File:CAA Westinghouse chicken gun fired at glass panel.png

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Description	English: A "chicken gun" developed by the US CAA and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Corporation is fired at a piece of glass, demonstrating its use in testing aircraft components.
Date	1 July 1943
Source	Excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Flying magazine.
Author	Photo credit given on page 41 of the issue is simply "Acme".

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File:CAA Westinghouse chicken gun fired at glass panel.png

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