On 1/18/04 9:10 PM, in article ,
"John Lansford" wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:

John Lansford wrote:

:The chicken gun exists. I've seen it in operation in fact.

They also have at least one at Lockheed Fort Worth (for testing
aircraft canopies).

The one I saw was portable and was installed in the transonic wind
tunnels when they were testing full scale windshields and how they
reacted to bird impacts at high speeds.


Took a field trip to Tullahoma once (Arnold?) and saw the gun too.
According to the folks there at the time (1995), they get live chickens and
euthanize under the supervision of the local ASPCA immediately before they
get shot out of the gun and into the unsuspecting canopy/engine. The whole
process is precisely controlled and monitored.

Kinda made me wonder if Tyson and Pilgrim's Pride were held to the same
standard.

--Woody