on 2006/01/28 1:30 AM, Scott Gomez at scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Mythbusters did the chicken and aircraft thing recently. Found out it
> makes essentially no difference whether the chickens are frozen or
> thawed... They all penetrate the average private aircraft windscreen.
> Moral: avoid bird strikes.
And especially in subzero weather. :-)
Seriously, one of the jet windshields did survive, but with a huge bulge. It
was polycarbonate. I was impressed.
I don't know about Mythbusters, but I was talking to the guys who ran the
test facility.
Andrew
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