I remember back when the FCC had a division called the HAM. They were
testing to see if the size of props was proportional to the amount of
money/unit that was being funneled in the wind (gov. blowhard). The public
soon caught on and ever since the common expression for HAM is PORK
(barrel).
Chris in Trinidad
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> From: louabbot <louabbot@mail.ameritel.net>
> To: Armand & Lorie Ritchie <ritchie@mcn.org>; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: British Engineering Might
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 12:08 PM
>
> No Tiger Content
>
> In my 30+ years in Naval Aviation I learned to stay AWAY from props. I've
> seen 2 seperate occassions when our P3 Orion (4 engines) hit deer on the
> runway while the plane was landing. Talk about road kill!! What a mess
> Lou
>
> ----------
> > From: Armand & Lorie Ritchie <ritchie@mcn.org>
> > To: tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: British Engineering Might
> > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:00 AM
> >
> >
> > >From: ritchie@mcn.org (Armand & Lorie Ritchie)
> > >Subject: Re: British Engineering Might
> > >Cc:
> > >Bcc:
> > >X-Attachments:
> > >
> > >>Another true story that I can vouch for since my father
> > >>was involved.
> > >>
> > >>The FAA (called CAA back when) had a research center at
> > >>the Indianapolis Weir Cook Airport called TDC (Technical
> > >>Development Center). They too were shooting chickens at
> > >>aircraft windshields with a compressed air gun that shot
> > >>them at speeds of about 120 MPH.
> > >>
> > >>The SPCA heard about the tests and were abhorred at this
> > >>abuse of live chickens. They insisted that the FAA kill the
> > >>chickens first!
> >
> > I remember seeing a TV show when I was a kid in the fifties. They were
> > shooting turkey carcass's out of a compressed air cannon not at
> windshields
> > but at running engines mounted on a test stand. If I remember right
they
> > were testing to see if the engines and props could take a hit from a
> large
> > flying bird. I remember that the turkey's were wrapped up in paper and
> > tied with string. It was a weird sight. The big props just chopped
them
> > up like minced meat and didn't loose a beat.
> >
> >
> > Armand Ritchie
> >
> > ritchie@mcn.org
> > Armand & Lorie Ritchie
> >
> >
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