead. Hey PETA hold this stove pipe would ya? :D
 
The British Rocket Scientists (oxymoron or good name for a band?) were obviously simulating what happens when you drive the new high-speed train through your freezer.

You can't go wrong making fun of the British.
 
If they had left the chicken in a Lucas freezer they would have had no problem. The Prince of Darkness would have guarenteed a soft bird.
 
April 29, 2003

GNN

And, in other news today, President Gore has announced a new initiative to rid the country of the remaining assault weapons in civilian hands. Of particular note has been the exception of assault cannons which gained notoriety in the last year when they were used in a now infamous Chicago bank robbery.

Effective May 1, by Executive Order, is the prohibition of various assault cannons known as 'potato cannons' and 'chicken cannons'. While spokesmen for the NRA have argued that chicken cannons have never been used in a crime, President Gore pointed out last Thursday that 'no one needs a chicken cannon'. And, he stated further that 'the prohibition and confiscation of chicken cannons will not hamper American hunters and target shooters. They will still have the freedom to purchase and use single-shot, bolt action air rifles.'

Copyright GNN, 2003.
 
Chicken cannon ? NEAT !!! I want one !!!
It'll go nicely with the spud gun, carrot varmit target model, cherry tomato shotgun, and the spud missile (an estes rocket engine stuffed into a potato).
I guess it's time to go back to the plumbing store for more PVC pipe. :D :D :D
Okay, I know I'm an idiot but I have fun !

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