Comments on: Bird flies into plane http://justwandering.org/2007/everything-travel-related/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/ Filipina traveler wandering around the Philippines, Asia and Australia Wed, 23 May 2012 09:11:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nina http://justwandering.org/2007/everything-travel-related/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-9176 nina Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:07:30 +0000 http://justwandering.org/index.php/2007/09/01/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/#comment-9176 All I can say is... O_O Poor chickens XD All I can say is… O_O Poor chickens XD

]]> By: g_mirage http://justwandering.org/2007/everything-travel-related/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-9156 g_mirage Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:04:41 +0000 http://justwandering.org/index.php/2007/09/01/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/#comment-9156 Hi ninz! in support of what davidd said, Chicken cannons or Chicken guns are used to test the strength of planes and jets, mostly targeted are windshields, cockpit windows and engines. But, thawed chicken are used and not frozen,the latter is a myth. And yes bird strikes are commom plane accidents, I find it really funny.=D Hi ninz! in support of what davidd said, Chicken cannons or Chicken guns are used to test the strength of planes and jets, mostly targeted are windshields, cockpit windows and engines.

But, thawed chicken are used and not frozen,the latter is a myth.

And yes bird strikes are commom plane accidents, I find it really funny.=D

]]> By: davidd (aka Puuikibeach) http://justwandering.org/2007/everything-travel-related/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-9119 davidd (aka Puuikibeach) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:12:18 +0000 http://justwandering.org/index.php/2007/09/01/bird-hits-southwest-airline-plane/#comment-9119 The TV program "MythBusters" did a segment on birds flying into small planes. They built a compressed air cannon and fired turkeys (frozen and raw) into the plexiglass (perspex) windshield of a small airplane. If I recall correctly, the raw turkey carcasses caused greater damage to the aircraft than the frozen birds. Considering the several-hundred miles-per-hour speed of a jet aircraft, I suspect the bird in this instance fared slightly less well than merely being "dazed." The TV program “MythBusters” did a segment on birds flying into small planes. They built a compressed air cannon and fired turkeys (frozen and raw) into the plexiglass (perspex) windshield of a small airplane. If I recall correctly, the raw turkey carcasses caused greater damage to the aircraft than the frozen birds.

Considering the several-hundred miles-per-hour speed of a jet aircraft, I suspect the bird in this instance fared slightly less well than merely being “dazed.”

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