SandyP
19-05-2003, 12:28
> > > Scientists at Roll Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead
> chickens
> at
> > the windshields of airliners, and military jets , all travelling at
> maximum
> > velocity.
> > The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with
> airborne
> > fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
> > American 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 American 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
> > back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin,
like
> an
> > arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the
> disastrous
> > results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and
> > begged the British scientists for suggestions.
> > Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
> > ............... "Defrost the chicken."
:D
> chickens
> at
> > the windshields of airliners, and military jets , all travelling at
> maximum
> > velocity.
> > The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with
> airborne
> > fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
> > American 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 American 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
> > back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin,
like
> an
> > arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the
> disastrous
> > results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and
> > begged the British scientists for suggestions.
> > Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
> > ............... "Defrost the chicken."
:D