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Old December 13th 07, 01:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting,rec.skydiving
Bob Noel
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Default FYI: Dec 12 MythBusters: Airplane Hour

In article mW_7j.24898$0O1.4507@trnddc05, "Casey Wilson"
wrote:

yeah, like when they shot frozen chickens thru a Cherokee windshield and
applied the results to airliners. Brilliant.


But they did do a mostly reasonable job with piercing the skin of a
pressurized fuselage with a 9mm. The shaped charge part was hokey.


Give them credit for noticing that the cherokee windshield wasn't rated
for birdstrikes, albeit after destroying a few windshields.

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