The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:12:30 +0100
Hiya Guys & Gals... Here's a bit of a report with difference... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ ******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>******************* *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ******************Internet Goddess******************* *********************ANDROMEDA*********************** ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- INTERESTING TEST:- The FAA has a device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. They point this device at the windshield and shoot a dead chicken at about the speed of an airplane. If the windshield doesn't break, it's likely to survive a real collision with a bird during flight. A British manufacturer of railway equipment had recently built a new locomotive that could pull a train faster than any of its predecessors. However, they were not sure that the locomotive's windshield was strong enough, so they borrowed the FAA testing device, reset it to the approximate maximum speed of the locomotive, loaded a dead chicken, and fired. The bird went through the windshield, broke the engineer's chair and made a major dent in the back wall of the cab. The British were quite surprised with this result, so they asked the FAA to check the test to see if everything was done correctly. After checking, the FAA suggested that the British might want to repeat the test using a thawed chicken.