Comments on: Astronaut says Mexico needs its own space program http://texasfred.net/archives/5541 No Holds Barred: News Opinion Commentary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mrchuck http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22173 mrchuck Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:09:33 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22173 MEXICO TESTS DEVICE OF NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION The FAA prepared a beautiful webpage, unfortunately deactivated, describing one of it's most ingenious devices. This was a resistance test of aircraft windshields and consisted of a kind of cannon which fired a dead chicken in the direction of the tested aircraft's windshield. The shot was exact and reproduced the velocity at which an actual bird would strike an aircraft in flight. Theoreticaly, if the windshield resisted the impact of the carcass, then it would certainly support a collision with an actual bird in real flight. In practice the device functioned perfectly, with hundreds of tests performed in the U.S. Mexican technicians, who had been developing a super-fast locomotive (bullet train), found the webpage and were interested in the chicken cannon, thinking in applying the idea to the windshields of their new hi-tech train in the final phase of the project. The Mexicans contacted the USFAA, obtained a borrowed chicken cannon and proceeded to effectuate the tests. On the first shot, the chicken smashed the windshield of the train, broke the instrument panel, ruined the engineer's seat, wounded two technicians and flew to the rear of the locomotive splattering itself on the rear wall and leaving a deep hole in the doorlock. The Mexicans were completely perplexed with the surprising and violent result. They documented the scene in detail, produced digital photos, taped eye-witness accounts, elaborated technical documents and sent the information in a "ZIP" file to USFAA via e-mail, asking what they had done wrong. The American technicians studied the received documentation carefully and responded, in a dry and direct e-mail: "THAW OUT THE CHICKEN FIRST". MEXICO TESTS DEVICE OF NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION

The FAA prepared a beautiful webpage, unfortunately deactivated, describing one of it’s most ingenious devices. This was a resistance test of aircraft windshields and consisted of a kind of cannon which fired a dead chicken in the direction of the tested aircraft’s windshield.

The shot was exact and reproduced the velocity at which an actual bird would strike an aircraft in flight. Theoreticaly, if the windshield resisted the impact of the carcass, then it would certainly support a collision with an actual bird in real flight. In practice the device functioned perfectly, with hundreds of tests performed in the U.S.

Mexican technicians, who had been developing a super-fast locomotive (bullet train), found the webpage and were interested in the chicken cannon, thinking in applying the idea to the windshields of their new hi-tech train in the final phase of the project. The Mexicans contacted the USFAA, obtained a borrowed chicken cannon and proceeded to effectuate the tests.

On the first shot, the chicken smashed the windshield of the train, broke the instrument panel, ruined the engineer’s seat, wounded two technicians and flew to the rear of the locomotive splattering itself on the rear wall and leaving a deep hole in the doorlock. The Mexicans were completely perplexed with the surprising and violent result.

They documented the scene in detail, produced digital photos, taped eye-witness accounts, elaborated technical documents and sent the information in a “ZIP” file to USFAA via e-mail, asking what they had done wrong. The American technicians studied the received documentation carefully and responded, in a dry and direct e-mail: “THAW OUT THE CHICKEN FIRST”.

]]> By: jd3 http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22157 jd3 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:32:05 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22157 It is funny Fred....way funny....when I saw the lead line to this story I was more thinking that they wanted to be the first to establish the drug smuggling routes in space.... It is funny Fred….way funny….when I saw the lead line to this story I was more thinking that they wanted to be the first to establish the drug smuggling routes in space….

]]> By: Katie http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22156 Katie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:54:26 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22156 LOL That was priceless! LOL That was priceless!

]]> By: Patrick Sperry http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22151 Patrick Sperry Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:04:11 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22151 Way too good! leave it to a Texan to put that face on it! Way too good! leave it to a Texan to put that face on it!

]]> By: Robert http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22145 Robert Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:43:02 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22145 LMAO... Adobe collapses? Damn. Ok I needed a bit of a laugh, thanks. LMAO… Adobe collapses? Damn. Ok I needed a bit of a laugh, thanks.

]]> By: minuteman26 http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22139 minuteman26 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:23:42 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22139 Heard they were going to use jumping beans with an air shock assist. Heard they were going to use jumping beans with an air shock assist.

]]> By: Silver Fox http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22138 Silver Fox Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:46:01 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22138 Thats a good one Fred. I had the great honor one time to see Mexican Naval base just up the coast for Acapulco on the road to Zihuatanejo there is a small road that exists left and goes down to the sleepy little village of Pie de la Cuesta at the end of the short 2 land road is the Mexican Naval station, maybe the only one. There is no gate and only a small adobe hut to protect the one guard from the elements. It was here in 1967 that I saw the Mexican Pacific Fleet consisting of two WWII Destroyer Escorts and one launch. My buddies and I made jokes about their navy then. To read your post today certainly brought back some great memories of a time almost forgotten in that sleepy Mexican village of Pie de la Cuesta. Seriously, I hadn't thought of that in years. Thats a good one Fred. I had the great honor one time to see Mexican Naval base just up the coast for Acapulco on the road to Zihuatanejo there is a small road that exists left and goes down to the sleepy little village of Pie de la Cuesta at the end of the short 2 land road is the Mexican Naval station, maybe the only one. There is no gate and only a small adobe hut to protect the one guard from the elements. It was here in 1967 that I saw the Mexican Pacific Fleet consisting of two WWII Destroyer Escorts and one launch. My buddies and I made jokes about their navy then. To read your post today certainly brought back some great memories of a time almost forgotten in that sleepy Mexican village of Pie de la Cuesta. Seriously, I hadn’t thought of that in years.

]]> By: MadIrishMan http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22137 MadIrishMan Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:12:34 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22137 Happy Thanksgiving to the man that got me started blogging and all that sh*t. Look at what you started now. Anyhow......Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Fred, Merry Christmas and GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND. Sheridan / aka MadIrishMan Happy Thanksgiving to the man that got me started blogging and all that sh*t. Look at what you started now.

Anyhow……Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Fred, Merry Christmas and GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND.

Sheridan / aka MadIrishMan

]]> By: TexasFred http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22135 TexasFred Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:47:07 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22135 I knew the Texas folks would get it... :P I knew the Texas folks would get it… :P

]]> By: TXSonOfLiberty http://texasfred.net/archives/5541/comment-page-1#comment-22134 TXSonOfLiberty Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:45:14 +0000 http://texasfred.net/?p=5541#comment-22134 Take it from a USN Vet that finally made it to the Submarine Service (after a stint in the swamp).... Fred, that story is Rich!!...LOL...!!! Say....I have an idea. They could hire that same brilliant Mexican designer and he could make an adobe spacecraft.....paint it up real nice....set it on a newly poured launch pad.....then the Mexican government can charge those steenking greeengos to come visit this wonderful new spacecraft. They can save up for a real space program......mabe even get some of the drug cartels to contribute some money. Still LOL Fred....made my day!!! KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY! Take it from a USN Vet that finally made it to the Submarine Service (after a stint in the swamp)…. Fred, that story is Rich!!…LOL…!!! Say….I have an idea. They could hire that same brilliant Mexican designer and he could make an adobe spacecraft…..paint it up real nice….set it on a newly poured launch pad…..then the Mexican government can charge those steenking greeengos to come visit this wonderful new spacecraft. They can save up for a real space program……mabe even get some of the drug cartels to contribute some money.

Still LOL Fred….made my day!!!

KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY!

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