Misconstrued Thoughts : Yesterday's Misconstrued Thoughts Today

So last week I headed up to Tennessee (Tullahoma) to do some testing for shuttle. This took me to "the Chicken Canon".

That’s right the Chicken Canon, I had never heard of this item until the night before when someone brought up the fact they were talking about it on TV. (Some Canon that shoots birds at cockpits, which was built by nasa).

The weird thing was the next day I found myself working with this devise. True I was not shooting chickens. But using it none the less.

The legend says that British people were not smart enough to thaw the birds before they were shot. This is a legend though (See Snoops). Yet, everything else is true.

In the 70's the air force would shoot chickens (right after they killed them), at the canopy of jet planes. (I saw the canopies, and pictures of exploding birds). And yes this canon was once owned by nasa, not used to shoot birds, but shoot things to test for the Apollo missions.

So there you have it. Rumor of the day exposed. And strange day at work for me, explained.

Here is an article from the 50's and 60's with pictures of exploding Chickens, Great Stuff

Heres some facts on the cannon.

But for the latest chicken cannon engineering information, see this page. (and it seems no longer do they use real chickens for all the chicken lovers).

Here is some more great info... more on the orginal facility.