On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:58:33 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

On 17 Aug 2003 23:10:59 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

ISTR reading about a hijack
situation where the boss bad guy was visible in the cockpit (aircraft on
the ground) so it was decided to snipe him, but the bullet didn't
penetrate the cockpit window

That wouldn't surprise me at all. Windscreens for airliners have been tested
for years by launching frozen chickens at them from cannon. I wonder if they
still do that.

Actually, they _thaw_ the chickens first. The story you heard is a
joke, not an accurate description.

It takes eight hours to change out a 747 windscreen and clean out the
cockpit after hitting a snow goose, by the way.

Does that include the time to clean the pilots trousers?

Peter Kemp