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 01:19 AM 5/10/2007, Brian Reid wrote: > >> 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. > >I've seen it and talked to its custodians. They said that it is >intended to be used with 4-pound chicken carcasses. However, I never >got to see it shoot a chicken; I saw only sponges and foam plastic >being fired, using compressed gas as a propellant. Brian Read the Snopes piece on this which I cited. There is an organization called PETA -- people eating tasty animals -- and the USAF was concerned about possible repercussions from them and their allies on the Green side of reality if they persisted in using Dead Chikkens. So, the military began using clay and foam projectiles a decade or more back. To my knowledge, the FAA still uses chickens in its own engine tests but, then, what do I know? Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!