Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens

at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, 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.

french 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

french 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 french sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment,

along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U. S. scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo --


"Defrost the chicken."

Actually, it's a Canadian invention, from the Comnunist Broadcasting Corporation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdeg9izJE3I

Grizz

NASA could also have suggested: "Reduce speed to US trains' standards..."

I Still Let out A Giggle Either Way.Reminds Me Of My Younger days When I was Experimenting With Potato Guns. Figured That A Cup and Golf Ball Would Do Better.YOWSER,First Round Went Almost 300 Yds ,Right Threw A Plate Glass Window!Local Barney was out Looking For Someone With Golf Clubs For Weeks.

I might post a question about this on the Reloading Forum asking about load data.