[HardStarboard]

>>>Actually, we typically shoot a four pound (MILSPEC) dead chicken at over 400 kts at the target....<<<

Are you aware of the story that when British Aerospace heard that Boeing was testing engine/bird crashes with a specially designed air-cannon shooting chickens into a running jet engine, they requested copies of the design. Boeing dutifully sent them plans.

British Aerospace evidently called Boeing up about six months later and said they were having horrendus problems with their test program. Boeing flew over an engineer to help. After hearing that the cannon was evidently too powerful because the tests were destroying the impeller and fan blades in the engines, the Boeing guy asked to witness a test.

Word has it that he saw the problem right away; he commented "aah...we thaw the chickens first", and caught a Boeing flight back to Seattle.

I heard that story years ago - do you know if it is true. True or not - its a great story!!! LOL

[jettester]

I've heard quite a few versions covering trains, Concords, etc. that I am not sure where it came from. But, I bet there is a "real story" somewhere in how the joke came into being, if you know what I mean.

The best joke I ever pulled was when my team was having a lunch party at a local Italian restaurant. I had prearranged to have my high-speed videos of some recent bird-strikes we had done shown on the big screens (the place was a sports bar hangout). Needless to say, the Chicken Parmesan buffet went uneaten and the cook was forever pissed at me!!!

[insider_uk]

Urban myth.

Try google, you'll see.