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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 20:52:41 GMTServer: NCSA/1.5Content-type: text/htmlLast-modified: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 23:18:34 GMTContent-length: 2083<html><head><title>Story of the Month</title></head><body><h1> Story of the Month </h1><p><hr><pre> OCTOBER=================================================================Actual radio transcript released by the Chief of Naval Operations10-10-95.================================================================= Station #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Station #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. Station #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. Station #2: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. Station #1. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! Station #2. This is the Puget Sound lighthouse. It's your call.====================================================================== SEPTEMBERGREAT MOMENTS IN ENGINEERING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</pre>In a recent issue of Meat & Poultry magazine, editors quoted from"Feathers," the publication of the California Poultry Industry Federation,telling the following story:<P>The US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing thestrength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun that launches adead chicken at a plane's windshield at approximately the speed the planeflies.<P>The theory is that if the windshield doesn't crack from the carcass impact,it'll survive a real collision with a bird during flight.<P>It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to test awindshield on a brand new, speedy locomotive they're developing. Theyborrowed FAA's chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.<P>The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer's chairand embedded itself in the back wall of the engine's cab. The British werestunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was donecorrectly.<P>The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:<P>Use a thawed chicken.⌨️ 快捷键说明
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