you're supposed to thaw them out first...Too big for CCW!
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
“It does not strike a jet in the manner in which a mallard or goose strikes a jet—wings outstretched, legs trailing long”
Actually, they do tuck an instant before impact.
Been there, seen it. . .a couple of times.
It is reflexive for the birds, and they tuck to get smaller and drop (faster to drop than to climb).
I would guess most people heard about the test that used a frozen chicken vs a thawed one that went right through the cockpit into the cabin.
The Canadians learned that in order to conduct the birdstrike test effectively the chickens must be thawed.
It might be an interesting book.
I live near Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lots of really secure buildings there and guys who don’t really tell you what they do for a living. I had one over for lunch yesterday. He spent two minutes telling me what he did and saying exactly nothing.
I learned soon after moving here not to probe too deeply the friends who work on post.
I’m close enough that my house shakes occasionally from the BOOM’s
We use the chicken gun all the time...bird stike testing.
you're supposed to thaw them out first...
That explains Kramerica’s chicken wire.
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.
It seems 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’s 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.”