Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Flying turkeys
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Wed May 9 22:27:39 2007
References: <200705100252.l4A2pXhM028484@server1.waverley.reid.org> <A496E702-FB47-4A41-A2EF-74FA1DA8F699@optonline.net> <200705100331.l4A3V25s035094@server1.waverley.reid.org> <014e01c792c1$aab60ef0$6101a8c0@jimnichols>
 
At 01:11 AM 5/10/2007, Jim Nichols wrote:
 >Marc,
 >
 >The USAF "Chicken Gun" is located at Arnold Engineering Development Center
 >near Tullahoma, TN.  This is the same base where I spent 39 years working
 >with wind tunnels and other experimental facilities.  While I never worked
 >with the gun, I have seen the damage done to some of their test 
 >windshields.

And I suspect that the damage can be vicious!

Marc


msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Re: Flying turkeys)
 In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Flying turkeys)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Flying turkeys)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Re: Flying turkeys)