Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:18 PM 5/9/2007, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >Wild turkeys fly. >Butterball turkeys don't. Well, that's not quite true. There is a lot of hype about this, but the standard method for checking the durability of airplane engines is to shoot a defrosted turkey, the kind you buy at your local Growley-Mart, at them wtih a compressed air cannon so that they are travelling at 180 mph (280kph or so) on impact, the conditions which would be encountered in flight conditions were a flock of geese to fly onto the airfield on landing or taking off. Apparently, the US Air Force does the same on F-16 cockpit windows at around 400 mph (640kph). Those interested should check out Snopes at http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.htm But, in any event, Butterball turkeys, or their equivalent, DO fly, though, admittedly, not under their own steam. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!