Aviation authorities protect cockpit crews by firing “chicken guns” at planes’ windshields to estimate the damage a bird-plane collision will cause. Do thawed chickens work better than frozen chickens? To find out, MythBusters looks into “the myth of the chicken gun.”
Gentlemen, Thaw Your Chickens
Aviation authorities protect cockpit crews by firing “chicken guns” at planes’ windshields to estimate the damage a bird-plane collision will cause.
Jan 11, 2012
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