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Rocket science
« on: 05 June 2008, 23:42:26 »

This is allegedly a true story!
 


Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead
chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all
traveling 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 the following one-line memo:
 
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Defrost the chicken !
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #1 on: 05 June 2008, 23:44:04 »

 ;D ;D ;D :y
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #2 on: 05 June 2008, 23:44:04 »

 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #3 on: 05 June 2008, 23:45:23 »

You would have thought they would have known with all them KFC's over there.  ;D
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #4 on: 05 June 2008, 23:47:02 »

 ;D Brilliant :y
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #5 on: 05 June 2008, 23:49:25 »

it's been said many many times before............ Only in America! ;D ;D
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #6 on: 05 June 2008, 23:50:03 »

Was looking for info on it and found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #7 on: 06 June 2008, 00:08:57 »

What must it have ben like for the passengers looking out of the window. :o
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Re: Rocket science
« Reply #8 on: 06 June 2008, 01:20:33 »

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This is allegedly a true story!

But is actually an urban myth, usually told from the other direction:

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/7600.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Chicken_Gun


Fun story, but not true.

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