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Internet has a few variations on that which makes you doubt the veracity. Am still inclined to believe what I was told in person over 20 years ago.
Variations of that story date back to 1986 at least: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/catapoultry/
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I worked at RR briefly and was told a story about the manfuacturers of the ill-fated APT wanting to know how their train would fare against a bird-strike. They borrowed RR's canon and destroyed the windscreen, driver's cab and a good deal more. Story went that they'd not properly defrosted the chicken.
Internet has a few variations on that which makes you doubt the veracity. Am still inclined to believe what I was told in person over 20 years ago.