Plastic Badminton Bird (Jul, 1952)
Filed under: Origins, Sports — @ 12:15 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1952
| Buy on Ebay
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1952
| Buy on Ebay
I’ve only ever seen plastic birdies, so I guess this was a success.
Plastic Badminton Bird
Now available for badminton players is a plastic shuttlecock that the manufacturer claims will last four times longer than a feathered bird. It is true in flight and unaffected by moisture or prolonged disuse.
They’re still made of feathers (check the Google ads to the left) but there is a supply problem because of H5N1:
http://www.livescience.com/str.....inton.html
Comment by Stannous — December 15, 2007 @ 8:44 pm
I think my parents still have some vintage ‘52 plastic badminton shuttlecocks in their garage.
Comment by Rey — December 15, 2007 @ 9:18 pm