I always think of the farside cartoon when I think of birds hitting windows. Remember that?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071210/ap_on_fe_st/odd_airborne_turkey

The noise that Chuck Ritter heard while sitting in his living room was a turkey that crashed through a third-story bedroom window. Ritter, 83, was relaxing Saturday when the uninvited guest arrived.
 

I had a Bluetit fly into my window once. It happens.

I'm sure you did HW, I'm sure you did. Is that a reference to the movie Animal House?

 

Never seen it. Animal Farm on the other hand...has nothing to do with the topic.

I remember once when a dove flew commited suicide by flying into a mirror-like reflective window.

If it was so determined to fly into the house, why didn't it try to miss the other bird? hehe.
 

hahaha Good point...

As I've been known to say to my bro when he used to ask me similar questions -

'Bro, there's a reason the phrase 'bird brain' exists....'
 

Theres thta movie on YouTube of a goose being sucked into a jet engine and almost crashing the plane.

Well, that kinda wouldn't be its fault...

The (misnamed) NASA Chicken Gun is one of several large diameter compressed air cannon used by the Federal Aviation Administration and US Air Force to test the strength of Aircraft Windshields and the safety of Jet engines. A common danger to aircraft is that they collide with birds in flight. Most parts of an aircraft are strong enough to resist such a bird strike. Jet engines may sustain serious damage, however, and cockpit windows are necessarily made of transparent materials and are a vulnerable spot. Testing to see what the risks are is required.

The Chicken Gun is designed to simulate high speed bird impacts. It is named after its unusual projectile: a whole dead standard sized chicken, as would be used for cooking. This has been found to accurately simulate a fairly large bird. The test target is fixed in place on a test stand, and the cannon is used to fire the chicken into the engine, windshield, or other test structure.

There is a longstanding urban legend about the gun being loaned to some other agency, who fired frozen chickens instead of thawed chickens. Research indicates that this is apparently a myth.

Guns are operated by the FAA and the US Air Force rather than NASA, as is commonly believed.

I'd like to try my hand at that!

It was on Mythbusters once, very funny episode.

Yeah, I've watched it twice.

They should have borrowed that gun eh?
 

From Mythbusters.  Sound is distorted, I think it it's a slo-mo version.

That's it!

Anyone remember the verdict? I recall them saying no difference bet the frozen and thawed birds?

Well, also that the birds don't fly at a different speed whether it's 200PSI or 75PSI as the air escaping can only generate a certain amount of force.

Can't remember the verdict either. I can't wait for the Xmas special!

They showed the pirate special here on TV this week. Was a fun episode!

Oh yeah, I forgot I recorded that episode... cheers. Watching now!

Is this like some sort of virus I should be worried about? Ive only just recovered from the sassa virus or whatever it was.

Wikipedia is your friend.

Yes, yes it is. My best friend.

hehe.

Dont trust it though if it allows people like me to make contributions.