The Loony Bin
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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
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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.