I’ve been told that this is a true story. (Don't shoot the messenger )
Scientists at UK based Rolls 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 Americans sent Rolls Royce the disastrous
results of the experiment, along with the designs of
the windshield and begged the British scientists for
suggestions.
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> Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
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> "Defrost the chicken."
Scientists at UK based Rolls 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 Americans sent Rolls Royce the disastrous
results of the experiment, along with the designs of
the windshield and begged the British scientists for
suggestions.
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> Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
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> "Defrost the chicken."