Cat in plane

"Tri-Pacer" wrote in message
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In case it's any consolation, a cat getting chucked out a window of a
flying
aircraft is not necessarily dead:

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web....l_velocity.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_190.html
http://www.cat-olholics.com/cats-lan...heir-feet.html


In order to test this, I suggest filling the bomb bay of one of the
exhibition B-17s with say 500 cats. Drop them all over a field with
observers and log how many escaped unscathed, how many looked like gooey
blobs and how many survived un-injured.

This way meaningful data could be obtained.

The test might have to be repeated any of the cats missed the target
field.

I would be happy to contribute the cats in my neighbor hood that crap
under my deck, in my flower beds, scratch my car by climbing on it, howl
under my bed room window, invade my motorhome as soon as I leave a window
open, etc.

You're still stuck with the problem of cats running around the plane. The
B-17's I've seen don't usually have doors or separations between the bomb
bay area and the rest of the plane. There is a cat walk through the bomb
bay... Can 500 cats fit in a bomb bay area?

Seriously, I don't recommend dropping animals for testing. As for carrying
cats in a plane, I would only do it with cat carrier.

-Greg B.