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Thunderstorms and Flying

  • 25-09-2010 11:55am
    #1
    Su Campu
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    After seeing that idiot taking off from Weston and flying right through Wednesday's thunderstorm, I thought I should post this in case he's reading.

    A very interesting article for not just pilots but passengers too.


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  • #2
    Deep Easterly
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    Is this dangerous for a plane Su?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=036hpBvjoQw


  • #3
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Not as dangerous as you might think, though you prefer not to be struck at all. They say the average airliner gets struck once a year. Usually there's no major damage, with the aluminium fuselage acting as a Faraday cage, the charge flowing around the outer surface. But some strikes can affect aircraft systems, expecially magnetic navigational instruments, but overall it's not a case of "you get hit, you die". The biggest problem with thunderstorms is the turbulence and windshear, not the lightning.


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