Chicken Cannons

[BobM]

An interesting and sometimes comical article/read on actual chicken cannons. Is good read interrupted by advertising, just keep scrolling for whole story:

The Chicken Cannon

Did British train engineers receive help from the FAA about the proper use of a chicken launcher?

www.snopes.com

 

[Annihilator]

 

[BobM]

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Don't worry yourself fellas you don't look like The Flying Walenda's or cannonball type to me :

The Flying Wallendas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You may want to double check for caliber marking on your hineys though?

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

A windshield in a plane my dad had said it was tested for a 1lb bird at plane speed of 300mph. So I asked him about a 300lb bird at plane speed of 1mph. Seemed logical from 6 year old(me being the 6yo)? It's crazy how thick aircraft windshields are and look bullet proof as far as thickness, but unsure on material?

 

[BobM]

A windshield in a plane my dad had said it was tested for a 1lb bird at plane speed of 300mph. So I asked him about a 300lb bird at plane speed of 1mph. Seemed logical from 6 year old(me being the 6yo)? It's crazy how thick aircraft windshields are and look bullet proof as far as thickness, but unsure on material?

What is the thickness of a commercial aircraft windshield?

Aviation video - A passenger plane windscreen is on average four times thicker than a car windscreen.

www.aeronewstv.com

Flight Deck / Cockpit Windshields : Aviation Blog

flight deck cockpit glareshields perspex glass cockpits aircraft aviattion pilots safety technical engineers testing

vayuacademy.com

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

Various angles between makers will have better security.

 

[HayesGreener]

My father in law was an Air Force flight surgeon in the 60's and 70's who was on a team that developed the canopy for the F-16. The chicken cannon is real, and the story he told was that the above story involved U.S. and U.K. aircraft designers. Who knows, but bird strikes continue to be a real problem. Air bases have taken to using Labrador retrievers, sound cannons, and even falcons to discourage birds around the airdrome

 

[BobM]

My father in law was an Air Force flight surgeon in the 60's and 70's who was on a team that developed the canopy for the F-16. The chicken cannon is real, and the story he told was that the above story involved U.S. and U.K. aircraft designers. Who knows, but bird strikes continue to be a real problem. Air bases have taken to using Labrador retrievers, sound cannons, and even falcons to discourage birds around the airdrome

Big ouch! Situation's very real. Have used scarecrows, shiny objects, noise, ect. Most anything that works. Airborne?
Am surprised haven't heard anything yet about using drones for bird patrol. Be surprised if haven't by now?
Possibly use metal blades, pipes ect. attached to planes cowling like in WWII with Jeeps to prevent decapitation or dismemberment of soldiers by thin piano wire or cable stretched over roadways?

Why Did WWII-Era Jeeps Have Iron Poles?

Poles. The Jeep has long been a staple of military transport and reconnaissance dating back to World War II. This military utility vehicle has undergone many transformations, evolutions, and adaptations over the years some of them useful and some not so useful. Iron poles in the front of Jeeps were

worldwarwings.com