Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim and Marc, I have seen first hand the effect of much smaller (live) birds on fast jets in flight. In one instance here, one crew member was killed instantly in the collision and the other crew member (and the aircraft) tragically also lost. That particular tragedy, I believe, resulted in fitment of a much stronger canopy windshield type (no doubt with the involvement of that test program that you mentioned). In another case the very large radome (the whole nose of the aircraft) on the front of the airframe was damaged and catastrophically failed in flight. That's kinetic energy for you. The aircrew on that occasion managed to land safely which is a testament to their skill. Get me off list if you would like more information (publicly available). Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- FrSubject: Re: [Leica] Re: Flying turkeys 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! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information