In a recent issue of "Meat and Poultry" magazine, editors quoted from "Feathers," the publication of the California Poultry Industry Federation, telling the following story:©JOKEDEMO.COM

It seems the US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The device is a gun that launches a dead chicken at a plane's windshield at approximately the speed the plane flies.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The theory is that if the windshield doesn't crack from the carcass impact, it'll survive a real collision with a bird during flight. It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to test a windshield on a brand new, speedy locomotive they're developing.©JOKEDEMO.COM

They borrowed the FAA's chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, went through the engineer's chair, broke an instrument panel and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine cab.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly.©JOKEDEMO.COM

The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:
"Use a thawed chicken."