FW: Chickens

[Jerry]

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>"In a recent issue of Meat & Poultry magazine, editors quoted from
>Feathers, the publication of the California Poultry Industry Federation,
>telling the following story.
>
>It seems the US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for
>testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun
>that launches a dead chicken at a plane's windshield at approximately
>the speed the plane flies.
>The theory is that if the windshield doesn't crack from the carcass
>impact, it'll survive a real collision with a bird during flight.
>
>The British were very interested in this and wanted to test a windshield
>on a brand new, speedy locomotive they're developing. They borrowed FAA's
>chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.
>
>The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer's
>chair and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine cab.  The
>British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if
>everything was done correctly.
>
>The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:
>"Use a thawed chicken."
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Jerry