Laser beams being aimed at airliners?

"Mark Fergerson" wrote in message
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I have heard the "Myth" as the jet engine not a windscreen. That test may
have been cost prohibitive.
--SNIP--
Uh, yeah, considering that pretty much anything bigger than a cockroach
inhaled into a turbine _will_ destroy it catastrophically. Obviously even
a thawed chicken will too, so no point.

Hmmm, I thought they could take a hit from a bird.

As for acuracy, they never did test actual bird-rated "military"
canopies, but they ain't cheap. But in their defense, for my money the
final test with multiple sheets of glass pretty much proves that frozen
birds have more penetrating power.

It was interesting tho, that where a thawed bird went thru, there was more
physical damage. Largely due to the flattening of mass prior to penetration.
The frozen bird went farther into the fuse'. Standard ballistics really.
Solid vs semi solid, blah, blah.

I still find them entertaining and thats probably their main goal.

Well yeah. They're a real example of "infotainment" or "edutainment".
I'm considering getting their DVD's for my grandkids.

Mark L. Fergerson

You and I have heard a great many of these myths. The Chevy with a JATO is a
good one. They could easily have disproved that one with basic physics but
it wasn't entertaining that way. It was, IMHO, entertaining to see it
attempted. I mainly watched it to see how they mounted it so that it would
drive the car rather than "gut" it on it's way thru. ;-)
If I had kids (or grandkids) I'd probably ruin the entertainment for them.
My anal, nit-pick narrative would most likely **** 'em off.
Hee Hee

Marty