From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,885dab3998d28a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Frank Manning) Subject: Re: Ariane 5 failure Date: 1996/10/19 Message-ID: <549ofg$k9m@news.ccit.arizona.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190473521 references: <96101610071768@psavax.pwfl.com> <32678222.6F5C@lmtas.lmco.com> organization: College of Engineering and Mines, University of Arizona newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <32678222.6F5C@lmtas.lmco.com> Ken Garlington > As for the birds, there is an interesting test done here in Fort Worth. > (At least, we used to do it -- I haven't actually witnessed one of these > tests lately). To determine if the canopy will survive a bird strike, > they actually take a bird (presumably of mil-spec size and weight), load > it into a cannon-type deveice, and fire the bird at the canopy. By the > way, it's not a good idea to use a _frozen_ bird for this test... When I was in the Air Force, I heard a rumor there was an Air Force facility that used chickens for similar testing. At one time the guy in charge was a certain Colonel Sanders... -- Frank Manning